Senate Bill S8714

                             
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                                   8714
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 7, 2026
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 Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, the limited  liability  company  law,
   the  partnership  law  and  the  public health law, in relation to the
   practice of naturopathy; and to amend  the  social  services  law,  in
   relation to the reporting of child abuse

   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 article 138 to
 read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 138
                           NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE
 SECTION 6850. INTRODUCTION.
         6851. DEFINITION OF THE PRACTICE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE.
         6852. PRACTICE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE AND USE OF TITLE  "NATU-
                 ROPATHIC DOCTOR".
         6853. BOUNDARIES OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE.
         6854. STATE BOARD FOR NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE.
         6855. QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE.
         6856. SPECIAL PROVISIONS.
         6857. EXEMPT PERSONS AND EXEMPTIONS.
         6858. LIMITED RESIDENCY PERMITS.
         6859. LIMITED PERMITS.
         6860. MANDATORY CONTINUING EDUCATION.
   §  6850. INTRODUCTION. THIS ARTICLE APPLIES TO THE LICENSURE AND REGU-
 LATION OF NATUROPATHIC DOCTORS TO PRACTICE NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE IN THIS
 STATE.  THE GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR ALL PROFESSIONS CONTAINED IN  ARTICLE
 ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THIS TITLE APPLY TO THIS ARTICLE.
   §  6851.  DEFINITION OF THE PRACTICE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE.  1. THE
 PRACTICE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE MEANS  A  DISTINCT  AND  COMPREHENSIVE
 SYSTEM  OF  PRIMARY  HEALTH  CARE THAT INVOLVES DIAGNOSIS, TREATING, AND
 PREVENTING HUMAN HEALTH CONDITIONS, INJURIES, AND DISEASES USING A RANGE
 OF METHODS AND THERAPIES, INCLUDING BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  EDUCATIONAL,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13819-02-5
              

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 NATURAL  MEDICINES  AND  THERAPIES,  AND  MANUAL THERAPY, TO SUPPORT AND
 STIMULATE THE BODY'S INHERENT SELF-HEALING PROCESSES.
   2. A.  IN THE PRACTICE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE, A NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR
 SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PRACTICE INJECTION THERAPY AS ESTABLISHED BY
 THE STATE BOARD FOR NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMIS-
 SIONER'S REGULATIONS.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE "INJECTION THER-
 APY"  SHALL MEAN ADMINISTERING AND PRESCRIBING THE FOLLOWING MEDICATIONS
 AND  OTHER  SUBSTANCES  BY  INTRADERMAL,  SUBCUTANEOUS,   INTRAMUSCULAR,
 INTRA-ARTICULAR AND INTRAVENOUS ROUTES:
   (I)  STERILE  PARENTERAL  PRODUCTS  THAT  ARE  CHEMICALLY IDENTICAL TO
 SUBSTANCES  AVAILABLE  WITHOUT  A  PRESCRIPTION,  LIMITED  TO  VITAMINS,
 MINERALS, AMINO ACIDS, ELECTROLYTES, SUGARS AND DILUENTS;
   (II) LIDOCAINE FOR LOCAL INFILTRATION OR TRIGGER-POINT ANESTHESIA, BUT
 NOT REGIONAL NERVE BLOCKS, NEURAXIAL ANESTHESIA, DEEP SEDATION OR GENER-
 AL ANESTHESIA;
   (III) AUTOLOGOUS PLATELET-RICH PLASMA;
   (IV) DRUGS AUTHORIZED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION; AND
   (V)  OTHER  SUBSTANCES  AUTHORIZED BY THE STATE BOARD FOR NATUROPATHIC
 MEDICINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS.
   B. NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION AUTHORIZES  A  NATUROPATHIC  DOCTOR  TO
 COMPOUND STERILE PREPARATIONS.
   3. IN THE PRACTICE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE, A NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR MAY
 ADMINISTER AND PRESCRIBE THE FOLLOWING DRUGS FOR WHICH A PRESCRIPTION IS
 REQUIRED  UNDER THE FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG AND COSMETIC ACT (21 U.S.C. § 301
 ET SEQ.):
   A. EPINEPHRINE TO TREAT ANAPHYLAXIS;
   B. NON-CONTROLLED BIOIDENTICAL ENDOCRINE HORMONES; AND
   C. OTHER DRUGS AUTHORIZED BY THE STATE BOARD FOR NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS.
   4. IN THE PRACTICE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE A NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR  MAY
 USE  MEDICAL  DEVICES THAT ARE EXEMPT OR ARE CLASS I OR CLASS II DEVICES
 IDENTIFIED UNDER TITLE TWENTY-ONE OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
   § 6852. PRACTICE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE AND USE  OF  TITLE  "NATURO-
 PATHIC DOCTOR". 1. ONLY A PERSON LICENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE MAY USE THE
 TITLE  "NATUROPATHIC  DOCTOR",  "LICENSED  NATUROPATH"  OR "PROFESSIONAL
 NATUROPATH" AND HOLD THEMSELVES OUT AS PRACTICING NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE.
   2. NO PERSON LICENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL HOLD THEMSELVES OUT  AS
 PRACTICING  ANY OTHER PROFESSION REGULATED BY THIS TITLE, OR USE A TITLE
 OF ANY OTHER PROFESSION, UNLESS OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS TITLE.
   § 6853. BOUNDARIES OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE. THE  ACTIVITIES  ENCOM-
 PASSED  WITHIN  THE  DEFINITION OF THE PRACTICE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE
 SHALL NOT INCLUDE:
   1. ADMINISTERING OR PRESCRIBING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES;
   2. DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC METHODS  IN  WHICH  BONE,  VISCERA,  THE
 EYEBALL,  THE  INNER  EAR,  THE  DORSAL BODY CAVITY, OR THE VENTRAL BODY
 CAVITY IS PENETRATED BY A PHYSICAL DEVICE;
   3. SURGERY AS A MEDICAL PROCEDURE FOR STRUCTURALLY ALTERING THE  HUMAN
 BODY  BY  CUTTING  INTO  LIVE  HUMAN TISSUE FOR THE PURPOSE OF LOCALIZED
 ALTERATION, TRANSPORTATION, OR DESTRUCTION OF LIVE  HUMAN  TISSUE  USING
 IONIZING  RADIATION OR AN INSTRUMENT, SUCH AS A LASER, SCALPEL OR PROBE.
 NOTHING IN THIS DELIMITATION OF SURGERY SHALL PRECLUDE INJECTION;
   4. ADMINISTERING  RADIOLOGICAL  PROCEDURES  USING  IONIZING  RADIATION
 ABOVE BACKGROUND LEVELS;
   5. ADMINISTERING OR PRESCRIBING GENERAL OR SPINAL ANESTHETIC DRUGS;
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   6.  OBSTETRIC SERVICES OTHER THAN PRENATAL WELLNESS CARE AND PRESCRIB-
 ING, ORDERING, INSTALLING, REMOVING OR ADJUSTING  BARRIER  CONTRACEPTIVE
 DEVICES;
   7. ACUPUNCTURE;
   8. SETTING FRACTURES;
   9.  TREATMENT FOR MALIGNANCIES OTHER THAN ANCILLARY THERAPIES PROVIDED
 IN COLLABORATION WITH AN ONCOLOGIST;
   10. EMERGENCY CARE SERVICES FOR TREATING INJURIES  OR  TRAUMA  FROM  A
 SERIOUS  ACCIDENT  OR  A  VIOLENT  CRIME, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY ARTICLE
 THIRTY OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW;
