Bill Text: NY A04272 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides for the licensing of professional and clinical music therapists encompassing the assessment, evaluation, and the therapeutic intervention and treatment of mental, emotional, developmental and behavioral disorders through the use of music.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to higher education [A04272 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04272-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          4272
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 1, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, WOERNER, BRONSON, JOHNS -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, the county law, the limited liability
          company  law  and the partnership law, in relation to the licensing of
          professional and clinical music therapists
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. The education law is amended by adding a new article 163-A
     2  to read as follows:
     3                                ARTICLE 163-A
     4                                MUSIC THERAPY
     5  Section 8450. Introduction.
     6          8451. Definitions.
     7          8452. Authorized practice and the use of  the  titles  "licensed
     8                  professional  music  therapist"  and  "licensed clinical
     9                  music therapist".
    10          8453. State board for music therapy.
    11          8454. Requirements for a license.
    12          8455. Limited permits.
    13          8456. Exemptions.
    14          8457. Special provisions.
    15          8458. Boundaries of professional competency.
    16          8459. Mandatory continuing competency.
    17    § 8450. Introduction. This article applies to the profession and prac-
    18  tice of music therapy, and to the use of the  titles  "licensed  profes-
    19  sional  music  therapist"  and "licensed clinical music therapist".  The
    20  general provisions for all professions contained in article one  hundred
    21  thirty of this title apply to this article.
    22    §  8451.  Definitions.  1.  (a)  The practice of licensed professional
    23  music therapy shall mean the clinical and evidence-based  use  of  music
    24  interventions  to accomplish individualized goals for people of all ages
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05328-01-9

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     1  and ability levels within a therapeutic relationship, through the devel-
     2  opment of music therapy  treatment  plans  specific  to  the  needs  and
     3  strengths of the client who may be seen individually and/or in groups.
     4    (b)  A  licensed  professional music therapist uses interventions that
     5  may include music improvisation, receptive music listening,  song  writ-
     6  ing,  lyric  discussion,  music and imagery, singing, music performance,
     7  learning through music, music combined with other  arts,  music-assisted
     8  relaxation,  music-based education, electronic music technology, adapted
     9  music interventions and movement to music.
    10    (c) The practice of  licensed  professional  music  therapy  does  not
    11  include the diagnosis or assessment of any physical, mental, or communi-
    12  cation disorder.
    13    2. (a) The practice of licensed clinical music therapy encompasses the
    14  scope  of  practice of licensed professional music therapy and, in addi-
    15  tion, includes the assessment, evaluation, and  the  therapeutic  inter-
    16  vention  and treatment, which may be either primary, parallel or adjunc-
    17  tive, of  mental,  emotional,  developmental  and  behavioral  disorders
    18  through the use of music as approved by the department.
    19    (b)  Licensed clinical music therapists use assessment instruments and
    20  mental health counseling and psychotherapy  to  identify,  evaluate  and
    21  treat  dysfunctions  and disorders for purposes of providing appropriate
    22  clinical music therapy services.
    23    3. Psychotherapy means the treatment of  mental,  nervous,  emotional,
    24  behavioral  and  addictive  disorders,  and  ailments by the use of both
    25  verbal and behavioral methods of intervention in interpersonal relation-
    26  ships with the intent of assisting  the  persons  to  modify  attitudes,
    27  thinking,  effect,  and  behavior which are intellectually, socially and
    28  emotionally maladaptive.
    29    § 8452. Authorized practice  and  the  use  of  the  titles  "licensed
    30  professional  music  therapist" and "licensed clinical music therapist".
    31  1. (a) Only a person licensed or exempt under this article  shall  prac-
    32  tice "licensed professional music therapy" as defined in subdivision one
    33  of section eighty-four hundred fifty-one of this article.
    34    (b)  Only  a  person  licensed  pursuant to subdivision one of section
    35  eighty-four hundred fifty-four of  this  article  shall  use  the  title
    36  "licensed professional music therapist" or the designation "LPMT".
    37    2. (a) Only a person licensed or exempt under this article shall prac-
    38  tice  "licensed clinical music therapy" as defined in subdivision two of
    39  section eighty-four hundred fifty-one of this article.
    40    (b) Only a person licensed pursuant  to  subdivision  two  of  section
    41  eighty-four  hundred  fifty-four  of  this  article  shall use the title
    42  "licensed clinical music therapist" or the designation "LCMT".
