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                                    607
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 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  and  the  social  services  law,  in
   relation  to  the  licensure of dietitian nutritionists and nutrition-
   ists; and to repeal certain provisions of the education  law  relating
   thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 8000 of the education law, as added by chapter  635
 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
   § 8000. Introduction.   This article applies to the [use of the titles
 "certified dietitian" and "certified nutritionist"] LICENSING OF  DIETI-
 TIAN  NUTRITIONISTS  AND NUTRITIONISTS. A "LICENSED DIETITIAN NUTRITION-
 IST" SHALL MEAN A PERSON DULY LICENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE AS MEETING THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR  OF  THIS
 ARTICLE TO PRACTICE DIETETICS AND NUTRITION, WHICH INCLUDES THE PRACTICE
 OF  MEDICAL  NUTRITION  THERAPY.  A "LICENSED NUTRITIONIST" SHALL MEAN A
 PERSON DULY LICENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE AS MEETING THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF
 SUBDIVISION  ONE OF SECTION EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE TO PRAC-
 TICE  NUTRITION,  WHICH  INCLUDES  THE  PRACTICE  OF  MEDICAL  NUTRITION
 THERAPY.  The general provision for all professions contained in article
 one hundred thirty of this title shall apply to this article.
   § 2. Section 8001 of the education law, as added by chapter 635 of the
 laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
   § 8001. [Definitions] DIETETIC AND NUTRITION PRACTICE.  [1.  Dietetics
 and  nutrition  are herein each defined as  the integration and applica-
 tion of principles derived from the sciences of nutrition, biochemistry,
 physiology, food  management  and  behavioral  and  social  sciences  to
 achieve and maintain people's health.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01594-01-5
              

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   2.  Where  the title "certified dietitian" or "certified nutritionist"
 is used in this article it shall mean "certified dietitian",  "certified
 dietician", or "certified nutritionist".
   3.  A certified dietitian or certified nutritionist is one who engages
 in the integration  and  application  of  principles  derived  from  the
 sciences  of  nutrition,  biochemistry,  physiology, food management and
 behavioral and social sciences to achieve and maintain people's  health,
 and who is certified as such by the department pursuant to section eight
 thousand  four  of  this  article.   The primary function of a certified
 dietitian or certified nutritionist is the provision of  nutrition  care
 services that shall include:
   (a) Assessing nutrition needs and food patterns;
   (b)  Planning  for and directing the provision of food appropriate for
 physical and nutrition needs; and
   (c) Providing nutrition counseling.]  1.  THE  PRACTICE  OF  DIETETICS
 ENCOMPASSES  THE  PRACTICE  OF NUTRITION AND INCLUDES PROVIDING ADVANCED
 MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY AND RELATED SUPPORT ACTIVITIES  INCLUDING  THE
 DEVELOPMENT AND ORDERING OF THERAPEUTIC DIETS VIA ENTERAL AND PARENTERAL
 ROUTES;  CONDUCTING  SWALLOW SCREENS; PLACING NASOGASTRIC OR NASOENTERIC
 FEEDING TUBES; IMPLEMENTING PRESCRIPTION  DRUG  DOSE  ADJUSTMENTS  UNDER
 MEDICAL STAFF OR PRESCRIBER-APPROVED DISEASE TREATMENT PROTOCOLS; ORDER-
 ING  OR DISCONTINUING USE OF VITAMIN, MINERAL, AND OTHER DIETARY SUPPLE-
 MENTS; AND DEVELOPING AND  MANAGING  FOOD  SERVICE  OPERATIONS  FOR  THE
 MANAGEMENT OR TREATMENT OF DISEASE OR MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
   2.  THE PRACTICE OF NUTRITION INVOLVES THE PROVISION OF NUTRITION CARE
 SERVICES IN-PERSON OR VIA TELEHEALTH, INCLUDING MEDICAL NUTRITION THERA-
 PY, TO PREVENT, MANAGE, OR TREAT  DISEASES  OR  MEDICAL  CONDITIONS  AND
 PROMOTE  WELLNESS.  THE PRACTICE OF NUTRITION SHALL INCLUDE THE ORDERING
 OF PATIENT DIETS, INCLUDING ORAL  THERAPEUTIC  DIETS;  THE  ORDERING  OF
 MEDICAL  LABORATORY TESTS RELATED TO NUTRITIONAL THERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS;
 AND THE PROVISION OF RECOMMENDATIONS  ON  VITAMIN,  MINERAL,  AND  OTHER
 DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS.
   § 3. Section 8002 of the education law, as added by chapter 635 of the
 laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
   § 8002. Use  of  titles.  [Only  a] 1. NO person [certified under this
 article shall be authorized to  use  the  title  "certified  dietitian",
 "certified  dietician",  or  "certified  nutritionist"] MAY DESIGNATE OR
 HOLD SUCH PERSON OUT AS A DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST OR USE  OR  ASSUME  THE
 TITLE   "DIETITIAN  NUTRITIONIST",  "LICENSED  DIETITIAN  NUTRITIONIST",
 "DIETICIAN", OR ANY OTHER TITLE INDICATING THAT THE PERSON IS A LICENSED
 DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST OR APPEND TO OR  USE  IN  CONJUNCTION  WITH  THAT
 PERSON'S  NAME  THE LETTERS "LDN" OR "LD" UNLESS SUCH PERSON IS LICENSED
 AS A DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   2. NO  PERSON  MAY  USE OR ASSUME ANY TITLE INDICATING THAT THE PERSON
 IS A LICENSED NUTRITIONIST OR APPEND TO  OR  USE  IN  CONJUNCTION   WITH
 THAT  PERSON'S  NAME THE LETTERS "LN" UNLESS THE PERSON IS LICENSED AS A
 NUTRITIONIST UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   3. NO PERSON MAY DESIGNATE OR HOLD SUCH PERSON OUT AS  A  NUTRITIONIST
 OR  USE OR ASSUME THE TITLE "NUTRITIONIST" UNLESS THE PERSON IS LICENSED
 UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   § 4. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  8002-a  to
 read as follows:
   § 8002-A. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING
 TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1.  "MEDICAL  NUTRITION  THERAPY"  MEANS  THE  PROVISION  OF NUTRITION
 ASSESSMENT, NUTRITION DIAGNOSIS, NUTRITION  INTERVENTION,  OR  NUTRITION
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 MONITORING  AND EVALUATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF MANAGEMENT OR TREATMENT OF
 A DISEASE OR MEDICAL CONDITION. ONLY  A  PERSON  LICENSED  OR  OTHERWISE
 EXEMPT  UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE SHALL PRACTICE MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY OR
 OFFER TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES.
