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                                   7492
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 31, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to temporarily  authoriz-
   ing  certain applicants for licensure as a nurse or physician to prac-
   tice; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expira-
   tion thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6907-a
 to read as follows:
   §  6907-A.  TEMPORARY  AUTHORIZATION. 1. (A) A PERSON WHO IS CURRENTLY
 LICENSED AND IN GOOD STANDING IN ANOTHER STATE OR TERRITORY TO  PRACTICE
 AS  A REGISTERED NURSE  AND PRACTICING IN NEW YORK STATE AS OF MAY TWEN-
 TY-SECOND, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE  PURSUANT  TO  THE  STATE  DISASTER
 EMERGENCY  DECLARED  BY EXECUTIVE ORDER FOUR OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE,
 MAY BE TEMPORARILY AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL  NURS-
 ING  IN  THE  STATE OF NEW YORK PENDING A DETERMINATION ON LICENSURE FOR
 WHICH AN APPLICATION HAS  BEEN  FILED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  SIXTY-NINE
 HUNDRED  FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED SUCH APPLICANT HAS: (I) OBTAINED
 THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE HEALTH CARE FACILITY,  HEALTH  CARE  PROGRAM,  OR
 HEALTH  CARE PRACTICE BY WHICH HE OR SHE WAS EMPLOYED PURSUANT TO EXECU-
 TIVE ORDER FOUR OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, THAT IS  AUTHORIZED  BY  NEW
 YORK  STATE  LAW TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL NURSING SERVICES AND ACCEPTABLE
 TO THE DEPARTMENT; AND (II) SUBMITTED AN INITIAL APPLICATION FOR  LICEN-
 SURE  IN NEW YORK STATE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION.
   (B) PRIOR TO COMMENCING SUCH TEMPORARILY AUTHORIZED PRACTICE: (I)  THE
 APPLICANT  AND  AN  AUTHORIZED  REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EMPLOYING FACILITY
 SHALL JOINTLY PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT, IN A  FORM
 AND  FORMAT ACCEPTABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT, THAT SUCH APPLICANT INTENDS TO
 PRACTICE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION; (II) THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 APPLICANT SHALL PAY A FEE DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT;  AND  (III)  THE
 APPLICANT'S  NAME  MUST APPEAR ON A LIST OF PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO TEMPO-
 RARILY PRACTICE REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSING PUBLISHED ON THE DEPART-
 MENT'S WEBSITE. SUCH TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION SHALL EXPIRE IN ONE HUNDRED
 EIGHTY  DAYS, OR TEN DAYS AFTER NOTIFICATION THAT THE APPLICANT DOES NOT
 MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE AS A REGISTERED  NURSE,  WHICHEVER
 SHALL OCCUR FIRST.
   2.  (A)  A  PERSON  WHO  IS CURRENTLY LICENSED AND IN GOOD STANDING IN
 ANOTHER STATE OR TERRITORY  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  TO  PRACTICE  AS  A
 LICENSED  PRACTICAL  NURSE  AND  PRACTICING  IN NEW YORK STATE AS OF MAY
 TWENTY-SECOND, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE PURSUANT TO THE STATE  DISASTER
 EMERGENCY  DECLARED  BY EXECUTIVE ORDER FOUR OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE,
 MAY BE TEMPORARILY AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSING  IN
 THE  STATE OF NEW YORK PENDING A DETERMINATION ON LICENSURE FOR WHICH AN
 APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED SIX OF
 THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED SUCH APPLICANT HAS: (I) OBTAINED THE  ENDORSEMENT
 OF THE HEALTH CARE FACILITY, HEALTH CARE PROGRAM OR HEALTH CARE PRACTICE
 BY  WHICH HE OR SHE WAS EMPLOYED PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER FOUR OF TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE,   THAT IS AUTHORIZED  BY  NEW  YORK  STATE  LAW  TO
 PROVIDE  PROFESSIONAL  NURSING  SERVICES;  AND (II) SUBMITTED AN INITIAL
 APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE IN NEW YORK STATE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   (B) PRIOR TO COMMENCING SUCH TEMPORARILY AUTHORIZED PRACTICE: (I)  THE
 APPLICANT  AND  AN  AUTHORIZED  REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EMPLOYING FACILITY
 SHALL JOINTLY PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT, IN A  FORM
 AND  FORMAT ACCEPTABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT, THAT SUCH APPLICANT INTENDS TO
 PRACTICE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION; (II) THE
 APPLICANT SHALL PAY A FEE DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT;  AND  (III)  THE
 APPLICANT'S  NAME  MUST APPEAR ON A LIST OF PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO TEMPO-
 RARILY PRACTICE LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSING PUBLISHED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S
 WEBSITE. SUCH TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION SHALL EXPIRE IN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY
 DAYS, OR TEN DAYS AFTER NOTIFICATION THAT THE APPLICANT  DOES  NOT  MEET
 THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE AS A LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE, WHICHEV-
 ER SHALL OCCUR FIRST.