   11. MARITAL AND FAMILY THERAPY, PSYCHOANALYSIS AND CREATIVE ARTS THER-
 APY; AND
   12. COMPOUNDING DRUGS.
   § 6854. STATE BOARD FOR NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE. 1. A  STATE  BOARD  FOR
 NATUROPATHIC  MEDICINE SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS ON THE
 RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  ASSISTING  THE
 BOARD OF REGENTS AND THE DEPARTMENT ON MATTERS OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSING
 AND  PROFESSIONAL  CONDUCT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED
 EIGHT OF THIS TITLE. THE BOARD SHALL BE COMPOSED OF TWO MEMBERS  OF  THE
 PUBLIC  WHO  ARE  CONSUMERS OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE AND NOT EMPLOYED BY
 NOR PRACTITIONERS OF  NATUROPATHIC  MEDICINE  UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE,  TWO
 LICENSED PHYSICIANS WHO ARE A DOCTOR OF MEDICINE OR A DOCTOR OF OSTEOPA-
 THY,  AND  NOT  LESS  THAN SIX PERSONS   LICENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.  A
 NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR MEMBER OF THE BOARD SHALL HAVE BEEN  LICENSED  UNDER
 THIS  ARTICLE FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS PRIOR TO BEING APPOINTED, WHICH TWO
 YEAR LICENSE REQUIREMENT IS WAIVED FOR THE INITIAL  BOARD  AND  REPLACED
 WITH  A  REQUIREMENT THAT THE NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR OBTAIN A LICENSE UNDER
 THIS ARTICLE WITHIN ONE YEAR OF APPOINTMENT OR ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE
 DATE OF THIS ARTICLE, WHICHEVER COMES LATER.  THE  TERMS  OF  THE  FIRST
 APPOINTED  MEMBERS  SHALL  BE  STAGGERED SO THAT THREE ARE APPOINTED FOR
 THREE YEARS, THREE ARE APPOINTED FOR FOUR YEARS, AND FOUR ARE  APPOINTED
 FOR  FIVE  YEARS. AN EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD SHALL BE APPOINTED
 BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMISSIONER.
   2. EXAMINATIONS SELECTED OR PREPARED BY THE BOARD PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
 SION TWO OF SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED EIGHT OF THIS TITLE SHALL CONFORM
 WHENEVER POSSIBLE TO NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED  TEST  DEVELOPMENT  STANDARDS
 AND TEST COMPETENCIES FOR NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE.
   §  6855.  QUALIFICATIONS  FOR  LICENSURE.  TO QUALIFY FOR A LICENSE TO
 PRACTICE THE PROFESSION OF NATUROPATHIC  MEDICINE,  AN  APPLICANT  SHALL
 FULFILL THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
   1. APPLICATION: FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT;
   2.  EDUCATION: HAVE RECEIVED AN EDUCATION, INCLUDING A DOCTORAL DEGREE
 IN NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE, GRANTED  ON  THE  BASIS  OF  COMPLETION  OF  A
 PROGRAM  OF  NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OR THE
 SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENT THEREOF, IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER'S
 REGULATIONS;
   3. EXPERIENCE:  HAVE SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED A POST-GRADUATE RESIDEN-
 CY  PROGRAM  OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE OF AT LEAST TWELVE MONTHS DURATION
 APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, OR THE SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENT  THEREOF,  AND
 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS;
   4.  EXAMINATION:  PASS AN EXAMINATION SATISFACTORY TO THE BOARD AND IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S REGULATIONS;
   5. AGE: BE AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE;
   6. CHARACTER:  BE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT; AND
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   7. FEE: PAY A FEE OF THREE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR
 AN INITIAL LICENSE AND A FEE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH  TRIENNIAL
 REGISTRATION PERIOD.
   § 6856. SPECIAL PROVISIONS. 1. POST-EFFECTIVE DATE GRADUATES. A PERSON
 SHALL  QUALIFY  FOR A LICENSE TO PRACTICE THE PROFESSION OF NATUROPATHIC
 MEDICINE WITHOUT RESIDENCY EXPERIENCE, PROVIDED THAT WITHIN TEN YEARS OF
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS  ARTICLE,  THE  PERSON  MEETS  THE  FOLLOWING
 REQUIREMENTS:
   A.  AS  PER  SECTION  SIXTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE,
 FILES AN APPLICATION, MEETS THE EDUCATION, EXAMINATION, AGE AND  CHARAC-
 TER REQUIREMENTS, AND PAYS THE APPROPRIATE FEES; AND
   B.  ESTABLISHES  PROOF  OF  PRACTICE  BY  :(I)  PROVIDING SATISFACTORY
 EVIDENCE OF PRACTICE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE TO THE DEPARTMENT  OF  NOT
 LESS  THAN THREE YEARS DURING THE FIVE YEARS PRECEDING THE FILING OF THE
 APPLICATION; OR (II) PRACTICING UNDER A LIMITED PERMIT IN THE STATE  FOR
 AT LEAST TWO OF THE THREE YEARS PRECEDING THE FILING OF THE APPLICATION.
   2. PRE-NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT GRADUATES. A PERSON SHALL QUALIFY
 FOR  A LICENSE TO PRACTICE THE PROFESSION OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE WITH-
 OUT RESIDENCY EXPERIENCE OR EXAMINATION, PROVIDED THAT WITHIN TEN  YEARS
 OF  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE OF THIS ARTICLE, THE PERSON MEETS THE FOLLOWING
 REQUIREMENTS:
   A. AS PER SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED  FIFTY-FIVE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
 FILES AN APPLICATION, MEETS THE AGE AND CHARACTER REQUIREMENTS, AND PAYS
 THE APPROPRIATE FEES; AND
   B. HAS GRADUATED PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT
 FROM  A  DOCTORAL  DEGREE PROGRAM OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICAL EDUCATION FROM
 JOHN BASTYR COLLEGE  OF  NATUROPATHIC  MEDICINE,  LATER  RENAMED  BASTYR
 UNIVERSITY,  OR NATIONAL COLLEGE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE, LATER RENAMED
 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL MEDICINE; AND
   C. ESTABLISHES  PROOF  OF  PRACTICE  BY:  (I)  PROVIDING  SATISFACTORY
 EVIDENCE  OF  PRACTICE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NOT
 LESS THAN THREE YEARS DURING THE FIVE YEARS PRECEDING THE FILING OF  THE
 APPLICATION;  OR (II) PRACTICING UNDER A LIMITED PERMIT IN THE STATE FOR
 AT LEAST TWO OF THE THREE YEARS PRECEDING THE FILING OF THE APPLICATION.
   3. POST-NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN PRE-EFFECTIVE DATE GRADUATES.  A
 PERSON SHALL QUALIFY FOR A LICENSE TO PRACTICE THE PROFESSION OF NATURO-
 PATHIC  MEDICINE  WITH  OR  WITHOUT  RESIDENCY EXPERIENCE, PROVIDED THAT
 WITHIN TEN YEARS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE, THE PERSON MEETS
 THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
   A. AS PER SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED  FIFTY-FIVE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
 FILES AN APPLICATION, MEETS THE AGE AND CHARACTER REQUIREMENTS, AND PAYS
 THE APPROPRIATE FEES; AND
   B.  HAVE  GRADUATED  FROM  A  DOCTORAL  DEGREE PROGRAM OF NATUROPATHIC
 MEDICAL EDUCATION THAT AT THE TIME OF GRADUATION WAS ACCREDITED  BY  THE
 COUNCIL ON NATUROPATHIC MEDICAL EDUCATION; AND
   C.  ESTABLISH PROOF OF PRACTICE BY: (I) HAVING SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED,
 NO MORE THAN THREE YEARS PRIOR TO FILING THE APPLICATION, A  POST-GRADU-
 ATE RESIDENCY PROGRAM OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE OF AT LEAST TWELVE MONTHS
 DURATION  SPONSORED BY AN INSTITUTION APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL ON NATURO-
 PATHIC MEDICAL EDUCATION TO SPONSOR RESIDENCY PROGRAMS;  (II)  PROVIDING
 SATISFACTORY  EVIDENCE  OF  PRACTICE  OF  NATUROPATHIC  MEDICINE  TO THE
 DEPARTMENT OF NOT LESS THAN THREE YEARS DURING THE FIVE YEARS  PRECEDING
 THE  FILING  OF  THE  APPLICATION;  OR  (III) PRACTICING UNDER A LIMITED
 PERMIT IN THE STATE FOR AT LEAST TWO OF THE THREE  YEARS  PRECEDING  THE
 FILING OF THE APPLICATION; AND
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   D.  HAVE  PASSED  THE  NATUROPATHIC  PHYSICIANS LICENSING EXAMINATIONS
 (NPLEX) ADMINISTERED BY THE NORTH AMERICAN BOARD OF NATUROPATHIC EXAMIN-
 ERS.