   2.  "NUTRITION  CARE  SERVICES" MEANS ANY PART OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING
 SERVICES PROVIDED WITHIN A SYSTEMATIC PROCESS:
   (A) ASSESSING AND EVALUATING THE NUTRITIONAL NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS  AND
 GROUPS  AND DETERMINING RESOURCES AND CONSTRAINTS IN A PRACTICE SETTING,
 INCLUDING  ORDERING  OF  NUTRITION-RELATED LABORATORY TESTS TO CHECK AND
 TRACK NUTRITION STATUS;
   (B) IDENTIFYING NUTRITION PROBLEMS AND ESTABLISHING PRIORITIES, GOALS,
 AND OBJECTIVES THAT MEET  NUTRITIONAL  NEEDS  AND  ARE  CONSISTENT  WITH
 AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND CONSTRAINTS;
   (C) CREATING INDIVIDUALIZED DIETARY PLANS AND ISSUING AND IMPLEMENTING
 ORDERS  TO MEET NUTRITIONAL NEEDS OF HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND INDIVIDUALS
 IN ACUTE AND CHRONIC  DISEASE  STATES,  INCLUDING  ORDERING  THERAPEUTIC
 DIETS, AND MONITORING THE EFFECTIVENESS THEREOF;
   (D)  DETERMINING  AND PROVIDING APPROPRIATE NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS IN
 HEALTH  AND  DISEASE,  INCLUDING  NUTRITION  COUNSELING  ON   FOOD   AND
 PRESCRIPTION DRUG INTERACTIONS;
   (E) DEVELOPING, IMPLEMENTING, AND MANAGING NUTRITION CARE SYSTEMS; AND
   (F)  EVALUATING, MAKING CHANGES IN, AND MAINTAINING APPROPRIATE STAND-
 ARDS OF QUALITY IN FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE.
   §  5.  Section 8003 of the education law, as amended by chapter 282 of
 the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   § 8003. State board for dietetics and nutrition.   A state  board  for
 dietetics  and  nutrition shall be appointed by the board of regents, on
 recommendation of the commissioner, for the  purpose  of  assisting  the
 board of regents and the department on matters of [certification] LICEN-
 SURE,  PRACTICE,  and  professional  conduct  in accordance with section
 sixty-five hundred eight of this [chapter] TITLE.
   [The]  ALL MEMBERS SERVING TERMS ON THE STATE BOARD FOR DIETETICS  AND
 NUTRITION  ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-FIVE WHICH AMENDED THIS SECTION SHALL CONTINUE TO SERVE  OUT
 THEIR  RESPECTIVE  TERMS OF OFFICE UNTIL THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS ARE
 APPOINTED AND QUALIFIED. THEREAFTER, THE board  shall  consist  of  [not
 less  than  thirteen] ELEVEN members, [ten] SIX of whom shall be [certi-
 fied dietitians or certified nutritionists, except that the  members  of
 the  first  board  need  not  be  certified but shall be persons who are
 eligible for certification under the provisions of this article prior to
 their appointment to the board.    The  first  board,  with  respect  to
 members  representing  the  profession,  shall  consist  of five members
 registered by a national dietetic association having registration stand-
 ards acceptable to the department and five members who are members of or
 registered by  a  national  nutritional  association  having  membership
 and/or  registration standards acceptable to the department. Thereafter,
 members of the profession appointed to such  board  shall  be  certified
 pursuant  to  this  article] LICENSED DIETITIAN NUTRITIONISTS AND TWO OF
 WHOM SHALL BE LICENSED NUTRITIONISTS PURSUANT TO THIS  ARTICLE.  To  the
 extent reasonable, the board of regents should insure the state board is
 broadly  representative  of  various  professional  interests within the
 dietetic and nutritional community.  [Three] TWO members shall be repre-
 sentatives of the general public AND ONE MEMBER  SHALL  BE  A  PHYSICIAN
 LICENSED  UNDER  ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE.   SUCH
 PHYSICIAN MEMBER SHALL NOT BE A MEMBER OF OR CREDENTIALED BY A  NATIONAL
 DIETETIC  OR  NATIONAL  NUTRITION ASSOCIATION. An executive secretary to
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 the board shall be appointed by the board of regents on the  recommenda-
 tion of the commissioner.