    43    § 8453. State board for music therapy. A state board for music therapy
    44  "the board", shall be appointed by the board of regents  on  recommenda-
    45  tion  of  the  commissioner  for  the  purpose of assisting the board of
    46  regents and the department on matters of professional  licensing,  prac-
    47  tice, and conduct in accordance with section sixty-five hundred eight of
    48  this title. The board shall be composed of not less than twelve members,
    49  of  which  five  shall  be  licensed professional music therapists, five
    50  shall be licensed clinical music therapists, and two shall be members of
    51  the public. Members of the first board need not  be  licensed  prior  to
    52  their appointment to the board. The terms of the first appointed members
    53  shall  be staggered so that four are appointed for three years, four are
    54  appointed for four years, and four are  appointed  for  five  years.  An
    55  executive  secretary  to  the  board  shall be appointed by the board of

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     1  regents on recommendation of the  commissioner  and  shall  be  licensed
     2  pursuant to this article.
     3    §  8454.  Requirements for a license. 1. To qualify for a license as a
     4  "licensed professional music therapist," an applicant shall fulfill  the
     5  following requirements:
     6    (a) Application: file an application with the department;
     7    (b)  Education:  have received an education, including a baccalaureate
     8  degree in music therapy from a program registered by the  department  or
     9  determined  by  the department to be the substantial equivalent thereof,
    10  in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
    11    (c) Experience: have completed at least twelve hundred hours of super-
    12  vised clinical training experience in music therapy, with not less  than
    13  one  hundred eighty hours of pre-internship experience and not less than
    14  nine hundred hours of internship experience, satisfactory to the depart-
    15  ment and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
    16    (d) Examination: provide proof of passing  a  national  board  certif-
    17  ication  examination  or  provide  proof  of  being  transitioned into a
    18  national board certification credential, satisfactory to the  board  and
    19  in  accordance  with the commissioner's regulations, currently available
    20  to music therapists who have met the  education  and  clinical  training
    21  standards of the profession;
    22    (e) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;
    23    (f) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
    24  ment; and
    25    (g) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars for an initial
    26  license  and  a  fee  of  one hundred seventy dollars for each triennial
    27  registration period.
    28    2. To qualify for a license as a "licensed clinical music  therapist,"
    29  an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:
    30    (a) Application: file an application with the department;
    31    (b) Education: have received an education, including a master's degree
    32  or  higher in music therapy or a related field from a program registered
    33  by the department or determined by the department to be the  substantial
    34  equivalent  thereof,  in accordance with the commissioner's regulations.
    35  The graduate coursework shall  include,  but  not  be  limited  to,  the
    36  following areas:
    37    (i) human growth and development;
    38    (ii) theories in music therapy;
    39    (iii) group dynamics;
    40    (iv) assessment and appraisal of individuals and groups;
    41    (v) research and program evaluation;
    42    (vi) professional orientation and ethics;
    43    (vii) foundations of music therapy and psychopathology;
    44    (viii) clinical instruction;
    45    (c) Experience: have completed at least fifteen hundred hours of post-
    46  master's  supervised  experience  in  music  therapy satisfactory to the
    47  department and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations. Satis-
    48  factory experience obtained in an entity operating under a waiver issued
    49  by the department pursuant to section sixty-five hundred three-a of this
    50  title may be accepted by the department, notwithstanding that such expe-
    51  rience may have been obtained  prior  to  the  effective  date  of  such
    52  section  and/or  prior  to  the  entity  having obtained a waiver.   The
    53  department may, for good cause  shown,  accept  satisfactory  experience
    54  that was obtained in a setting that would have been eligible for a waiv-
    55  er but which has not obtained a waiver from the department or experience
    56  that  was  obtained in good faith by the applicant under the belief that

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     1  appropriate authorization had been obtained for the experience, provided
     2  that such experience meets all other requirements for acceptable experi-
     3  ence;
     4    (d)  Examination:  provide  proof  of passing a national board certif-
     5  ication examination or  provide  proof  of  being  transitioned  into  a
     6  national  board  certification credential, satisfactory to the board and
     7  in accordance with the commissioner's regulations,  currently  available
     8  to  music  therapists  who  have met the education and clinical training
     9  standards of the profession;
    10    (e) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;
    11    (f) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart-
    12  ment; and
    13    (g) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars for an initial
    14  license and a fee of one hundred  seventy  dollars  for  each  triennial
    15  registration period.