   4.  THE  "PRACTICE  OF  NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE" AS USED IN THIS SECTION
 INCLUDES THE PRACTICE OF NATUROPATHY OR NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE IN A STATE
 OR TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING NEW YORK STATE, OR A  CANA-
 DIAN  PROVINCE,  WHILE MAINTAINING A PROFESSIONAL LICENSE IN NATUROPATHY
 OR NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE ISSUED BY THE SAME OR ANOTHER STATE OR TERRITO-
 RY OR A CANADIAN PROVINCE; AND INCLUDES PRACTICE  PERFORMED  BEFORE  AND
 AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 6857. EXEMPT PERSONS AND EXEMPTIONS. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS ARTI-
 CLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO AFFECT OR PREVENT THE FOLLOWING:
   1.  THE  PRACTICE,  CONDUCT,  ACTIVITIES  OR  SERVICES  OF  ANY PERSON
 LICENSED UNDER THIS TITLE PERFORMED INCIDENTAL TO THE  PRACTICE  OF  THE
 PERSON'S  PROFESSION, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO SUCH PERSON MAY USE THE
 TITLE NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR NOR USE THE WORDS "NATUROPATHIC  MEDICINE"  TO
 DESCRIBE SUCH PERSON'S SERVICES, UNLESS LICENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   2.  A  STUDENT,  INTERN  OR  RESIDENT FROM ENGAGING IN THE PRACTICE OF
 NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THE EDUCATION OR EXPERIENCE
 REQUIREMENTS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISIONS TWO AND  THREE  OF  SECTION  SIXTY-
 EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   3. THE PRACTICE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE BY A SALARIED EMPLOYEE OF THE
 GOVERNMENT  OF  THE UNITED STATES WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL IS ENGAGED IN THE
 PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES PRESCRIBED BY THE  LAWS  AND  REGULATIONS  OF  THE
 UNITED STATES.
   4.  THE  DOMESTIC  CARE OF THE SICK, DISABLED OR INJURED BY ANY FAMILY
 MEMBER, HOUSEHOLD MEMBER OR FRIEND, OR PERSON EMPLOYED  PRIMARILY  IN  A
 DOMESTIC CAPACITY WHO DOES NOT HOLD THEMSELVES OUT, OR ACCEPT EMPLOYMENT
 AS  A  PERSON  LICENSED  TO  PRACTICE  NATUROPATHIC  MEDICINE  UNDER THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.
   5. THE CARE OF THE SICK WHEN DONE IN CONNECTION WITH THE  PRACTICE  OF
 THE RELIGIOUS TENETS OF ANY CHURCH.
   6. THE MARKETING, SALE OR USE OF SUBSTANCES OR DEVICES GOVERNED BY THE
 FEDERAL  FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT THAT DO NOT REQUIRE A PRESCRIPTION
 FROM A QUALIFIED HEALTHCARE PROVIDER.
   7. THE CONDUCT, ACTIVITIES,  OR  SERVICES  OF  INDIVIDUALS,  CHURCHES,
 SCHOOLS,   TEACHERS,  ORGANIZATIONS,  OR  NOT-FOR-PROFIT  BUSINESSES  IN
 PROVIDING INSTRUCTION, ADVICE, SUPPORT, ENCOURAGEMENT, OR INFORMATION TO
 INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND RELATIONAL GROUPS.
   8. A PERSON WHO DOES NOT HOLD THEMSELF OUT TO BE  A  LICENSED  NATURO-
 PATHIC  DOCTOR  FROM  PROVIDING GENERAL NON-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF AIR,
 LIGHT, WATER, FOOD AND HERBS TO THE BODY.
   § 6858. LIMITED RESIDENCY PERMITS. 1. ELIGIBILITY:  FOR ISSUANCE OF  A
 LIMITED  RESIDENCY  PERMIT,  THE  APPLICANT  SHALL FULFILL THE FOLLOWING
 REQUIREMENTS:
   A. APPLICATION: FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR A  LIMITED
 RESIDENCY PERMIT;
   B.  EDUCATION: HAVE RECEIVED AN EDUCATION, INCLUDING A DOCTORAL DEGREE
 IN NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE, GRANTED  ON  THE  BASIS  OF  COMPLETION  OF  A
 PROGRAM  OF  NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE REGISTERED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OR THE
 SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENT THEREOF;
   C. ACCEPTANCE: HAVE  BEEN  ACCEPTED  INTO  A  POST-GRADUATE  RESIDENCY
 PROGRAM OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT;
   D.  CHARACTER: BE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT; AND
   E. AGE: BE AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE.
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   2. LIMITS OF PRACTICE: ALL PRACTICES UNDER A LIMITED RESIDENCY  PERMIT
 SHALL BE LIMITED TO FACILITIES ENCOMPASSED BY THE POST-GRADUATE RESIDEN-
 CY  PROGRAM  OF  THE  PERMIT HOLDER, SUCH AS A HOSPITAL, AN INCORPORATED
 HOSPITAL OR CLINIC, A LICENSED PROPRIETARY HOSPITAL, A LICENSED  NURSING
 HOME,  A  PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY, A RECOGNIZED PUBLIC OR NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL
 SETTING, THE OFFICE OF A LICENSED NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR, THE OFFICE  OF  A
 LICENSED  PHYSICIAN,  OR  IN THE CIVIL SERVICE OF THE STATE OR POLITICAL
 SUBDIVISION THEREOF.  PRACTICE SUPERVISION OF A PERMIT HOLDER'S PRACTICE
 ACTIVITIES SHALL BE DIRECT SUPERVISION BY A LICENSED NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR
 OR A LICENSED  PHYSICIAN  WHO  IS  PROFESSIONALLY  RESPONSIBLE  FOR  THE
 PERFORMANCE  OF THE PROCEDURE, AND IS CAPABLE OF RESPONDING TO A REQUEST
 FOR ASSISTANCE WITHIN A TIMEFRAME THAT POSES NO RISK TO THE PATIENT.
   3. DURATION: A LIMITED RESIDENCY PERMIT SHALL BE VALID  FOR  ONE  YEAR
 AND  MAY  BE  RENEWED  AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR UP TO TWO
 YEARS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DEPARTMENT.
   4. FEE: THE FEE FOR EACH LIMITED RESIDENCY PERMIT SHALL BE ONE HUNDRED
 DOLLARS. THE FEE FOR EACH RENEWAL SHALL BE FIFTY DOLLARS.