   §  6.  Section 8004 of the education law is REPEALED and a new section
 8004 is added to read as follows:
   § 8004. REQUIREMENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL LICENSE.  1. EACH APPLICANT  FOR
 A  LICENSE  AS  A  LICENSED NUTRITIONIST SHALL:   BE AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE
 YEARS OF AGE; SUBMIT A COMPLETED APPLICATION UPON A  FORM  AND  IN  SUCH
 MANNER  AS  THE  BOARD PRESCRIBES DEMONSTRATING THE APPLICANT IS CAPABLE
 AND PROFESSIONALLY COMPETENT, AS DETERMINED  BY  THE  BOARD,  TO  SAFELY
 ENGAGE  IN THE PRACTICE OF NUTRITION; SUBMIT ANY FEES AS REQUIRED BY THE
 BOARD, AND SUBMIT PROOF OF ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) EDUCATION: HAVE RECEIVED A MASTER'S OR DOCTORAL DEGREE  IN  NUTRI-
 TION  OR A NUTRITION-RELATED SCIENCE LEADING TO COMPETENCE IN NUTRITION,
 INCLUDING MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE  COMMISSION-
 ER'S REGULATIONS;
   (B) EXPERIENCE: HAVE COMPLETED A PLANNED, CONTINUOUS, SUPERVISED PRAC-
 TICE  EXPERIENCE  SATISFACTORY  TO  THE BOARD AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS, PROVIDED THAT SUCH EXPERIENCE SHALL  REQUIRE
 DEMONSTRATION  OF  COMPETENCE  IN NUTRITION, INCLUDING MEDICAL NUTRITION
 THERAPY AND INVOLVE AT LEAST ONE THOUSAND HOURS UNDER DIRECT SUPERVISION
 IN THE FOLLOWING PRACTICE AREAS, WITH A MINIMUM OF TWO HUNDRED HOURS  IN
 EACH  PRACTICE  AREA:  CONDUCTING NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION INTER-
 VENTION; AND NUTRITION MONITORING AND EVALUATION. THE  EXPERIENCE  SHALL
 BE  DETERMINED  BY  THE  BOARD TO HAVE PREPARED THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE
 NUTRITION CARE SERVICES FOR VARIOUS  POPULATIONS  OF  DIVERSE  CULTURES,
 GENDERS, AND ACROSS THE LIFE CYCLE, AND TO BE ABLE TO COMPETENTLY FORMU-
 LATE  ACTIONABLE  MEDICAL  NUTRITION THERAPIES AND INTERVENTIONS, EDUCA-
 TION, COUNSELING, AND ONGOING CARE FOR THE PREVENTION,  MODULATION,  AND
 MANAGEMENT OF A RANGE OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS WITHIN THE
 SCOPE OF NUTRITION; AND
   (C)  EXAMINATION:  PASSAGE  OF A NUTRITION EXAMINATION SATISFACTORY TO
 THE BOARD AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS.
   2. (A) EACH APPLICANT FOR A LICENSE AS A LICENSED DIETITIAN NUTRITION-
 IST SHALL: BE AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE  YEARS  OF  AGE,  SUBMIT  A  COMPLETED
 APPLICATION  UPON  A  FORM  AND  IN  SUCH MANNER AS THE BOARD PRESCRIBES
 DEMONSTRATING THE APPLICANT IS CAPABLE AND PROFESSIONALLY COMPETENT,  AS
 DETERMINED  BY  THE BOARD, TO SAFELY ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF DIETETICS
 AND NUTRITION, SUBMIT ANY FEES AS REQUIRED  BY  THE  BOARD,  AND  SUBMIT
 PROOF OF ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (I)  EDUCATION: HAVE RECEIVED A MASTER'S OR DOCTORAL DEGREE AND SATIS-
 FACTORILY COMPLETED A PROGRAM OF STUDY ACCREDITED BY A NATIONAL  DIETET-
 ICS  ACCREDITING  BODY AND APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS;
   (II) EXPERIENCE: HAVE  COMPLETED  A  PLANNED,  CONTINUOUS,  SUPERVISED
 PRACTICE EXPERIENCE ACCREDITED BY A NATIONAL DIETETICS ACCREDITING BODY,
 SATISFACTORY  TO  THE  BOARD  AND  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S
 REGULATIONS, PROVIDED THAT SUCH EXPERIENCE SHALL  REQUIRE  DEMONSTRATION
 OF  COMPETENCE  IN  DIETETICS AND NUTRITION, INCLUDING MEDICAL NUTRITION
 THERAPY, AND CONSIST OF NOT LESS  THAN  ONE  THOUSAND  HOURS  UNDER  THE
 DIRECT  SUPERVISION.  THE EXPERIENCE SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD TO
 HAVE PREPARED THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE NUTRITION CARE SERVICES FOR VARI-
 OUS POPULATIONS OF DIVERSE CULTURES, GENDERS, AND ACROSS THE LIFE CYCLE,
 AND TO BE ABLE TO COMPETENTLY  FORMULATE  ACTIONABLE  MEDICAL  NUTRITION
 THERAPIES AND INTERVENTIONS, EDUCATION, COUNSELING, AND ONGOING CARE FOR
 THE  PREVENTION,  MODULATION,  AND  MANAGEMENT  OF  A RANGE OF ACUTE AND
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 CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF DIETETICS AND  NUTRITION;
 AND
   (III)  EXAMINATION: PASSAGE OF A DIETITIAN EXAMINATION SATISFACTORY TO
 THE BOARD AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS.
   (B) AN APPLICATION FOR A DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST LICENSE  SUBMITTED  BY
 INDIVIDUALS,  WHO  PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE HELD
 REGISTRATION AS A DIETITIAN BY A NATIONAL DIETETIC COMMISSION  THAT  HAS
 REGISTRATION STANDARDS ACCEPTABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND CURRENTLY HOLDS
 SUCH  REGISTRATION, IS GOVERNED BY THE PROVISIONS OF LAW IN EFFECT IMME-
 DIATELY BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, AND THE FORMER LAW IS
 CONTINUED IN EFFECT FOR THAT PURPOSE.
   3. ALL APPLICANTS FOR LICENSURE AS A LICENSED NUTRITIONIST OR LICENSED
 DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST SHALL PAY A FEE FOR AN INITIAL LICENSE, AND A FEE
 FOR EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION PERIOD.
   § 7. Section 8005 of the education law is REPEALED.