   3.  ANY  PERSON PRACTICING AS A REGISTERED NURSE OR LICENSED PRACTICAL
 NURSE IN NEW YORK STATE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE
 PERSONAL AND SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION AND DISCIPLINARY AND REGULATORY
 AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS AS IF HE OR SHE IS A LICENSEE  AND  AS
 IF  THE  TEMPORARY  AUTHORIZATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IS A LICENSE.
 SUCH PERSON SHALL COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF  THIS  TITLE  AND
 THE  RULES  OF  THE  BOARD OF REGENTS RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE,
 PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT,  DISCIPLINARY  PROCEEDINGS  AND  PENALTIES  FOR
 PROFESSIONAL   MISCONDUCT.   FAILURE   TO  ADHERE  TO  THE  NOTIFICATION
 PROVISIONS OF THIS  SECTION  MAY  BE  CONSIDERED  UNAUTHORIZED  PRACTICE
 PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS TITLE.
   4.  PERSONS  ELIGIBLE FOR THE TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION SHALL PROVIDE THE REQUIRED WRITTEN NOTIFICATION AND FEE  TO  THE
 DEPARTMENT WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION AND
 SHALL  NOT  BE AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE UNTIL THE APPLICANT'S NAME APPEARS
 ON THE LISTS OF PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO TEMPORARILY PRACTICE PUBLISHED  ON
 THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
   §  2.  Subdivision 10 of section 6526 of the education law, as amended
 by chapter 199 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   10. (a) Any physician who is licensed and in good standing in  another
 state  or  territory, and who has a written agreement to provide medical
 services to athletes and team personnel of a United States  sports  team
 S. 7492                             3
 
 recognized  by  the  United  States Olympic committee or an out-of-state
 secondary school, institution of  postsecondary  education,  or  profes-
 sional  athletic  organization sports team, may provide medical services
 to such athletes and team personnel at a discrete sanctioned team sport-
 ing  event  in this state as defined by the commissioner in regulations,
 provided such services are provided  only  to  such  athletes  and  team
 personnel  at  the  discrete  sanctioned  team  sporting event. Any such
 medical services shall be provided only five days before  through  three
 days after each discrete sanctioned team sporting event.