   § 6859. LIMITED PERMITS. 1.  ELIGIBILITY: A LIMITED PERMIT  IS  ISSUED
 FOR  THE  PURPOSE OF PERMITTING AN APPLICANT TO ESTABLISH PROOF OF PRAC-
 TICE FOR PURPOSES OF MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR  LICENSURE  UNDER  THE
 SPECIAL  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT OF THIS
 ARTICLE. FOR ISSUANCE OF A LIMITED PERMIT, THE APPLICANT  SHALL  FULFILL
 THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
   A.  APPLICATION: FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR A LIMITED
 PERMIT WITHIN NINE YEARS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE;
   B. CHARACTER: BE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER AS DETERMINED BY THE  DEPART-
 MENT;
   C. AGE: BE AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE; AND
   D. SPECIAL PROVISION APPLICABILITY:
   (I)  MEET THE EDUCATION AND EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION SIXTY-
 EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE;
   (II) HAVE GRADUATED PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN  HUNDRED  EIGHTY-
 EIGHT  FROM  A DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAM OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICAL EDUCATION
 FROM JOHN BASTYR COLLEGE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE, LATER RENAMED  BASTYR
 UNIVERSITY,  OR NATIONAL COLLEGE OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE, LATER RENAMED
 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL MEDICINE; OR
   (III) HAVE GRADUATED FROM A DOCTORAL DEGREE  PROGRAM  OF  NATUROPATHIC
 MEDICAL  EDUCATION  THAT AT THE TIME OF GRADUATION WAS ACCREDITED BY THE
 COUNCIL ON NATUROPATHIC MEDICAL EDUCATION, AND HAVE PASSED  THE  NATURO-
 PATHIC  PHYSICIANS  LICENSING  EXAMINATIONS  (NPLEX) ADMINISTERED BY THE
 NORTH AMERICAN BOARD OF NATUROPATHIC EXAMINERS.
   2. LIMIT OF PRACTICE: SUCH LIMITED PERMIT SHALL AUTHORIZE THE PRACTICE
 OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE ONLY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A LICENSED  NATU-
 ROPATHIC  DOCTOR  OR  A  LICENSED  PHYSICIAN. SUPERVISION OF THE LIMITED
 PERMIT HOLDER'S PRACTICE ACTIVITIES SHALL BE ON-SITE  SUPERVISION  BY  A
 LICENSED NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR OR A LICENSED PHYSICIAN.
   3.  DURATION:  A  LIMITED  PERMIT  SHALL  BE VALID FOR A PERIOD OF TWO
 YEARS, AND MAY BE RENEWED PERIODICALLY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE  DEPART-
 MENT FOR ONE YEAR PERIODS.
   4.  FEE: THE FEE FOR EACH LIMITED PERMIT SHALL BE TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.
 THE FEE FOR EACH RENEWAL SHALL BE ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
   § 6860. MANDATORY CONTINUING EDUCATION. 1. A. EACH NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR
 LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, REQUIRED TO REGISTER TRIENNIALLY WITH
 THE  DEPARTMENT  TO  PRACTICE  IN  THIS  STATE  SHALL  COMPLY  WITH  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THE MANDATORY CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS PRESCRIBED
 IN  SUBDIVISION  TWO OF THIS SECTION, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPHS B
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 AND C OF THIS SUBDIVISION. NATUROPATHIC DOCTORS WHO DO NOT  SATISFY  THE
 MANDATORY  CONTINUING  EDUCATION  REQUIREMENTS  SHALL NOT PRACTICE UNTIL
 THEY HAVE MET SUCH REQUIREMENTS, AND THEY HAVE BEEN ISSUED  A  REGISTRA-
 TION CERTIFICATE, EXCEPT THAT A NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR MAY PRACTICE WITHOUT
 HAVING  MET  SUCH  REQUIREMENTS  IF  SUCH DOCTOR IS ISSUED A CONDITIONAL
 REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
   B. NATUROPATHIC DOCTORS SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE MANDATORY  CONTINUING
 EDUCATION REQUIREMENT FOR THE TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION PERIOD DURING WHICH
 THEY  ARE  FIRST  LICENSED.  IN  ACCORD WITH THE INTENT OF THIS SECTION,
 ADJUSTMENTS TO THE MANDATORY CONTINUING EDUCATION  REQUIREMENTS  MAY  BE
 GRANTED  BY  THE DEPARTMENT FOR REASONS OF HEALTH CERTIFIED BY AN APPRO-
 PRIATE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL, FOR EXTENDED ACTIVE DUTY WITH THE ARMED
 FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, OR FOR OTHER GOOD CAUSE ACCEPTABLE  TO  THE
 DEPARTMENT, WHICH MAY PREVENT COMPLIANCE.
   C.  A  LICENSED  NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR NOT ENGAGED IN PROFESSIONAL PRAC-
 TICE, AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE MANDATO-
 RY CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENT UPON THE FILING OF A STATEMENT  WITH
 THE  DEPARTMENT  DECLARING  SUCH STATUS. ANY LICENSEE WHO RETURNS TO THE
 PRACTICE OF NATUROPATHIC  MEDICINE  DURING  THE  TRIENNIAL  REGISTRATION
 PERIOD  SHALL  NOTIFY  THE DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO REENTERING THE PROFESSION
 AND SHALL  MEET  SUCH  MANDATORY  EDUCATION  REQUIREMENTS  AS  SHALL  BE
 PRESCRIBED BY REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER.
   2.  DURING  EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION PERIOD AN APPLICANT FOR REGIS-
 TRATION SHALL COMPLETE  SIXTY  HOURS  OF  ACCEPTABLE  FORMAL  CONTINUING
 EDUCATION.  ANY  LICENSED  NATUROPATHIC  DOCTOR WHOSE FIRST REGISTRATION
 DATE FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION OCCURS LESS THAN THREE
 YEARS FROM SUCH EFFECTIVE  DATE,  SHALL  COMPLETE  CONTINUING  EDUCATION
 HOURS  ON  A  PRORATED  BASIS  AT THE RATE OF ONE AND ONE-HALF HOURS PER
 MONTH FOR THE NUMBER OF MONTHS BETWEEN THE EFFECTIVE DATE AND THE  FIRST
 REGISTRATION  DATE.    THEREAFTER,  A LICENSEE WHO HAS NOT SATISFIED THE
 MANDATORY CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS SHALL NOT BE ISSUED A TRIEN-
 NIAL REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE BY THE DEPARTMENT AND SHALL  NOT  PRACTICE
 UNLESS  AND  UNTIL  A  CONDITIONAL REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED AS
 PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS  SECTION.    CONTINUING  EDUCATION
 HOURS  TAKEN  DURING  ONE TRIENNIUM MAY NOT BE CARRIED OVER OR OTHERWISE
 CREDITED OR TRANSFERRED TO A SUBSEQUENT TRIENNIUM.
   3. THE DEPARTMENT, IN ITS DISCRETION, MAY ISSUE A  CONDITIONAL  REGIS-
 TRATION  TO  A  LICENSEE  WHO  FAILS  TO  MEET  THE CONTINUING EDUCATION
 REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED IN SUBDIVISION TWO  OF  THIS  SECTION  BUT  WHO
 AGREES  TO  MAKE  UP  ANY DEFICIENCIES AND TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
 WHICH THE DEPARTMENT MAY REQUIRE. THE FEE FOR SUCH A CONDITIONAL  REGIS-
 TRATION SHALL BE THE SAME AS, AND IN ADDITION TO, THE FEE FOR THE TRIEN-
 NIAL  REGISTRATION.  THE DURATION OF SUCH CONDITIONAL REGISTRATION SHALL
 BE DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT BUT  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED  ONE  YEAR.  ANY
 LICENSEE  WHO  IS  NOTIFIED OF THE DENIAL OF REGISTRATION FOR FAILURE TO
 COMPLETE THE REQUIRED CONTINUED EDUCATION AND WHO CONTINUES TO  PRACTICE
 NATUROPATHIC  MEDICINE  WITHOUT  SUCH  REGISTRATION, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
 DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED  TEN  OF
 THIS TITLE.