   § 8. Section 8006 of the education law is REPEALED and a  new  section
 8006 is added to read as follows:
   §  8006. SPECIAL CONDITIONS. 1. ANY PERSON WHO IS LICENSED AS A CERTI-
 FIED DIETITIAN OR A CERTIFIED NUTRITIONIST ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THE
 CHAPTER  OF  THE  LAWS  OF  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE WHICH AMENDED THIS
 SECTION, SHALL BE LICENSED AS A LICENSED DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST  WITHOUT
 MEETING ANY ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS SO LONG AS THEY HOLD REGISTRATION AS
 A  DIETITIAN  BY  A  NATIONAL  DIETETIC COMMISSION THAT HAS REGISTRATION
 STANDARDS ACCEPTABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT OR HAVE COMPLETED:
   (A) A BACHELOR'S OR HIGHER DEGREE FROM A  PROGRAMMATICALLY  ACCREDITED
 DIDACTIC  PROGRAM  APPROVED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
 COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS;
   (B) A SUPERVISED PRACTICE EXPERIENCE ACCEPTABLE TO THE  BOARD  AND  IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS, PROVIDED THAT SUCH EXPE-
 RIENCE  CONSISTED  OF SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF A NATIONALLY ACCREDITED
 DIETETIC AND NUTRITION EXPERIENCE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NOT LESS
 THAN NINE HUNDRED HOURS; AND
   (C) PASSAGE OF A DIETICIAN EXAMINATION SATISFACTORY TO THE  BOARD  AND
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS.
   2.  ANY PERSON WHO IS LICENSED AS A CERTIFIED DIETITIAN OR A CERTIFIED
 NUTRITIONIST AND DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS PROVIDED UNDER  SUBDIVI-
 SION  ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE
 LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE WHICH  AMEND  THIS  SECTION,  SHALL  BE
 LICENSED  AS  A  LICENSED  NUTRITIONIST  WITHOUT  MEETING ANY ADDITIONAL
 REQUIREMENTS.
   3. ANY NON-EXEMPT PERSON PRACTICING THE  PROFESSIONS  TO  BE  LICENSED
 PURSUANT  TO  THIS  ARTICLE SHALL APPLY FOR A LICENSE WITHIN ONE YEAR OF
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION.
   § 9. The education law is amended by adding two new sections 8007  and
 8008 to read as follows:
   §  8007.  EXEMPTIONS. THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO AFFECT OR
 PREVENT:
   1. A LICENSED PHYSICIAN FROM PRACTICING SUCH PHYSICIAN'S PROFESSION AS
 DEFINED UNDER ARTICLES ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE AND  ONE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-
 ONE-B  OF  THIS  TITLE;  A  REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE OR A CERTIFIED
 NURSE PRACTITIONER PRACTICING SUCH NURSE OR NURSE PRACTITIONER'S PROFES-
 SION AS DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE OF THIS  TITLE;  A
 LICENSED  PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT FROM SUCH PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT'S PROFESSION
 AS DEFINED UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED  THIRTY-ONE-B  OF  THIS  TITLE;  OR
 QUALIFIED  MEMBERS  OF  OTHER PROFESSIONS LICENSED UNDER THIS TITLE FROM
 PERFORMING WORK INCIDENTAL TO THE PRACTICE OF THEIR PROFESSIONS,  EXCEPT
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 THAT SUCH PERSONS MAY NOT HOLD THEMSELVES OUT UNDER THE TITLE AUTHORIZED
 BY THIS ARTICLE.
   2.  A  STUDENT,  INTERN  OR  RESIDENT FROM ENGAGING IN THE PRACTICE OF
 DIETETICS OR NUTRITION WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THE EDUCATION  OR  EXPERI-
 ENCE  REQUIREMENTS UNDER SECTION EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE, SO
 LONG AS:
   (A) THE STUDENT OR TRAINEE WHO IS COMPLETING THEIR SUPERVISED PRACTICE
 EXPERIENCE REQUIRED UNDER SECTION EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR  OF  THIS  ARTICLE
 PRACTICES UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION NOT MORE THAN FIVE YEARS AFTER COMPLET-
 ING  EDUCATION  REQUIREMENTS  UNDER  SECTION EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR OF THIS
 ARTICLE;
   (B) THE STUDENT OR TRAINEE PRACTICES UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION ONLY WHILE
 SUPERVISED BY A QUALIFIED SUPERVISOR AS APPROVED BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS;
   (C)  THE  STUDENT OR TRAINEE DOES NOT ENGAGE IN THE UNRESTRICTED PRAC-
 TICE OF MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY; AND
   (D) WHILE PRACTICING UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, THE  STUDENT  OR  TRAINEE
 USES  A  TITLE THAT CLEARLY INDICATES SUCH STUDENT TRAINEE'S STATUS AS A
 STUDENT, INTERN, TRAINEE, OR SUPERVISEE.
   3. A DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST OR NUTRITIONIST  WHO  IS  SERVING  IN  THE
 ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  OR ANY OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY FROM
 ENGAGING IN THE PRACTICE OF MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY, OR USING  GOVERN-
 MENT  ISSUED TITLES, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PRACTICE OR TITLE USE IS RELATED
 TO SERVICE OR EMPLOYMENT, PROVIDED THAT  SUCH  PRACTICE  IS  RELATED  TO
 SERVICE OR EMPLOYMENT.