    16    §  8455.  Limited  permits.  1.  On  recommendation  of the board, the
    17  department may issue a limited permit to practice licensed  professional
    18  music  therapy  and use the title licensed professional music therapist,
    19  or to practice  licensed  clinical  music  therapy  and  use  the  title
    20  licensed  clinical  music  therapist  to  an  applicant  who has met all
    21  requirements for licensure as a licensed professional music therapist or
    22  licensed clinical music therapist except those relating to the  examina-
    23  tion  and  provided that the individual is under the general supervision
    24  of a professional supervisor, as  determined  by  the  department.  This
    25  limited  permit shall be valid for a period of not more than twenty-four
    26  months; such limited permits may be renewed, at the  discretion  of  the
    27  department, for up to two additional one-year periods.
    28    2. The fee for each limited permit shall be seventy dollars.
    29    §  8456.  Exemptions.  Nothing  contained  in  this  article  shall be
    30  construed to:
    31    1. Apply to the practice, conduct, activities, services or use of  any
    32  title  by  any person licensed or otherwise authorized to practice medi-
    33  cine within the state pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one of this
    34  title or by any person registered to perform  services  as  a  physician
    35  assistant  within the state pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one-B
    36  of this title or by any person licensed or otherwise authorized to prac-
    37  tice psychology within  this  state  pursuant  to  article  one  hundred
    38  fifty-three of this title or by any person licensed or otherwise author-
    39  ized  to  practice social work within this state pursuant to article one
    40  hundred fifty-four of this title, or by any person licensed or otherwise
    41  authorized to practice nursing as a  registered  professional  nurse  or
    42  nurse  practitioner  within  this  state pursuant to article one hundred
    43  thirty-nine of this title or by any person licensed or otherwise author-
    44  ized to practice applied behavior analysis within the state pursuant  to
    45  article one hundred sixty-seven of this title, or by any person licensed
    46  or  otherwise  authorized to practice mental health counseling, marriage
    47  and family therapy, creative arts therapy, or psychoanalysis within  the
    48  state  pursuant  to  article  one  hundred  sixty-three  of  this title;
    49  provided, however, that no physician, physician's assistant,  registered
    50  professional  nurse,  nurse  practitioner, psychologist, licensed master
    51  social  worker,  licensed  clinical  social  worker,  licensed  behavior
    52  analyst,  certified  behavior  analyst assistant, licensed mental health
    53  counselor, licensed marriage and  family  therapist,  licensed  creative
    54  arts  therapist,  or licensed psychoanalyst may use the titles "licensed
    55  professional music therapist," or "licensed clinical  music  therapist,"
    56  unless licensed under this article.

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     1    2. Prohibit or limit any individual who is credentialed under any law,
     2  including  attorneys, rape crisis counselors, certified alcoholism coun-
     3  selors and certified substance abuse counselors  from  providing  mental
     4  health services within their respective established authorities.
     5    3. Prohibit or limit the practice of a profession licensed pursuant to
     6  this  article  by  a  student,  intern or resident in, and as part of, a
     7  supervised educational program in an institution approved by the depart-
     8  ment.
     9    4. Prohibit or limit the provision of pastoral counseling services  by
    10  any  member  of the clergy or Christian Science practitioner, within the
    11  context of his or her ministerial charge or obligation.
    12    5. Prohibit or limit individuals, churches, schools, teachers,  organ-
    13  izations,  or  not-for-profit  businesses,  from  providing instruction,
    14  advice, support, encouragement, or information to individuals, families,
    15  and relational groups.
    16    6. Prohibit or limit an occupational therapist  from  performing  work
    17  consistent with article one hundred fifty-six of this title.
    18    7.  Prohibit  or  limit  any  individual  whose  training and national
    19  certification attests to the individual's  preparation  and  ability  to
    20  practice  his  or her certified profession or occupation, if that person
    21  does not represent himself or herself as a licensed  professional  music
    22  therapist or licensed clinical music therapist.
    23    §  8457.  Special  provisions.  1.  This  section  shall  apply to all
    24  professions  licensed  pursuant  to  this  article,   unless   otherwise
    25  provided.
    26    2.  Any nonexempt person practicing a profession to be licensed pursu-
    27  ant to this article shall apply for a license under this article  within
    28  one year of the effective date of this article.  If such person does not
    29  meet  the  requirements  for  a license established within this article,
    30  such person may meet alternative criteria determined by  the  department
    31  to be the substantial equivalent of such criteria.