   (b)  (I)  A  PERSON  WHO IS CURRENTLY LICENSED AND IN GOOD STANDING IN
 ANOTHER STATE OR TERRITORY TO PRACTICE AS A PHYSICIAN AND PRACTICING  IN
 NEW YORK STATE AS OF MAY TWENTY-SECOND, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE PURSU-
 ANT  TO THE STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY DECLARED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER FOUR OF
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, MAY BE TEMPORARILY AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE MEDI-
 CINE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A NEW YORK  STATE
 LICENSED  AND REGISTERED PHYSICIAN, PENDING A DETERMINATION ON LICENSURE
 FOR WHICH AN APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED PURSUANT TO  SECTION  SIXTY-FIVE
 HUNDRED  TWENTY-FOUR  OF THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDED SUCH APPLICANT:  (1) HAS
 OBTAINED THE ENDORSEMENT OF AN EMPLOYING HEALTH  CARE  FACILITY,  HEALTH
 CARE  PROGRAM,  OR  HEALTH  CARE PRACTICE THAT IS AUTHORIZED BY NEW YORK
 STATE LAW TO PROVIDE MEDICAL SERVICES AND ACCEPTABLE TO THE  DEPARTMENT;
 (2)  HAS  GRADUATED FROM A DULY ACCREDITED SCHOOL OF MEDICINE LOCATED IN
 THE UNITED STATES OR CANADA; (3)  IS  CURRENTLY  BOARD  CERTIFIED  BY  A
 PHYSICIAN  CERTIFICATION BOARD ACCEPTABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT; AND (4) HAS
 SUBMITTED AN INITIAL APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE IN NEW YORK STATE  WITHIN
 THIRTY  DAYS  OF  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE THAT AMENDED THIS PARAGRAPH.
   (II) PRIOR TO COMMENCING  TEMPORARILY  AUTHORIZED  PRACTICE:  (1)  THE
 APPLICANT  AND  SUPERVISING  PHYSICIAN  SHALL  JOINTLY  PROVIDE  WRITTEN
 NOTIFICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT, IN A FORM AND FORMAT ACCEPTABLE  TO  THE
 DEPARTMENT,  THAT SUCH APPLICANT INTENDS TO PRACTICE IN THE STATE OF NEW
 YORK PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION; (2) THE APPLICANT  SHALL  PAY  A  FEE
 DETERMINED  BY  THE DEPARTMENT; AND (3) THE APPLICANT'S NAME MUST APPEAR
 ON A  LIST  OF  PERSONS  AUTHORIZED  TO  TEMPORARILY  PRACTICE  MEDICINE
 PUBLISHED  ON  THE  DEPARTMENT'S  WEBSITE.  SUCH TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION
 SHALL EXPIRE IN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OR TEN DAYS  AFTER  NOTIFICATION
 THAT  THE  APPLICANT DOES NOT MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE AS A
 PHYSICIAN, WHICHEVER SHALL OCCUR FIRST. PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR THE  TEMPO-
 RARY AUTHORIZATION PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL PROVIDE THE REQUIRED
 WRITTEN  NOTIFICATION  AND  FEE TO THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 THREE THAT AMENDED THIS SUBDIVISION AND SHALL NOT BE AUTHORIZED TO PRAC-
 TICE  UNTIL THE APPLICANT'S NAME APPEARS ON THE LISTS OF PERSONS AUTHOR-
 IZED TO TEMPORARILY PRACTICE PUBLISHED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
   (C) Any person practicing as a physician in New York state pursuant to
 this subdivision shall be subject to the  personal  and  subject  matter
 jurisdiction  and  disciplinary and regulatory authority of the board of
 regents and the state board for professional medical conduct established
 pursuant to section two hundred thirty of the public health law as if he
 or she is a licensee and as if the exemption pursuant to  this  subdivi-
 sion  is  a  license.  Such  individual  shall  comply  with  applicable
 provisions of this title, the public health law, the rules of the  board
 of regents, the state board for professional medical conduct established
 pursuant to section two hundred thirty of the public health law, and the
 regulations of the commissioner and the commissioner of health, relating
 to  professional  misconduct, disciplinary proceedings and penalties for
 S. 7492                             4
 
 professional  misconduct.  FAILURE  TO  ADHERE   TO   THE   NOTIFICATION
 PROVISIONS  OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION MAY BE CONSIDERED UNAU-
 THORIZED PRACTICE PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWELVE OF  THIS
 TITLE.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed one year after it shall have become a law.