   4.  A PERSON WHO PROVIDES INDIVIDUALIZED NUTRITION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
 THE WELLNESS AND PRIMARY PREVENTION OF CHRONIC DISEASE, HEALTH COACHING,
 HOLISTIC AND WELLNESS EDUCATION, GUIDANCE, MOTIVATION,  BEHAVIOR  CHANGE
 MANAGEMENT,  SERVICES FOR NON-MEDICAL WEIGHT CONTROL, OR OTHER NUTRITION
 CARE SERVICES SO LONG AS ALL OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY:
   (A) THE SERVICES DO NOT CONSTITUTE MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY;
   (B) THE PERSON DOES NOT REPRESENT SUCH PERSON USING TITLES  AUTHORIZED
 UNDER THIS ARTICLE; AND
   (C)  THE PERSON DOES NOT HOLD SUCH PERSON OUT AS LICENSED OR QUALIFIED
 TO ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY.
   5. A PERSON  WHO  DISSEMINATES  NON-INDIVIDUALIZED,  WRITTEN,  GENERAL
 NUTRITION  INFORMATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION
 OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS, FOOD, HERBS, OR FOOD MATERIALS, INCLUDING EXPLA-
 NATIONS OF THEIR FEDERALLY REGULATED LABEL CLAIMS,  ANY  KNOWN  DRUG-NU-
 TRIENT  INTERACTIONS, THEIR ROLE IN VARIOUS DIETS, OR SUGGESTIONS AS HOW
 TO BEST USE AND COMBINE THEM  SO  LONG  AS  SUCH  INFORMATION  DOES  NOT
 CONSTITUTE  MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY AND THE PERSON DOES NOT USE TITLES
 AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS ARTICLE OR HOLD SUCH PERSON OUT  AS  QUALIFIED  TO
 ENGAGE IN THE PRACTICE OF MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY.
   6.  A  PERSON  WHO  PROVIDES  MEDICAL  WEIGHT CONTROL FOR PERSONS WITH
 OBESITY AS PART OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) AN INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED IN WRITING BY  ONE
 OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (I)  A  DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST OR NUTRITIONIST LICENSED IN THIS STATE;
 OR
   (II) A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER LICENSED OR CERTIFIED  IN  THIS  STATE
 WHOSE SCOPE OF PRACTICE INCLUDES MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY; OR
   (B)  A PLAN OF CARE THAT IS OVERSEEN BY A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL LICENSED
 IN THIS STATE WHOSE SCOPE OF PRACTICE OTHERWISE  AUTHORIZES  THE  HEALTH
 PROFESSIONAL  TO PROVIDE AND DELEGATE MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY, SO LONG
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 AS THE MEDICAL WEIGHT CONTROL SERVICES ARE NOT DISCRETIONARY AND DO  NOT
 REQUIRE THE EXERCISE OF PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT.
   7.  AN  INDIVIDUAL  EMPLOYED  BY A WIC PROGRAM AS A "COMPETENT PROFES-
 SIONAL AUTHORITY" AS DEFINED IN 7 C.F.R § 246.2  (1895)  FROM  PROVIDING
 NUTRITION  SERVICES  WITHIN  SUCH  WIC  PROGRAM. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION THE TERM "WIC PROGRAM" SHALL MEAN A PROGRAM AUTHORIZED BY 42
 U.S.C. § 1786; AND
   8. A PERSON WHO DOES NOT UTILIZE TITLES AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS  ARTICLE
 AND  ASSISTS  THE  PROVISION  OF MEDICAL NUTRITION THERAPY IF THE PERSON
 PERFORMS ONLY SUPPORT ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NOT DISCRETIONARY AND THAT  DO
 NOT REQUIRE THE EXERCISE OF PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE,
 AND  THE  PERSON  IS  DIRECTLY SUPERVISED BY A NUTRITIONIST OR DIETITIAN
 NUTRITIONIST LICENSED UNDER THIS TITLE.
   § 8008. LIMITED PERMIT. 1. THE DEPARTMENT MAY ISSUE A  LIMITED  PERMIT
 TO  PRACTICE  AS  A PROVISIONALLY LICENSED NUTRITIONIST OR PROVISIONALLY
 LICENSED DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST TO AN APPLICANT FOR  LICENSURE  WHO  HAS
 MET  THE EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR A LICENSED NUTRITION-
 IST OR LICENSED DIETITIAN  NUTRITIONIST  PROVIDED  UNDER  SECTION  EIGHT
 THOUSAND FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE.
   2. THE DURATION OF A LIMITED PERMIT SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE YEAR FROM THE
 TIME  OF  ITS  FIRST ISSUE AND THE DEPARTMENT MAY FOR GOOD CAUSE RENEW A
 LIMITED PERMIT FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PROVIDED  THAT  NO  INDIVIDUAL
 SHALL  PRACTICE  UNDER  ANY  LIMITED PERMIT FOR MORE THAN A TOTAL OF TWO
 YEARS.
   3. ALL PRACTICE UNDER A LIMITED PERMIT SHALL BE UNDER THE  SUPERVISION
 OF INDIVIDUALS LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
   4. THE FEE FOR A LIMITED PERMIT OR THE RENEWAL THEREOF SHALL BE SEVEN-
 TY-FIVE DOLLARS.
   §  10.  Subparagraph  (i)  of  paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section
 6503-a of the education law, as amended by chapter 554 of  the  laws  of
 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (i)  services  provided  under  article  one  hundred  fifty-four, ONE
 HUNDRED FIFTY-SEVEN, one hundred sixty-three or one hundred  sixty-seven
 of this title for which licensure would be required, or
   § 11. Section 6505-b of the education law, as amended by chapter 10 of
 the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   § 6505-b. Course  work  or  training  in  infection control practices.