    32    3.  Any  person  who holds an active board certification credential in
    33  music therapy from a national certification  body  having  certification
    34  standards acceptable to the commissioner shall be licensed as a licensed
    35  professional music therapist on the effective date of this section with-
    36  out   meeting  any  additional  education,  experience,  or  examination
    37  requirements.
    38    4. Any person who holds an active board  certification  credential  in
    39  music  therapy  from  a national certification body having certification
    40  standards acceptable to the commissioner and a master's degree in  music
    41  therapy  or  a  related  field  shall be licensed as a licensed clinical
    42  music therapist on the effective date of this  section  without  meeting
    43  any additional education, experience, or examination requirements.
    44    5.  Any  person  who  is licensed as a creative arts therapist and who
    45  possesses a minimum of a bachelor's  degree  in  music  therapy  or  its
    46  equivalent  on the effective date of this section shall be licensed as a
    47  licensed clinical music therapist without meeting any additional  educa-
    48  tion, experience, or examination requirements.
    49    6.  Any  person  who  possesses a minimum of a baccalaureate degree in
    50  music therapy on the effective date of this section, who has  ten  years
    51  of  post-graduate  music  therapy  employment  and holds an active board
    52  certification credential in music therapy from a national  certification
    53  body  or  holds an active certification or registration in music therapy
    54  from a national certifying or registering body having  certification  or
    55  registration  standards  acceptable  to  the commissioner, and meets the
    56  requirements for a license pursuant to this article, except for examina-

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     1  tion, and who files with the department within one year of the effective
     2  date of this section, shall be licensed as  a  licensed  clinical  music
     3  therapist.
     4    7.  Any  person  who possesses a master's degree in music therapy or a
     5  related field on the effective date of this section, who has five  years
     6  of  post-graduate  music  therapy  employment  and holds an active board
     7  certification credential in music therapy from a national  certification
     8  body  or  holds an active certification or registration in music therapy
     9  from a national certifying or registering body having  certification  or
    10  registration  standards  acceptable  to  the commissioner, and meets the
    11  requirements for a license pursuant to this article, except for examina-
    12  tion, and who files with the department within one year of the effective
    13  date of this section, shall be licensed as  a  licensed  clinical  music
    14  therapist.
    15    8. Any person licensed pursuant to this article may use accepted clas-
    16  sifications  of signs, symptoms, dysfunctions and disorders, as approved
    17  in accordance with regulations promulgated by  the  department,  in  the
    18  practice of such licensed profession.
    19    §  8458.  Boundaries of professional competency. 1. It shall be deemed
    20  practicing outside the boundaries of his or her professional  competence
    21  for a person licensed pursuant to this article, in the case of treatment
    22  of  any serious mental illness, to provide any mental health service for
    23  such illness on a continuous and sustained basis without a medical eval-
    24  uation of the illness by, and in consultation with, a physician  regard-
    25  ing  such  illness. Such medical evaluation and consultation shall be to
    26  determine and advise whether any medical  care  is  indicated  for  such
    27  illness.  For  purposes  of this section, "serious mental illness" means
    28  schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, major depres-
    29  sive disorder, panic  disorder,  obsessive-compulsive  disorder,  atten-
    30  tion-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder.
    31    2.  Any individual whose license or authority to practice derives from
    32  the provisions of this article shall be prohibited from:
    33    (a) prescribing or administering drugs as defined in this chapter as a
    34  treatment, therapy, or professional service in the practice  of  his  or
    35  her profession; or
    36    (b) using invasive procedures as a treatment, therapy, or professional
    37  service  in  the practice of his or her profession. For purposes of this
    38  subdivision, "invasive procedure" means any  procedure  in  which  human
    39  tissue  is cut, altered, or otherwise infiltrated by mechanical or other
    40  means. Invasive procedure includes surgery, lasers, ionizing  radiation,
    41  therapeutic ultrasound, or electroconvulsive therapy.