                             
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                                  7492--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 31, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Higher  Education  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to temporarily authoriz-
   ing certain applicants for licensure as a nurse or physician to  prac-
   tice; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expira-
   tion thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6907-a
 to read as follows:
   § 6907-A. TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION. 1. (A) A PERSON  WHO  IS  CURRENTLY
 LICENSED  AND IN GOOD STANDING IN ANOTHER STATE OR TERRITORY TO PRACTICE
 AS A REGISTERED NURSE  AND PRACTICING IN NEW YORK STATE ON  MAY  TWENTY-
 SECOND,  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE PURSUANT TO THE STATE DISASTER EMER-
 GENCY DECLARED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER FOUR OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE MAY BE
 TEMPORARILY AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE REGISTERED  PROFESSIONAL  NURSING  IN
 THE  STATE OF NEW YORK, PROVIDED SUCH PERSON HAS:  (I) FILED AN APPLICA-
 TION FOR LICENSURE WITH THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  SIXTY-NINE
 HUNDRED  FIVE  OF THIS ARTICLE THAT IS PENDING A DETERMINATION; AND (II)
 OBTAINED THE ENDORSEMENT  OF  THE  HEALTH  CARE  FACILITY,  HEALTH  CARE
 PROGRAM,  OR HEALTH CARE PRACTICE BY WHICH HE OR SHE WAS EMPLOYED PURSU-
 ANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER FOUR OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, THAT IS  AUTHOR-
 IZED  BY NEW YORK STATE LAW TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL NURSING SERVICES AND
 ACCEPTABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT.
   (B) PRIOR TO COMMENCING SUCH TEMPORARILY AUTHORIZED PRACTICE: (I)  THE
 PERSON  SHALL  FILE  AN  APPLICATION  FOR  LICENSURE WITH THE DEPARTMENT
 PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS  ARTICLE;  (II)  THE
 PERSON  AND AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EMPLOYING FACILITY SHALL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 JOINTLY PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT, IN  A  FORM  AND
 FORMAT  ACCEPTABLE  TO THE DEPARTMENT, THAT SUCH PERSON INTENDS TO PRAC-
 TICE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO THIS  SUBDIVISION;  (III)  THE
 PERSON  SHALL  PAY  A  FEE  DETERMINED  BY  THE DEPARTMENT; AND (IV) THE
 PERSON'S NAME MUST APPEAR ON A LIST OF PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO TEMPORARILY
 PRACTICE REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSING PUBLISHED ON  THE  DEPARTMENT'S
 WEBSITE. SUCH TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION SHALL EXPIRE IN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY
 DAYS,  OR  TEN DAYS AFTER NOTIFICATION THAT THE PERSON DOES NOT MEET THE
 QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE AS  A  REGISTERED  NURSE,  WHICHEVER  SHALL
 OCCUR FIRST.
   2.  (A)  A  PERSON  WHO  IS CURRENTLY LICENSED AND IN GOOD STANDING IN
 ANOTHER STATE OR TERRITORY  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  TO  PRACTICE  AS  A
 LICENSED  PRACTICAL NURSE AND PRACTICING IN NEW YORK STATE ON MAY  TWEN-
 TY-SECOND, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE  PURSUANT  TO  THE  STATE  DISASTER
 EMERGENCY  DECLARED  BY  EXECUTIVE ORDER FOUR OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
 MAY BE TEMPORARILY AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSING  IN
 THE  STATE OF NEW YORK, PROVIDED SUCH PERSON HAS:  (I) FILED AN APPLICA-
 TION FOR LICENSURE WITH THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  SIXTY-NINE
 HUNDRED  SIX  OF  THIS ARTICLE THAT IS PENDING A DETERMINATION; AND (II)
 OBTAINED THE ENDORSEMENT  OF  THE  HEALTH  CARE  FACILITY,  HEALTH  CARE
 PROGRAM OR HEALTH CARE PRACTICE BY WHICH HE OR SHE WAS EMPLOYED PURSUANT
 TO  EXECUTIVE ORDER FOUR OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE,  THAT IS AUTHORIZED
 BY NEW YORK STATE LAW TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL NURSING SERVICES.