   4. THE MANDATORY CONTINUING EDUCATION FEE SHALL BE FORTY-FIVE DOLLARS.
 SUCH  FEE  SHALL BE PAYABLE ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF EACH TRIENNIAL
 REGISTRATION PERIOD  IN  ADDITION  TO  THE  TRIENNIAL  REGISTRATION  FEE
 REQUIRED BY SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  2. Subdivision (a) of section 1203 of the limited liability company
 law, as amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2014, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
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   (a)  Notwithstanding  the education law or any other provision of law,
 one or more professionals each of whom is authorized by law to render  a
 professional  service within the state, or one or more professionals, at
 least one of whom is authorized by law to render a professional  service
 within  the  state,  may  form,  or  cause  to be formed, a professional
 service limited liability company for pecuniary profit under this  arti-
 cle for the purpose of rendering the professional service or services as
 such  professionals  are  authorized  to  practice.    With respect to a
 professional service limited liability company formed to provide medical
 services as such services are defined in article 131  of  the  education
 law,  each  member  of  such  limited liability company must be licensed
 pursuant to article 131 of the education law  to  practice  medicine  in
 this  state.    WITH RESPECT TO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY
 COMPANY FORMED TO PROVIDE NATUROPATHIC SERVICES  AS  SUCH  SERVICES  ARE
 DEFINED IN ARTICLE 138 OF THE EDUCATION LAW, EACH MEMBER OF SUCH LIMITED
 LIABILITY COMPANY MUST BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 138 OF THE EDUCA-
 TION  LAW  TO  PRACTICE  NATUROPATHY  IN  THIS  STATE. With respect to a
 professional service limited liability company formed to provide  dental
 services  as  such  services are defined in article 133 of the education
 law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be  licensed
 pursuant  to  article  133 of the education law to practice dentistry in
 this state. With respect to a  professional  service  limited  liability
 company  formed  to  provide  veterinary  services  as such services are
 defined in article 135 of the education law, each member of such limited
 liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 135 of the educa-
 tion law to practice veterinary medicine in this state. With respect  to
 a  professional  service  limited  liability  company  formed to provide
 professional  engineering,  land  surveying,  architectural,   landscape
 architectural and/or geological services as such services are defined in
 article  145,  article  147  and  article 148 of the education law, each
 member of such limited liability company must be  licensed  pursuant  to
 article  145,  article  147  and/or  article 148 of the education law to
 practice one or more of such professions in this state. With respect  to
 a  professional  service  limited  liability  company  formed to provide
 licensed clinical social work services as such services are  defined  in
 article  154 of the education law, each member of such limited liability
 company shall be licensed pursuant to article 154 of the  education  law
 to practice licensed clinical social work in this state. With respect to
 a professional service limited liability company formed to provide crea-
 tive  arts  therapy services as such services are defined in article 163
 of the education law, each member of such limited liability company must
 be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the  education  law  to  practice
 creative  arts  therapy  in  this  state. With respect to a professional
 service limited liability company formed to provide marriage and  family
 therapy  services  as  such  services  are defined in article 163 of the
 education law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be
 licensed  pursuant  to  article  163  of  the  education law to practice
 marriage and family therapy in this state. With  respect  to  a  profes-
 sional service limited liability company formed to provide mental health
 counseling  services  as such services are defined in article 163 of the
 education law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be
 licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice mental
 health  counseling in this state. With respect to a professional service
 limited liability company formed to provide psychoanalysis  services  as
 such  services  are  defined  in  article 163 of the education law, each
 member of such limited liability company must be  licensed  pursuant  to
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 article  163  of  the  education  law to practice psychoanalysis in this
 state. With respect to a professional service limited liability  company
 formed  to  provide  applied behavior analysis services as such services
 are  defined  in  article  167 of the education law, each member of such
 limited liability company must be  licensed  or  certified  pursuant  to
 article  167  of the education law to practice applied behavior analysis
 in  this  state.  In  addition  to  engaging  in  such   profession   or
 professions, a professional service limited liability company may engage
 in  any  other  business  or  activities as to which a limited liability
 company may be formed under section two hundred  one  of  this  chapter.
 Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  this section, a professional
 service limited liability company (i) authorized  to  practice  law  may
 only  engage  in  another  profession  or business or activities or (ii)
 which is engaged in a profession or other business or  activities  other
 than  law  may  only  engage  in  the practice of law, to the extent not
 prohibited by any other law of this state or any  rule  adopted  by  the
 appropriate  appellate  division  of  the  supreme court or the court of
 appeals.
   § 3. Subdivision (b) of section 1207 of the limited liability  company
 law,  as  amended by chapter 701 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (b) With respect to a professional service limited  liability  company
 formed to provide medical services as such services are defined in arti-
 cle  131  of  the  education  law, each member of such limited liability
 company must be licensed pursuant to article 131 of the education law to
 practice medicine in this state. WITH RESPECT TO A PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE
 LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY  FORMED  TO PROVIDE NATUROPATHIC SERVICES AS
 SUCH SERVICES ARE DEFINED IN ARTICLE 138  OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW,  EACH
 MEMBER  OF  SUCH  LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY MUST BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO
 ARTICLE 138 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE NATUROPATHY IN THIS  STATE.
 With  respect to a professional service limited liability company formed
 to provide dental services as such services are defined in  article  133
 of the education law, each member of such limited liability company must
 be  licensed  pursuant  to  article 133 of the education law to practice
 dentistry in this state. With respect to a professional service  limited
 liability company formed to provide veterinary services as such services
 are  defined  in  article  135 of the education law, each member of such
 limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to  article  135  of
 the  education  law  to practice veterinary medicine in this state. With
 respect to a professional service limited liability  company  formed  to
 provide  professional  engineering, land surveying, architectural, land-
 scape architectural and/or geological  services  as  such  services  are
 defined  in  article  145,  article 147 and article 148 of the education
 law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be  licensed
 pursuant to article 145, article 147 and/or article 148 of the education
 law  to  practice  one  or  more of such professions in this state. With
 respect to a professional service limited liability  company  formed  to
 provide  public  accountancy  services  as  such services are defined in
 article 149 of the education law each member of such  limited  liability
 company  whose  principal  place  of  business  is in this state and who
 provides public accountancy services, must be licensed pursuant to arti-
 cle 149 of the education law to  practice  public  accountancy  in  this
 state.  With respect to a professional service limited liability company
 formed to  provide  licensed  clinical  social  work  services  as  such
 services are defined in article 154 of the education law, each member of
 such limited liability company shall be licensed pursuant to article 154
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 of  the  education law to practice licensed clinical social work in this
 state. With respect to a professional service limited liability  company
 formed  to  provide  creative arts therapy services as such services are
 defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of such limited
 liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the educa-
 tion  law  to practice creative arts therapy in this state. With respect
 to a professional service limited liability company  formed  to  provide
 marriage  and  family  therapy  services as such services are defined in
 article 163 of the education law, each member of such limited  liability
 company must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to
 practice  marriage  and  family therapy in this state. With respect to a
 professional service limited liability company formed to provide  mental
 health  counseling  services as such services are defined in article 163
 of the education law, each member of such limited liability company must
 be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the  education  law  to  practice
 mental  health  counseling in this state. With respect to a professional
 service limited  liability  company  formed  to  provide  psychoanalysis
 services  as  such  services are defined in article 163 of the education
 law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be  licensed
 pursuant  to article 163 of the education law to practice psychoanalysis
 in this state. With respect to a professional service limited  liability
 company  formed  to  provide  applied behavior analysis services as such
 services are defined in article 167 of the education law, each member of
 such limited liability company must be licensed or certified pursuant to
 article 167 of the education law to practice applied  behavior  analysis
 in  this  state. A professional service limited liability company formed
 to lawfully engage in the practice of public accountancy as a  firm,  as
 such practice is defined under article 149 of the education law shall be
 required  to  show  (1)  that  a simple majority of the ownership of the
 firm, in terms of financial interests and  voting  rights  held  by  the
 firm's  owners,  belongs  to  individuals  licensed  to  practice public
 accountancy in some state, and (2) that all members of a limited profes-
 sional service limited liability company, whose principal place of busi-
 ness is in this state, and who are engaged in  the  practice  of  public
 accountancy  in  this  state,  hold a valid license issued under section
 seventy-four hundred four of the education law.  For  purposes  of  this
 subdivision, "financial interest" means capital stock, capital accounts,
 capital  contributions,  capital  interest, or interest in undistributed
 earnings of a business entity. Although firms registered with the educa-
 tion department may include non-licensee owners, a registered  firm  and
 its  owners  must  comply  with  rules promulgated by the state board of
 regents. Notwithstanding the  foregoing,  a  firm  registered  with  the
 education department may not have non-licensee owners if the firm's name
 includes  the  words "certified public accountant," or "certified public
 accountants," or the abbreviations "CPA" or  "CPAs".  Each  non-licensee
 owner  of  a  firm  that is registered under this section shall be (1) a
 natural person who actively participates in the business of the firm  or
 its  affiliated  entities,  or (2) an entity, including, but not limited
 to, a partnership or professional corporation, provided each  beneficial
 owner  of  an  equity  interest  in  such entity is a natural person who
 actively participates in the business  conducted  by  the  firm  or  its
 affiliated entities. For purposes of this subdivision, "actively partic-
 ipate" means to provide services to clients or to otherwise individually
 take  part  in  the  day-to-day business or management of the firm or an
 affiliated entity.