    42    §  8459. Mandatory continuing competency. 1. (a) Each licensed profes-
    43  sional music therapist or licensed clinical music therapist shall regis-
    44  ter triennially with the department to practice in the  state  and  must
    45  comply  with  the  provisions  of  the  mandatory  continuing competency
    46  requirements prescribed in this section, except  as  provided  in  para-
    47  graphs  (b)  and  (c)  of this subdivision. Those who do not satisfy the
    48  mandatory continuing competency requirements shall not be authorized  to
    49  practice  until  they  have  met  such  requirements, and they have been
    50  issued a registration certificate, except that  a  person  may  practice
    51  without  having  met  such  requirements if he or she is issued a condi-
    52  tional registration pursuant to subdivision four of this section.
    53    (b) Each licensed professional music therapist  or  licensed  clinical
    54  music therapist shall be exempt from the mandatory continuing competency
    55  requirement  for the triennial registration period during which they are
    56  first  licensed.  Adjustment  to  the  mandatory  continuing  competency

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     1  requirements  may  be granted by the department for reasons of health of
     2  the licensee where certified by an appropriate health care professional,
     3  for extended active duty with the armed forces of the United States,  or
     4  for  other  good  cause  acceptable  to the department which may prevent
     5  compliance.
     6    (c) A licensed professional music therapist or licensed clinical music
     7  therapist not engaged in practice,  as  determined  by  the  department,
     8  shall  be  exempt  from  the mandatory continuing competency requirement
     9  upon the filing of  a  statement  with  the  department  declaring  such
    10  status. Any licensee who returns to the practice of music therapy during
    11  the  triennial  registration period shall notify the department prior to
    12  reentering the profession  and  shall  meet  such  mandatory  continuing
    13  competency  requirements  as  shall  be prescribed by regulations of the
    14  commissioner.
    15    2. At the end of each triennial registration period, an applicant  for
    16  re-registration  as  a licensed professional music therapist or licensed
    17  clinical music therapist must provide proof of holding an  active  board
    18  certification  credential in music therapy from a national certification
    19  body having certification standards acceptable to the commissioner.
    20    3. (a) During each triennial  registration  period  an  applicant  for
    21  registration  as  a  licensed  professional  music therapist or licensed
    22  clinical music therapist shall complete a minimum of thirty-six hours of
    23  acceptable learning activities which  contribute  to  continuing  compe-
    24  tence,  as  specified  in subdivision four of this section. A maximum of
    25  twelve hours of the thirty-six hours may be  self-instructional  course-
    26  work  acceptable  to  the  department. At least twenty-four hours of the
    27  thirty-six hours shall be in areas of study pertinent to  the  scope  of
    28  practice  of  music  therapy. With the exception of continuing education
    29  hours taken during the registration  period  immediately  preceding  the
    30  effective  date of this section, continuing education hours taken during
    31  one triennium may not be transferred to a subsequent triennium.
    32    (b) Thereafter, a licensee who has not satisfied the mandatory contin-
    33  uing competency requirements shall not be issued a  triennial  registra-
    34  tion  certificate  by  the  department and shall not practice unless and
    35  until a conditional registration certificate is issued as  provided  for
    36  in subdivision four of this section.
    37    4.  The  department, in its discretion, may issue a conditional regis-
    38  tration to a licensee  who  fails  to  meet  the  continuing  competency
    39  requirements  established  in subdivision three of this section, but who
    40  agrees to make up any deficiencies and complete any additional  learning
    41  activities  which  the department may require. The fee for such a condi-
    42  tional registration shall be the same as, and in addition  to,  the  fee
    43  for the triennial registration.  The duration of such conditional regis-
    44  tration  shall  be determined by the department but shall not exceed one
    45  year. Any licensee who is notified of the  denial  of  registration  for
    46  failure  to submit evidence, satisfactory to the department, of required
    47  continuing competency learning activities and who practices without such
    48  registration may be subject  to  disciplinary  proceedings  pursuant  to
    49  section sixty-five hundred ten of this title.
    50    5.  As used in subdivision three of this section, "acceptable learning
    51  activities" shall mean activities which contribute to professional prac-
    52  tice in music therapy, and which meet the standards  prescribed  in  the
    53  regulations of the commissioner. Such learning activities shall include,
    54  but  not  be limited to, collegiate level credit and non-credit courses,
    55  self-study activities, independent study, formal  mentoring  activities,
    56  professional  development  programs and technical sessions, publications

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     1  in professional journals and  professional  development  programs;  such
     2  learning  activities  may  be  offered and sponsored by national, state,
     3  regional, and local professional associations and other organizations or
     4  parties  acceptable  to  the  department, and any other organized educa-
     5  tional and technical learning activities acceptable to  the  department.