 Every dentist, registered nurse, licensed practical  nurse,  podiatrist,
 optometrist [and], dental hygienist, LICENSED NUTRITIONIST, AND LICENSED
 DIETITIAN  NUTRITIONIST practicing in the state shall, on or before July
 first, nineteen hundred ninety-four and  every  four  years  thereafter,
 complete course work or training appropriate to the professional's prac-
 tice approved by the department regarding infection control, which shall
 include  sepsis, and barrier precautions, including engineering and work
 practice controls, in accordance with regulatory  standards  promulgated
 by  the department, in consultation with the department of health, which
 shall be consistent, as far as appropriate, with such standards  adopted
 by  the department of health pursuant to section two hundred thirty-nine
 of the public health law to prevent the transmission of  HIV,  HBV,  HCV
 and  infections  that could lead to sepsis in the course of professional
 practice. Each such professional shall document to the department at the
 time of registration commencing with the first registration  after  July
 first,  nineteen hundred ninety-four that the professional has completed
 course work or training  in  accordance  with  this  section,  provided,
 however  that  a professional subject to the provisions of paragraph (f)
 of subdivision one of section twenty-eight hundred five-k of the  public
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 health  law  shall  not be required to so document. The department shall
 provide an exemption from this requirement to anyone who  requests  such
 an exemption and who (i) clearly demonstrates to the department's satis-
 faction  that  there  would  be  no  need for [him or her] SUCH DENTIST,
 REGISTERED NURSE, LICENSED  PRACTICAL  NURSE,  PODIATRIST,  OPTOMETRIST,
 DENTAL  HYGIENIST,  LICENSED NUTRITIONIST, AND LICENSED DIETITIAN NUTRI-
 TIONIST to complete such course work or training because of  the  nature
 of  [his  or  her]  SUCH  DENTIST,  REGISTERED NURSE, LICENSED PRACTICAL
 NURSE, PODIATRIST, OPTOMETRIST, DENTAL HYGIENIST, LICENSED NUTRITIONIST,
 AND LICENSED DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST practice or (ii) that  [he  or  she]
 SUCH  DENTIST,  REGISTERED  NURSE, LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE, PODIATRIST,
 OPTOMETRIST,  DENTAL  HYGIENIST,  LICENSED  NUTRITIONIST,  AND  LICENSED
 DIETITIAN  NUTRITIONIST  has completed course work or training deemed by
 the department to be equivalent to the course work or training  approved
 by the department pursuant to this section. The department shall consult
 with organizations representative of professions, institutions and those
 with  expertise  in  infection  control and HIV, HBV, HCV and infections
 that could lead to sepsis  with  respect  to  the  regulatory  standards
 promulgated pursuant to this section.
   § 11-a. Section 6505-b of the education law, as amended by chapter 733
 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   § 6505-b. Course  work  or  training  in  infection control practices.
 Every dentist, registered nurse, licensed practical  nurse,  podiatrist,
 optometrist,  athletic  trainer,  [and]  dental  hygienist, AND LICENSED
 NUTRITIONIST, AND LICENSED  DIETITIAN  NUTRITIONIST  practicing  in  the
 state  shall,  on or before July first, nineteen hundred ninety-four and
 every four years thereafter, complete course work or training  appropri-
 ate  to the professional's practice approved by the department regarding
 infection control, which shall include sepsis, and barrier  precautions,
 including  engineering  and  work  practice controls, in accordance with
 regulatory standards promulgated by the department, in consultation with
 the department of health, which shall be consistent, as far as appropri-
 ate, with such standards adopted by the department of health pursuant to
 section two hundred thirty-nine of the public health law to prevent  the
 transmission  of  HIV, HBV, HCV and infections that could lead to sepsis
 in the course of professional practice.  Each  such  professional  shall
 document  to  the department at the time of registration commencing with
 the first registration after July first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-four
 that  the  professional has completed course work or training in accord-
 ance with this section, provided, however that a professional subject to
 the provisions of paragraph (f) of subdivision one  of  section  twenty-
 eight  hundred  five-k of the public health law shall not be required to
 so document.  The  department  shall  provide  an  exemption  from  this
 requirement to anyone who requests such an exemption and who (i) clearly
 demonstrates  to  the  department's  satisfaction that there would be no
 need for [him or her] SUCH DENTIST, REGISTERED NURSE, LICENSED PRACTICAL
 NURSE, PODIATRIST, OPTOMETRIST, DENTAL HYGIENIST, LICENSED NUTRITIONIST,
 AND LICENSED DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST to  complete  such  course  work  or
 training  because of the nature of [his or her] SUCH DENTIST, REGISTERED
 NURSE, LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE, PODIATRIST, OPTOMETRIST, DENTAL HYGIEN-
 IST, LICENSED NUTRITIONIST, AND LICENSED DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST practice
 or (ii) that [he or she] SUCH DENTIST, REGISTERED NURSE, LICENSED  PRAC-
 TICAL  NURSE, PODIATRIST, OPTOMETRIST, DENTAL HYGIENIST, LICENSED NUTRI-
 TIONIST, AND LICENSED DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST has completed  course  work
 or training deemed by the department to be equivalent to the course work
 or  training  approved  by  the department pursuant to this section. The
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 department  shall   consult   with   organizations   representative   of
 professions,  institutions and those with expertise in infection control
 and HIV, HBV, HCV and infections that could lead to sepsis with  respect
 to the regulatory standards promulgated pursuant to this section.