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   § 4. Subdivision (a) of section 1301 of the limited liability  company
 law,  as  amended by chapter 701 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (a)  "Foreign  professional service limited liability company" means a
 professional service limited liability company, whether or  not  denomi-
 nated  as  such,  organized  under the laws of a jurisdiction other than
 this state, (i) each of whose members and managers, if any, is a profes-
 sional authorized by law to render a professional  service  within  this
 state  and who is or has been engaged in the practice of such profession
 in such professional service limited liability company or a  predecessor
 entity, or will engage in the practice of such profession in the profes-
 sional  service limited liability company within thirty days of the date
 such professional becomes a member, or each of whose members and  manag-
 ers,  if  any, is a professional at least one of such members is author-
 ized by law to render a professional service within this state  and  who
 is  or  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice of such profession in such
 professional service limited liability company or a predecessor  entity,
 or  will  engage  in the practice of such profession in the professional
 service limited liability company within thirty days of  the  date  such
 professional  becomes  a  member,  or  (ii)  authorized by, or holding a
 license, certificate, registration or permit  issued  by  the  licensing
 authority  pursuant  to,  the  education  law  to  render a professional
 service within this state; except that all members and managers, if any,
 of  a  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company  that
 provides  health services in this state shall be licensed in this state.
 With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability company
 which provides veterinary services as such services are defined in arti-
 cle 135 of the education law, each member of such  foreign  professional
 service  limited liability company shall be licensed pursuant to article
 135 of the education law to practice veterinary medicine.  WITH  RESPECT
 TO  A  PROFESSIONAL  SERVICE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FORMED TO PROVIDE
 NATUROPATHIC SERVICES AS SUCH SERVICES ARE DEFINED IN ARTICLE 138 OF THE
 EDUCATION LAW, EACH MEMBER OF SUCH LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY  MUST  BE
 LICENSED  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 138 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE NATU-
 ROPATHY IN THIS STATE. With respect to a  foreign  professional  service
 limited  liability  company  which  provides  medical  services  as such
 services are defined in article 131 of the education law, each member of
 such foreign professional service  limited  liability  company  must  be
 licensed  pursuant to article 131 of the education law to practice medi-
 cine in this state.   With respect to  a  foreign  professional  service
 limited  liability  company  which  provides  dental  services  as  such
 services are defined in article 133 of the education law, each member of
 such foreign professional service  limited  liability  company  must  be
 licensed  pursuant  to  article  133  of  the  education law to practice
 dentistry in this state. With respect to a foreign professional  service
 limited  liability company which provides professional engineering, land
 surveying,  geologic,  architectural  and/or   landscape   architectural
 services  as  such  services are defined in article 145, article 147 and
 article 148 of the education law, each member of  such  foreign  profes-
 sional  service  limited  liability company must be licensed pursuant to
 article 145, article 147 and/or article 148  of  the  education  law  to
 practice  one or more of such professions in this state. With respect to
 a foreign professional service limited liability company which  provides
 public  accountancy services as such services are defined in article 149
 of the education law, each member of such foreign  professional  service
 limited  liability  company whose principal place of business is in this
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 state and who provides public accountancy services,  shall  be  licensed
 pursuant  to article 149 of the education law to practice public accoun-
 tancy in this state. With respect  to  a  foreign  professional  service
 limited  liability  company which provides licensed clinical social work
 services as such services are defined in article 154  of  the  education
 law,  each member of such foreign professional service limited liability
 company shall be licensed pursuant to article 154 of the  education  law
 to  practice  clinical  social  work  in  this  state. With respect to a
 foreign professional service limited liability  company  which  provides
 creative  arts  therapy services as such services are defined in article
 163 of the education law,  each  member  of  such  foreign  professional
 service  limited  liability company must be licensed pursuant to article
 163 of the education law to  practice  creative  arts  therapy  in  this
 state.  With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability
 company which provides marriage and  family  therapy  services  as  such
 services are defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of
 such  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability company must be
 licensed pursuant to article  163  of  the  education  law  to  practice
 marriage  and  family  therapy  in this state. With respect to a foreign
 professional service limited liability  company  which  provides  mental
 health  counseling  services as such services are defined in article 163
 of the education law, each member of such foreign  professional  service
 limited  liability  company  must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of
 the education law to practice mental health counseling  in  this  state.
 With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability company
 which  provides  psychoanalysis services as such services are defined in
 article 163 of the education law, each member of  such  foreign  profes-
 sional  service  limited  liability company must be licensed pursuant to
 article 163 of the education law  to  practice  psychoanalysis  in  this
 state.  With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability
 company which  provides  applied  behavior  analysis  services  as  such
 services are defined in article 167 of the education law, each member of
 such  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability company must be
 licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the  education  law  to
 practice applied behavior analysis in this state. A foreign professional
 service limited liability company formed to lawfully engage in the prac-
 tice  of public accountancy as a firm, as such practice is defined under
 article 149 of the education law shall be required to show  (1)  that  a
 simple  majority  of  the  ownership  of the firm, in terms of financial
 interests and voting rights held by the firm's owners, belongs to  indi-
 viduals  licensed  to practice public accountancy in some state, and (2)
 that all members of  a  foreign  limited  professional  service  limited
 liability  company,  whose principal place of business is in this state,
 and who are engaged in the practice of public accountancy in this state,
 hold a valid license issued under section seventy-four hundred  four  of
 the  education  law. For purposes of this subdivision, "financial inter-
 est" means capital stock, capital accounts, capital contributions, capi-
 tal interest, or interest in undistributed earnings of a business  enti-
 ty.  Although firms registered with the education department may include
 non-licensee  owners,  a registered firm and its owners must comply with
 rules promulgated by the state board  of  regents.  Notwithstanding  the
 foregoing,  a firm registered with the education department may not have
 non-licensee owners if the firm's name  includes  the  words  "certified
 public  accountant,"  or "certified public accountants," or the abbrevi-
 ations "CPA" or "CPAs". Each non-licensee owner of a firm that is regis-
 tered under this section shall be (1)  a  natural  person  who  actively
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 participates  in the business of the firm or its affiliated entities, or
 (2) an entity, including, but not limited to, a partnership  or  profes-
 sional corporation, provided each beneficial owner of an equity interest
 in  such  entity  is  a  natural person who actively participates in the
 business conducted by the firm or its affiliated entities. For  purposes
 of this subdivision, "actively participate" means to provide services to
 clients  or  to otherwise individually take part in the day-to-day busi-
 ness or management of the firm or an affiliated entity.