     6  Providers  (other than those indicated below as exempt from the approval
     7  process) must submit an application to the state board for music  thera-
     8  py. Types of approved providers include:
     9    (a)  any  higher  education  institution that offers programs that are
    10  registered in New York state as leading to licensure in music therapy;
    11    (b) a national, regional, state,  or  local  sponsor  or  provider  of
    12  coursework  or  training  that is approved by the American Music Therapy
    13  Association (AMTA) or the Certification Board for Music Therapists, Inc.
    14  (CBMT); postsecondary institutions,  or  a  consortium  of  such  insti-
    15  tutions,  that  offer  programs that are registered as leading to either
    16  licensure in music therapy or authorization to practice as a music ther-
    17  apist, or equivalent professional education programs  accredited  by  an
    18  acceptable accrediting agency, for credit and non-credit offerings;
    19    (c)  an  entity,  hospital  or  health facility defined in section two
    20  thousand eight hundred one of the public health law;
    21    (d) or an equivalent organization as  determined  by  the  department.
    22  Organizations that fall under the first three paragraphs listed above do
    23  not have to submit a fee or an application for approval as a provider of
    24  continuing  education  for music therapists. However, they must register
    25  with the state board for music therapy by completing an approved provid-
    26  er registration form. Educational institutions which  provide  education
    27  as part of a licensure qualifying program or sponsors who have had their
    28  course  approved  by  the Certification Board for Music Therapists, Inc.
    29  (CBMT) do not need to submit an application.  Courses  approved  by  the
    30  CBMT  automatically  qualify for approval in New York state. The depart-
    31  ment may, in its discretion and as needed to contribute  to  the  health
    32  and  welfare  of the public, require the completion of continuing compe-
    33  tency learning activities in specific subjects to fulfill this mandatory
    34  continuing competency requirement. Learning  activities  must  be  taken
    35  from  a  sponsor approved by the department, pursuant to the regulations
    36  of the commissioner.
    37    6. A licensed professional music therapist or licensed clinical  music
    38  therapist shall maintain adequate documentation of completion of accept-
    39  able  continuing competency activities and shall provide such documenta-
    40  tion at the request of the department.  Failure to provide such documen-
    41  tation upon request of the department shall  be  an  act  of  misconduct
    42  subject  to  the disciplinary proceedings pursuant to section sixty-five
    43  hundred ten of this title.
    44    7.  The  mandatory  continuing  competency  fee  shall  be  forty-five
    45  dollars,  payable on or before the first day of each triennial registra-
    46  tion period, and shall be paid in addition to the triennial registration
    47  fee.
    48    § 2. Subdivision 13 of section 700 of the  county  law,  as  added  by
    49  chapter 358 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
    50    13.  In  order  to  provide  services to crime victims, witnesses, and
    51  other persons involved in the criminal justice system,  and  to  support
    52  crime  prevention programs, the district attorney may employ or contract
    53  with persons licensed and registered to practice or otherwise authorized
    54  under article one hundred fifty-three, one hundred fifty-four, [or]  one
    55  hundred  sixty-three, or one hundred sixty-three-A of the education law,
    56  or contract with entities authorized to provide the  services  specified

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     1  in  such articles, in connection with the provision of any services that
     2  such persons or entities are authorized to provide and that are  author-
     3  ized by the district attorney.
     4    §  3. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph a and paragraph d of subdivision 1
     5  of section 6503-a of the education law, subparagraph (i) of paragraph  a
     6  as  amended by chapter 554 of the laws of 2013, and paragraph d as added
     7  by chapter 130 of the laws of 2010, are amended to read as follows:
     8    (i) services  provided  under  article  one  hundred  fifty-four,  one
     9  hundred  sixty-three,  one  hundred sixty-three-A, or one hundred sixty-
    10  seven of this title for which licensure would be required, or
    11    d. Such waiver shall provide that services rendered pursuant  to  this
    12  section,  directly  or  indirectly,  shall  be provided only by a person
    13  appropriately licensed to provide such services pursuant to article  one
    14  hundred  thirty-one,  one  hundred thirty-nine, one hundred fifty-three,
    15  one hundred fifty-four, [or] one hundred  sixty-three,  or  one  hundred
    16  sixty-three-A  of  this  title,  or  by a person otherwise authorized to
    17  provide such services under such articles, or by a  professional  entity
    18  authorized by law to provide such services.