   §  12.  Paragraph  a of subdivision 3 of section 6507 of the education
 law, as amended by chapter 479 of the laws of 2022, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   a. Establish standards for preprofessional and professional education,
 experience and licensing examinations as required to implement the arti-
 cle for each profession. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
 commissioner shall establish standards requiring that all persons apply-
 ing,  on or after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, initially,
 or for the renewal of, a license, registration or limited permit to be a
 physician, chiropractor, dentist, registered nurse, podiatrist,  optome-
 trist,   psychiatrist,  psychologist,  licensed  master  social  worker,
 licensed clinical  social  worker,  licensed  creative  arts  therapist,
 licensed  marriage  and family therapist, licensed mental health counse-
 lor,  licensed  psychoanalyst,  dental  hygienist,   licensed   behavior
 analyst,  [or] certified behavior analyst assistant, LICENSED NUTRITION-
 IST OR LICENSED DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST shall, in  addition  to  all  the
 other  licensure,  certification  or permit requirements, have completed
 two hours of coursework or training  regarding  the  identification  and
 reporting  of  child  abuse and maltreatment. The coursework or training
 shall be obtained  from  an  institution  or  provider  which  has  been
 approved  by  the department to provide such coursework or training. The
 coursework or training shall include information regarding the  physical
 and behavioral indicators of child abuse and maltreatment and the statu-
 tory  reporting  requirements  set out in sections four hundred thirteen
 through four hundred twenty of the social services  law,  including  but
 not  limited  to, when and how a report must be made, what other actions
 the reporter is mandated or authorized to take,  the  legal  protections
 afforded  reporters,  and  the  consequences for failing to report. Such
 coursework or training may also include information regarding the  phys-
 ical and behavioral indicators of the abuse of individuals with develop-
 mental  disabilities  and  voluntary  reporting  of  abused or neglected
 adults to the office for people with developmental disabilities  or  the
 local  adult protective services unit.  Each applicant shall provide the
 department with documentation showing that [he or  she]  SUCH  APPLICANT
 has  completed  the  required  training. The department shall provide an
 exemption from the child abuse and maltreatment training requirements to
 any applicant who requests such an  exemption  and  who  shows,  to  the
 department's  satisfaction,  that  there would be no need because of the
 nature of [his or her] SUCH APPLICANT'S practice for [him or  her]  SUCH
 APPLICANT to complete such training;
   §  12-a. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 6507 of the education
 law, as amended by chapter 733 of the laws of 2023, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   a. Establish standards for preprofessional and professional education,
 experience and licensing examinations as required to implement the arti-
 cle for each profession. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
 commissioner shall establish standards requiring that all persons apply-
 ing,  on or after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, initially,
 or for the renewal of, a license, registration or limited permit to be a
 physician, chiropractor, dentist, registered nurse, podiatrist,  optome-
 trist,   psychiatrist,  psychologist,  licensed  master  social  worker,
 licensed clinical  social  worker,  licensed  creative  arts  therapist,
 S. 607                             10
 
 licensed  marriage  and family therapist, licensed mental health counse-
 lor,  licensed  psychoanalyst,  dental  hygienist,   licensed   behavior
 analyst,  certified  behavior  analyst assistant, LICENSED NUTRITIONIST,
 LICENSED  DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST, or athletic trainer shall, in addition
 to all the other licensure, certification or permit  requirements,  have
 completed  two hours of coursework or training regarding the identifica-
 tion and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment.  The  coursework  or
 training  shall  be  obtained  from an institution or provider which has
 been approved by the department to provide such coursework or  training.
 The coursework or training shall include information regarding the phys-
 ical  and  behavioral indicators of child abuse and maltreatment and the
 statutory reporting requirements set out in sections four hundred  thir-
 teen  through  four hundred twenty of the social services law, including
 but not limited to, when and how a  report  must  be  made,  what  other
 actions  the  reporter  is  mandated  or  authorized  to take, the legal
 protections afforded reporters, and  the  consequences  for  failing  to
 report. Such coursework or training may also include information regard-
 ing  the  physical and behavioral indicators of the abuse of individuals
 with developmental disabilities and voluntary  reporting  of  abused  or
 neglected  adults  to the office for people with developmental disabili-
 ties or the local adult protective services unit.  Each applicant  shall
 provide  the department with documentation showing that [he or she] SUCH
 APPLICANT has completed the  required  training.  The  department  shall
 provide  an  exemption  from  the  child abuse and maltreatment training
 requirements to any applicant who requests such  an  exemption  and  who
 shows,  to  the  department's  satisfaction, that there would be no need
 because of the nature of [his or her] SUCH APPLICANT'S practice for [him
 or her] SUCH APPLICANT to complete such training;
   § 13. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of  section  413  of  the  social
 services  law,  as  amended  by section 7 of part C of chapter 57 of the
 laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) The following persons and officials  are  required  to  report  or
 cause  a  report to be made in accordance with this title when they have
 reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming  before  them  in  their
 professional  or  official capacity is an abused or maltreated child, or
 when they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child is an abused  or
 maltreated  child  where the parent, guardian, custodian or other person
 legally responsible for such child comes before them  in  their  profes-
 sional  or  official  capacity and states from personal knowledge facts,
 conditions or circumstances which, if correct, would render the child an
 abused or maltreated child: any physician; registered physician  assist-
 ant;  surgeon;  medical  examiner;  coroner;  dentist; dental hygienist;
 osteopath;  optometrist;  chiropractor;  podiatrist;  resident;  intern;
 psychologist; registered nurse; social worker; emergency medical techni-
 cian;  licensed  creative  arts  therapist; licensed marriage and family
 therapist; licensed mental  health  counselor;  licensed  psychoanalyst;
 licensed   behavior   analyst;  certified  behavior  analyst  assistant;
 LICENSED NUTRITIONIST; LICENSED DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST; hospital person-
 nel engaged in the admission, examination, care or treatment of persons;
 a Christian Science practitioner; school official, which includes but is
 not  limited  to  school  teacher,  school  guidance  counselor,  school
 psychologist,  school  social worker, school nurse, school administrator
 or other school personnel required to hold a teaching or  administrative
 license  or  certificate;  full or part-time compensated school employee
 required to hold a temporary coaching license or  professional  coaching
 certificate; social services worker; employee of a publicly-funded emer-
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 gency shelter for families with children; director of a children's over-
 night  camp, summer day camp or traveling summer day camp, as such camps
 are defined in section thirteen hundred ninety-two of the public  health
 law;  day  care center worker; school-age child care worker; provider of
 family or group family day care; employee or volunteer in a  residential
 care  facility  for  children that is licensed, certified or operated by
 the office of children and family services; or any other child  care  or
 foster  care worker; mental health professional; substance abuse counse-
 lor; alcoholism counselor; all persons credentialed  by  the  office  of
 [alcoholism] ADDICTION SERVICES and [substance abuse services] SUPPORTS;
 employees, who are expected to have regular and substantial contact with
 children,  of  a  health  home  or  health  home  care management agency
 contracting with a health home as designated by the department of health
 and authorized under section three hundred sixty-five-l of this  chapter
 or  such employees who provide home and community based services under a
 demonstration program pursuant to section eleven hundred fifteen of  the
 federal  social  security  act  who  are  expected  to  have regular and
 substantial  contact  with  children;  peace  officer;  police  officer;
 district  attorney or assistant district attorney; investigator employed
 in the office of a district attorney; or other law enforcement official.