   § 5. Subdivision (q) of section 121-1500 of the  partnership  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  701  of  the  laws  of 2023, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (q) Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership  formed
 to  provide  medical services in this state must be licensed pursuant to
 article 131 of the education law to practice medicine in this state  and
 each  partner  of  a  registered limited liability partnership formed to
 provide dental services in this state must be licensed pursuant to arti-
 cle 133 of the education law to practice dentistry in this state.   Each
 partner  of a registered limited liability partnership formed to provide
 naturopathic services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article
 138 of the education law to practice naturopathy in this  state.    EACH
 PARTNER  OF A REGISTERED LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP FORMED TO PROVIDE
 NATUROPATHIC SERVICES IN THIS STATE MUST BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 138 OF THE EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE NATUROPATHY  IN  THIS  STATE.  Each
 partner  of a registered limited liability partnership formed to provide
 veterinary services in this state must be licensed pursuant  to  article
 135  of the education law to practice veterinary medicine in this state.
 Each partner of a registered limited  liability  partnership  formed  to
 provide  public accountancy services as a firm, whose principal place of
 business is in this state and who provides public accountancy  services,
 must  be  licensed pursuant to article 149 of the education law to prac-
 tice public accountancy in this state.  Each  partner  of  a  registered
 limited  liability  partnership formed to provide professional engineer-
 ing, land surveying, geological services, architectural and/or landscape
 architectural services in this state must be licensed pursuant to  arti-
 cle 145, article 147 and/or article 148 of the education law to practice
 one  or more of such professions in this state. Each partner of a regis-
 tered limited liability partnership formed to provide licensed  clinical
 social  work services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article
 154 of the education law to practice clinical social work in this state.
 Each partner of a registered limited  liability  partnership  formed  to
 provide  creative  arts  therapy services in this state must be licensed
 pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice  creative  arts
 therapy  in  this  state. Each partner of a registered limited liability
 partnership formed to provide marriage and family  therapy  services  in
 this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law
 to practice marriage and family therapy in this state. Each partner of a
 registered limited liability partnership formed to provide mental health
 counseling  services  in this state must be licensed pursuant to article
 163 of the education law to practice mental health  counseling  in  this
 state. Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed
 to provide psychoanalysis services in this state must be licensed pursu-
 ant  to  article  163 of the education law to practice psychoanalysis in
 this state. Each partner of a registered limited  liability  partnership
 formed  to  provide applied behavior analysis service in this state must
 be licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the education law to
 practice applied behavior analysis in this state. A  registered  limited
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 liability  partnership  formed  to  lawfully  engage  in the practice of
 public accountancy as a firm, as such practice is defined under  article
 149  of  the  education law, shall be required to show (1) that a simple
 majority  of  the ownership of the firm, in terms of financial interests
 and voting rights held by the  firm's  owners,  belongs  to  individuals
 licensed  to practice public accountancy in some state, and (2) that all
 partners of a limited liability partnership  whose  principal  place  of
 business is in this state, and who are engaged in the practice of public
 accountancy  in  this  state,  hold a valid license issued under section
 seventy-four hundred four of the education law.  For  purposes  of  this
 subdivision, "financial interest" means capital stock, capital accounts,
 capital  contributions,  capital  interest, or interest in undistributed
 earnings of a business entity. Although firms registered with the educa-
 tion department may include non-licensee owners, the firm and its owners
 must comply with rules  promulgated  by  the  state  board  of  regents.
 Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  a  firm  registered with the education
 department may not have non-licensee owners if the firm's name  includes
 the words "certified public accountant," or "certified public accounts,"
 or  the abbreviations "CPA" or "CPAs". Each non-licensee owner of a firm
 that is formed under this section shall be  (1)  a  natural  person  who
 actively  participates  in  the  business  of the firm or its affiliated
 entities, or (2) an entity, including, but not limited to, a partnership
 or professional corporation, provided each beneficial owner of an equity
 interest in such entity is a natural person who actively participates in
 the business conducted by the  firm  or  its  affiliated  entities.  For
 purposes  of  this  subdivision, "actively participate" means to provide
 services to clients or to otherwise individually take part in  the  day-
 to-day business or management of the firm or an affiliated entity.
   §  6.  Subdivision  (q) of section 121-1502 of the partnership law, as
 amended by chapter 701 of the laws  of  2023,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (q)  Each  partner  of  a  foreign limited liability partnership which
 provides medical services in this state must  be  licensed  pursuant  to
 article  131  of the education law to practice medicine in the state and
 each partner of a foreign limited liability partnership  which  provides
 dental services in the state must be licensed pursuant to article 133 of
 the  education law to practice dentistry in this state.  EACH PARTNER OF
 A FOREIGN LIMITED  LIABILITY  PARTNERSHIP  WHICH  PROVIDES  NATUROPATHIC
 SERVICES  IN  THIS STATE MUST BE LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 138 OF THE
 EDUCATION LAW TO PRACTICE NATUROPATHY IN THIS STATE. Each partner  of  a
 foreign  limited liability partnership which provides veterinary service
 in the state shall be licensed pursuant to article 135 of the  education
 law  to  practice  veterinary  medicine in this state. Each partner of a
 foreign limited liability partnership which provides professional  engi-
 neering, land surveying, geological services, architectural and/or land-
 scape  architectural services in this state must be licensed pursuant to
 article 145, article 147 and/or article 148  of  the  education  law  to
 practice  one  or  more  of  such professions. Each partner of a foreign
 limited liability  partnership  formed  to  provide  public  accountancy
 services  as  a firm, whose principal place of business is in this state
 and who provides public accountancy services, must be licensed  pursuant
 to  article  149  of the education law to practice public accountancy in
 this state. Each partner of  a  foreign  limited  liability  partnership
 which provides licensed clinical social work services in this state must
 be  licensed  pursuant  to  article 154 of the education law to practice
 licensed clinical social work in this state. Each partner of  a  foreign
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 limited  liability  partnership  which  provides  creative  arts therapy
 services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163  of  the
 education  law  to  practice  creative  arts therapy in this state. Each
 partner  of  a  foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which provides
 marriage and family therapy services in  this  state  must  be  licensed
 pursuant  to  article  163 of the education law to practice marriage and
 family therapy in this state. Each partner of a foreign limited  liabil-
 ity partnership which provides mental health counseling services in this
 state  must  be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to
 practice mental health counseling in  this  state.  Each  partner  of  a
 foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which  provides psychoanalysis
 services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163  of  the
 education  law to practice psychoanalysis in this state. Each partner of
 a foreign limited liability partnership which provides applied  behavior
 analysis  services  in this state must be licensed or certified pursuant
 to article 167 of the education law to practice applied behavior  analy-
 sis  in  this  state.  A foreign limited liability partnership formed to
 lawfully engage in the practice of public accountancy as a firm, as such
 practice is defined under article 149 of the  education  law,  shall  be
 required  to  show  (1)  that  a simple majority of the ownership of the
 firm, in terms of financial interests and  voting  rights  held  by  the
 firm's  owners,  belongs  to  individuals  licensed  to  practice public
 accountancy in some state, and (2) that  all  partners  of  the  foreign
 limited  liability  partnership  whose principal place of business is in
 this state, and who are engaged in the practice of public accountancy in
 this state, hold a  valid  license  issued  under  section  seventy-four
 hundred  four  of  the  education law. For purposes of this subdivision,
 "financial interest" means  capital  stock,  capital  accounts,  capital
 contributions,  capital  interest, or interest in undistributed earnings
 of a business entity.  Although  firms  registered  with  the  education
 department  may  include  non-licensee owners, a registered firm and its
 owners must comply with rules promulgated by the state board of regents.