   (B) PRIOR TO COMMENCING SUCH TEMPORARILY AUTHORIZED PRACTICE: (I)  THE
 PERSON  SHALL  FILE  AN  APPLICATION  FOR  LICENSURE WITH THE DEPARTMENT
 PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED SIX OF  THIS  ARTICLE;  (II)  THE
 PERSON  AND AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EMPLOYING FACILITY SHALL
 JOINTLY PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT, IN  A  FORM  AND
 FORMAT  ACCEPTABLE  TO THE DEPARTMENT, THAT SUCH PERSON INTENDS TO PRAC-
 TICE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO THIS  SUBDIVISION;  (III)  THE
 PERSON  SHALL  PAY  A  FEE  DETERMINED  BY  THE DEPARTMENT; AND (IV) THE
 PERSON'S NAME MUST APPEAR ON A LIST OF PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO TEMPORARILY
 PRACTICE  LICENSED  PRACTICAL  NURSING  PUBLISHED  ON  THE  DEPARTMENT'S
 WEBSITE. SUCH TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION SHALL EXPIRE IN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY
 DAYS,  OR  TEN DAYS AFTER NOTIFICATION THAT THE PERSON DOES NOT MEET THE
 QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE AS A LICENSED  PRACTICAL  NURSE,  WHICHEVER
 SHALL OCCUR FIRST.
   3.  ANY  PERSON PRACTICING AS A REGISTERED NURSE OR LICENSED PRACTICAL
 NURSE IN NEW YORK STATE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE
 PERSONAL AND SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION AND DISCIPLINARY AND REGULATORY
 AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS AS IF HE OR SHE IS A LICENSEE  AND  AS
 IF  THE  TEMPORARY  AUTHORIZATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IS A LICENSE.
 SUCH PERSON SHALL COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF  THIS  TITLE  AND
 THE  RULES  OF  THE  BOARD OF REGENTS RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE,
 PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT,  DISCIPLINARY  PROCEEDINGS  AND  PENALTIES  FOR
 PROFESSIONAL   MISCONDUCT.   FAILURE   TO  ADHERE  TO  THE  NOTIFICATION
 PROVISIONS OF THIS  SECTION  MAY  BE  CONSIDERED  UNAUTHORIZED  PRACTICE
 PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS TITLE.
   4.  PERSONS  ELIGIBLE FOR THE TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION SHALL FILE AN APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE,  PROVIDE  THE  REQUIRED
 WRITTEN NOTIFICATION, AND PAY A FEE TO THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS
 OF  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE OF THIS SECTION, AND SHALL NOT BE AUTHORIZED TO
 TEMPORARILY PRACTICE UNTIL THE PERSON'S NAME APPEARS  ON  THE  LISTS  OF
 PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO TEMPORARILY PRACTICE PUBLISHED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S
 WEBSITE.
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   §  2.  Subdivision 10 of section 6526 of the education law, as amended
 by chapter 199 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   10.  (a) Any physician who is licensed and in good standing in another
 state or territory, and who has a written agreement to  provide  medical
 services  to  athletes and team personnel of a United States sports team
 recognized by the United States Olympic  committee  or  an  out-of-state
 secondary  school,  institution  of  postsecondary education, or profes-
 sional athletic organization sports team, may provide  medical  services
 to such athletes and team personnel at a discrete sanctioned team sport-
 ing  event  in this state as defined by the commissioner in regulations,
 provided such services are provided  only  to  such  athletes  and  team
 personnel  at  the  discrete  sanctioned  team  sporting event. Any such
 medical services shall be provided only five days before  through  three
 days after each discrete sanctioned team sporting event.