   § 13-a. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 413  of  the  social
 services  law, as amended by chapter 733 of the laws of 2023, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (a) The following persons and officials  are  required  to  report  or
 cause  a  report to be made in accordance with this title when they have
 reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming  before  them  in  their
 professional  or  official capacity is an abused or maltreated child, or
 when they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child is an abused  or
 maltreated  child  where the parent, guardian, custodian or other person
 legally responsible for such child comes before them  in  their  profes-
 sional  or  official  capacity and states from personal knowledge facts,
 conditions or circumstances which, if correct, would render the child an
 abused or maltreated child: any physician; registered physician  assist-
 ant;  surgeon;  medical  examiner;  coroner;  dentist; dental hygienist;
 osteopath;  optometrist;  chiropractor;  podiatrist;  resident;  intern;
 athletic  trainer;  psychologist; registered nurse; social worker; emer-
 gency medical technician; licensed  creative  arts  therapist;  licensed
 marriage   and  family  therapist;  licensed  mental  health  counselor;
 licensed psychoanalyst; licensed behavior  analyst;  certified  behavior
 analyst  assistant; LICENSED NUTRITIONIST; LICENSED DIETITIAN NUTRITION-
 IST; hospital personnel engaged in the admission, examination,  care  or
 treatment of persons; a Christian Science practitioner; school official,
 which  includes  but  is  not limited to school teacher, school guidance
 counselor, school psychologist,  school  social  worker,  school  nurse,
 school administrator or other school personnel required to hold a teach-
 ing  or administrative license or certificate; full or part-time compen-
 sated school employee required to hold a temporary coaching  license  or
 professional coaching certificate; social services worker; employee of a
 publicly-funded  emergency  shelter for families with children; director
 of a children's overnight camp, summer day camp or traveling summer  day
 camp,  as  such camps are defined in section thirteen hundred ninety-two
 of the public health law; day care center worker; school-age child  care
 worker;  provider of family or group family day care; employee or volun-
 teer in a residential care  facility  for  children  that  is  licensed,
 certified  or operated by the office of children and family services; or
 any other child care or foster care worker; mental health  professional;
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 substance  abuse  counselor;  alcoholism  counselor; all persons creden-
 tialed by the  office  of  [alcoholism  and  substance  abuse  services]
 ADDICTION  SERVICES  AND  SUPPORTS;  employees, who are expected to have
 regular  and  substantial  contact  with  children,  of a health home or
 health home care management agency contracting with  a  health  home  as
 designated  by  the  department  of  health and authorized under section
 three hundred sixty-five-l of this chapter or such employees who provide
 home and community based services under a demonstration program pursuant
 to section eleven hundred fifteen of the federal social security act who
 are expected to have regular  and  substantial  contact  with  children;
 peace  officer;  police officer; district attorney or assistant district
 attorney; investigator employed in the office of a district attorney; or
 other law enforcement official.
   § 14. Subdivision 5-a of section 488 of the social  services  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  205  of  the  laws  of 2014, is amended to read as
 follows:
   5-a. "Human services professional" shall mean any:  physician;  regis-
 tered  physician assistant; surgeon; medical examiner; coroner; dentist;
 dental  hygienist;  osteopath;  optometrist;  chiropractor;  podiatrist;
 resident;  intern;  psychologist;  registered  nurse; licensed practical
 nurse; nurse practitioner; social worker; emergency medical  technician;
 licensed  creative  arts  therapist; licensed marriage and family thera-
 pist; licensed mental health counselor; licensed psychoanalyst; licensed
 behavior  analyst;  certified  behavior  analyst   assistant;   licensed
 speech/language pathologist or audiologist; licensed physical therapist;
 licensed  occupational therapist; LICENSED NUTRITIONIST; LICENSED DIETI-
 TIAN NUTRITIONIST; hospital personnel engaged in the admission, examina-
 tion, care or treatment  of  persons;  Christian  Science  practitioner;
 school  official,  which  includes but is not limited to school teacher,
 school guidance counselor, school psychologist,  school  social  worker,
 school nurse, school administrator or other school personnel required to
 hold  a teaching or administrative license or certificate; full or part-
 time compensated school employee required to hold a  temporary  coaching
 license  or  professional  coaching certificate; social services worker;
 any other child care or foster care worker; mental health  professional;
 person credentialed by the office of [alcoholism] ADDICTION SERVICES and
 [substance  abuse  services]  SUPPORTS;  peace  officer; police officer;
 district attorney or assistant district attorney; investigator  employed
 in the office of a district attorney; or other law enforcement official.
   §  15.  This act shall take effect eighteen months after it shall have
 become a  law;  provided,  however,  that  the  provisions  of  sections
 eleven-a,  twelve-a and thirteen-a  of this act shall take effect on the
 same date and in the same manner as chapter 733  of  the  laws  of  2023
 takes  effect.    Effective  immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such effective date.