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, a  firm  registered  with  the  education
 department  may not have non-licensee owners if the firm's name includes
 the words "certified public accountant," or "certified  public  account-
 ants,"  or the abbreviations "CPA" or "CPAs". Each non-licensee owner of
 a firm that is formed under this section shall be (1) a  natural  person
 who  actively participates in the business of the firm or its affiliated
 entities, or (2) an entity, including, but not limited to, a partnership
 or professional corporation, provided that each beneficial owner  of  an
 equity  interest in such entity is a natural person who actively partic-
 ipates in the business conducted by the firm or its affiliated entities.
 For purposes  of  this  subdivision,  "actively  participate"  means  to
 provide  services  to  clients or to otherwise individually take part in
 the day-to-day business or management of the firm or an affiliated enti-
 ty.
   § 7. 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-
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 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;  NATUROPATHIC  DOCTOR;
 resident;  intern;  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; hospital personnel engaged in the admission, examina-
 tion,  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 emergency shelter for families with chil-
 dren; director of a children's overnight camp, summer day camp or  trav-
 eling  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 counselor; alcoholism counselor;
 all persons credentialed by the  office  of  [alcoholism  and  substance
 abuse]  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.
   §  7-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; NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR;
 resident; intern;  athletic  trainer;  psychologist;  registered  nurse;
 social  worker;  emergency  medical  technician;  licensed creative arts
 therapist; licensed  marriage  and  family  therapist;  licensed  mental
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 health  counselor;  licensed  psychoanalyst;  licensed behavior analyst;
 certified behavior analyst assistant; 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  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 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  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  and  substance  abuse]  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.
   § 8. Subdivision 6 of section 571 of the public health law, as amended
 by  section 1 of part C of chapter 57 of the laws of 2022, is amended to
 read as follows:
   6. "Qualified health care professional" means  a  physician,  dentist,
 podiatrist, NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR, optometrist performing a clinical labo-
 ratory test that does not use an invasive modality as defined in section
 seventy-one  hundred  one of the education law, pharmacist administering
 COVID-19 and influenza tests pursuant to subdivision  seven  of  section
 sixty-eight  hundred  one  of  the  education  law, physician assistant,
 specialist assistant, nurse practitioner, or midwife,  who  is  licensed
 and registered with the state education department.
   §  8-a.  Subdivision  6  of  section  571 of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 444 of the laws  of  2013,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   6.  "Qualified  health  care professional" means a physician, dentist,
 podiatrist, NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR, optometrist performing a clinical labo-
 ratory test that does not use an invasive modality as defined in section
 seventy-one hundred one  of  the  education  law,  physician  assistant,
 specialist  assistant,  nurse  practitioner, or midwife, who is licensed
 and registered with the state education department.
   § 9. Subdivision 1 of section 585 of the public health law,  as  added
 by chapter 803 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  "Health  services  purveyor"  means any person, firm, partnership,
 group, association, corporation  or  professional  corporation,  or  any
 agent,  employee, fiduciary, employer or representative thereof, includ-
 ing but not limited to a physician,  dentist,  podiatrist,  NATUROPATHIC
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 DOCTOR or chiropractor, either in individual practice, group practice or
 employed  in  a  facility owned by any person, group, association, firm,
 partnership or corporation hiring any of the aforementioned  practition-
 ers, who provide health or health related services.
   §  10.  Subdivision 4 of section 7605 of the education law, as amended
 by chapter 554 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   4. The practice,  conduct,  activities,  or  services  by  any  person
 licensed  or  otherwise  authorized  to practice nursing as a registered
 professional nurse or nurse practitioner within the  state  pursuant  to
 article one hundred thirty-nine of this title, OR BY ANY PERSON LICENSED
 TO  PRACTICE  NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE WITHIN THE STATE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT OF THIS TITLE or  by  any  person  licensed  or
 otherwise  authorized  to practice social work within the state pursuant
 to article one hundred fifty-four  of  this  title,  or  by  any  person
 licensed  or  otherwise authorized to practice mental health counseling,
 marriage and family therapy, creative arts  therapy,  or  psychoanalysis
 within  the  state  pursuant  to article one hundred sixty-three of this
 title, or any  person  licensed  or  otherwise  authorized  to  practice
 applied  behavior  analysis  within  the  state  pursuant to article one
 hundred sixty-seven of this title or any individual who is  credentialed
 under  any  law,  including attorneys, rape crisis counselors, certified
 alcoholism counselors, and certified  substance  abuse  counselors  from
 providing  mental  health  services  within their respective established
 authorities.
   § 11. Subdivision 1 of section 8410 of the education law,  as  amended
 by chapter 554 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Apply to the practice, conduct, activities, services or use of any
 title by any person licensed or otherwise authorized to  practice  medi-
 cine within the state pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one of this
 title  or  by  any  person registered to perform services as a physician
 assistant within the state pursuant to article one hundred  thirty-one-B
 of this title or by any person licensed or otherwise authorized to prac-
 tice  psychology  within  this  state  pursuant  to  article one hundred
 fifty-three of this title or by any person licensed or otherwise author-
 ized to practice social work within this state pursuant to  article  one
 hundred fifty-four of this title, OR BY ANY PERSON LICENSED OR OTHERWISE
 AUTHORIZED  TO  PRACTICE  NATUROPATHIC  MEDICINE  CARE WITHIN THIS STATE
 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT OF THIS TITLE,  or  by  any
 person  licensed or otherwise authorized to practice nursing as a regis-
 tered professional nurse or nurse practitioner within this state  pursu-
 ant  to  article  one hundred thirty-nine of this title or by any person
 licensed or otherwise authorized to practice applied  behavior  analysis
 within  the  state  pursuant  to article one hundred sixty-seven of this
 title; provided, however,  that  no  physician,  physician's  assistant,
 NATUROPATHIC  DOCTOR, registered professional nurse, nurse practitioner,
 psychologist, licensed master social worker,  licensed  clinical  social
 worker,  licensed behavior analyst or certified behavior analyst assist-
 ant may use the titles "licensed  mental  health  counselor",  "licensed
 marriage  and  family therapist", "licensed creative arts therapist", or
 "licensed psychoanalyst", unless licensed under this article.
   § 12. Subdivision 1 of section 7805 of the education law,  as  amended
 by chapter 230 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The practice of massage therapy by any person who is authorized to
 practice medicine, nursing, osteopathy, NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE, physioth-
 erapy, chiropractic, or podiatry in accordance with  the  provisions  of
 this title.
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   §  13.  Subdivision  1  of  section  579  of the public health law, as
 amended by chapter 376 of the laws  of  2015,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  This  title  is  applicable to all clinical laboratories and blood
 banks operating within the state, except clinical laboratories and blood
 banks operated by the federal government and clinical laboratories oper-
 ated by a licensed physician, osteopath, dentist, midwife, nurse practi-
 tioner, NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR SOLELY AS AN ADJUNCT  TO  THE  TREATMENT  OF
 SUCH PERSON'S OWN PATIENTS, optometrist performing a clinical laboratory
 test that does not use an invasive modality as defined in section seven-
 ty-one hundred one of the education law or podiatrist who performs labo-
 ratory  tests  or  procedures,  personally  or through [his or her] SUCH
 PERSON'S employees, solely as an adjunct to the  treatment  of  [his  or
 her] SUCH PERSON'S own patients; to the extent authorized by federal and
 state law, including the education law.
   §  14.  This  act  shall  take effect on the five hundred fortieth day
 after it shall have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments
 to paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 413 of the social  services
 law  made  by section seven-a of this act shall take effect on the later
 of the effective date of this act or the date section 12 of chapter  733
 of  the laws of 2023 takes effect; and provided further, that the amend-
 ments to subdivision 6 of section 571 of the public health law  made  by
 section  eight of this act shall be subject to the expiration and rever-
 sion of such subdivision pursuant to section 8 of part C of  chapter  57
 of  the  laws of 2022, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of
 section eight-a of this act shall take  effect.  Effective  immediately,
 the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.