   (b)  (I)  A  PERSON  WHO IS CURRENTLY LICENSED AND IN GOOD STANDING IN
 ANOTHER STATE OR TERRITORY TO PRACTICE AS A PHYSICIAN AND PRACTICING  IN
 NEW  YORK STATE ON MAY TWENTY-SECOND, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE PURSUANT
 TO THE STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY DECLARED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER FOUR OF  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE  MAY BE TEMPORARILY AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE
 IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK UNDER THE  SUPERVISION  OF  A  NEW  YORK  STATE
 LICENSED  AND  REGISTERED  PHYSICIAN, PROVIDED SUCH PERSON: (1) FILED AN
 APPLICATION FOR  LICENSURE  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 SIXTY-FIVE  HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE THAT IS PENDING A DETER-
 MINATION; (2) HAS OBTAINED THE ENDORSEMENT OF AN EMPLOYING  HEALTH  CARE
 FACILITY,  HEALTH  CARE PROGRAM, OR HEALTH CARE PRACTICE THAT IS AUTHOR-
 IZED BY NEW YORK STATE LAW TO PROVIDE MEDICAL SERVICES AND ACCEPTABLE TO
 THE DEPARTMENT; (3) HAS GRADUATED FROM A DULY ACCREDITED SCHOOL OF MEDI-
 CINE LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES OR CANADA; AND (4) IS CURRENTLY  BOARD
 CERTIFIED  BY  A PHYSICIAN CERTIFICATION BOARD ACCEPTABLE TO THE DEPART-
 MENT.
   (II) PRIOR TO COMMENCING  TEMPORARILY  AUTHORIZED  PRACTICE:  (1)  THE
 PERSON  SHALL  FILE  AN  APPLICATION  FOR  LICENSURE WITH THE DEPARTMENT
 PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE;  (2)
 THE  PERSON  AND  SUPERVISING  PHYSICIAN  SHALL  JOINTLY PROVIDE WRITTEN
 NOTIFICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT, IN A FORM AND FORMAT ACCEPTABLE  TO  THE
 DEPARTMENT,  THAT  SUCH  PERSON  INTENDS TO PRACTICE IN THE STATE OF NEW
 YORK PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH; (3) THE PERSON SHALL PAY A  FEE  DETER-
 MINED BY THE DEPARTMENT; AND (4) THE PERSON'S NAME MUST APPEAR ON A LIST
 OF  PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO TEMPORARILY PRACTICE MEDICINE PUBLISHED ON THE
 DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE. SUCH TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION SHALL EXPIRE  IN  ONE
 HUNDRED  EIGHTY DAYS OR TEN DAYS AFTER NOTIFICATION THAT THE PERSON DOES
 NOT MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR  LICENSURE  AS  A  PHYSICIAN,  WHICHEVER
 SHALL  OCCUR  FIRST.  PERSONS  ELIGIBLE  FOR THE TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION
 PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL  FILE  AN  APPLICATION  FOR  LICENSURE,
 PROVIDE  THE REQUIRED WRITTEN NOTIFICATION, AND PAY A FEE TO THE DEPART-
 MENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS
 OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE THAT AMENDED THIS  SUBDIVISION,  AND  SHALL
 NOT  BE  AUTHORIZED  TO  TEMPORARILY  PRACTICE  UNTIL  THE PERSON'S NAME
 APPEARS ON THE LISTS  OF  PERSONS  AUTHORIZED  TO  TEMPORARILY  PRACTICE
 PUBLISHED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
   (C) Any person practicing as a physician in New York state pursuant to
 this  subdivision  shall  be  subject to the personal and subject matter
 jurisdiction and disciplinary and regulatory authority of the  board  of
 regents and the state board for professional medical conduct established
 pursuant to section two hundred thirty of the public health law as if he
 or  she  is a licensee and as if the exemption pursuant to this subdivi-
 S. 7492--B                          4
 
 sion  is  a  license.  Such  individual  shall  comply  with  applicable
 provisions  of this title, the public health law, the rules of the board
 of regents, the state board for professional medical conduct established
 pursuant to section two hundred thirty of the public health law, and the
 regulations of the commissioner and the commissioner of health, relating
 to  professional  misconduct, disciplinary proceedings and penalties for
 professional  misconduct.  FAILURE  TO  ADHERE   TO   THE   NOTIFICATION
 PROVISIONS  OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION MAY BE CONSIDERED UNAU-
 THORIZED PRACTICE PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWELVE OF  THIS
 TITLE.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed one year after it shall have become a law.