    19    §  4.  Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 6503-a of the education
    20  law, as added by chapter 130 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read  as
    21  follows:
    22    c.  an institution of higher education authorized to provide a program
    23  leading to licensure in a profession defined under article  one  hundred
    24  thirty-one,  one  hundred  thirty-nine,  one  hundred  fifty-three,  one
    25  hundred fifty-four [or] one hundred sixty-three, or one  hundred  sixty-
    26  three-A  of this title, to the extent that the scope of such services is
    27  limited to the services authorized to be provided within such registered
    28  program; or
    29    § 5. Subdivision 4 of section 7605 of the education law, as amended by
    30  chapter 554 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
    31    4. The practice,  conduct,  activities,  or  services  by  any  person
    32  licensed  or  otherwise  authorized  to practice nursing as a registered
    33  professional nurse or nurse practitioner within the  state  pursuant  to
    34  article  one hundred thirty-nine of this title or by any person licensed
    35  or otherwise authorized to practice social work within the state  pursu-
    36  ant  to  article  one hundred fifty-four of this title, or by any person
    37  licensed or otherwise authorized to practice mental  health  counseling,
    38  marriage  and  family  therapy, creative arts therapy, or psychoanalysis
    39  within the state pursuant to article one  hundred  sixty-three  of  this
    40  title,  or  by  any  person licensed or otherwise authorized to practice
    41  music therapy within the state pursuant to article  one  hundred  sixty-
    42  three-A of this title, or any person licensed or otherwise authorized to
    43  practice  applied behavior analysis within the state pursuant to article
    44  one hundred sixty-seven of this title or any individual who  is  creden-
    45  tialed  under  any  law,  including  attorneys,  rape crisis counselors,
    46  certified alcoholism counselors, and certified substance  abuse  counse-
    47  lors  from  providing  mental  health  services  within their respective
    48  established authorities.
    49    § 6. Subdivision 1 of section 7706 of the education law, as amended by
    50  chapter 554 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
    51    1. Apply to the practice, conduct, activities, services or use of  any
    52  title  by  any person licensed or otherwise authorized to practice medi-
    53  cine within the state pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one of this
    54  title or by any person registered to perform  services  as  a  physician
    55  assistant  within the state pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one-B
    56  of this title or by any person licensed or otherwise authorized to prac-

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     1  tice psychology within  this  state  pursuant  to  article  one  hundred
     2  fifty-three of this title or by any person licensed or otherwise author-
     3  ized  to  practice  nursing  as a registered professional nurse or nurse
     4  practitioner  within  this state pursuant to article one hundred thirty-
     5  nine of this title or by any person licensed or otherwise authorized  to
     6  practice  occupational therapy within this state pursuant to article one
     7  hundred fifty-six of this title or by any person licensed  or  otherwise
     8  authorized  to  practice  mental  health counseling, marriage and family
     9  therapy, creative arts  therapy,  or  psychoanalysis  within  the  state
    10  pursuant  to  article  one  hundred sixty-three of this title, or by any
    11  person licensed or otherwise authorized to practice music therapy within
    12  the state pursuant to article one hundred sixty-three-A of  this  title,
    13  or  by  any  person licensed or otherwise authorized to practice applied
    14  behavior analysis within the  state  pursuant  to  article  one  hundred
    15  sixty-seven  of this title; provided, however, that no physician, physi-
    16  cian  assistant,  registered  professional  nurse,  nurse  practitioner,
    17  psychologist,  occupational therapist, licensed mental health counselor,
    18  licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed  creative  arts  thera-
    19  pist,  licensed  psychoanalyst,  licensed  professional music therapist,
    20  licensed clinical music therapist, licensed behavior analyst  or  certi-
    21  fied  behavior  analyst  assistant may use the titles "licensed clinical
    22  social worker" or "licensed master social worker", unless licensed under
    23  this article.
    24    § 7. Subdivision 1 of section 8410 of the education law, as amended by
    25  chapter 554 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
    26    1. Apply to the practice, conduct, activities, services or use of  any
    27  title  by  any person licensed or otherwise authorized to practice medi-
    28  cine within the state pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one of this
    29  title or by any person registered to perform  services  as  a  physician
    30  assistant  within the state pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one-B
    31  of this title or by any person licensed or otherwise authorized to prac-
    32  tice psychology within  this  state  pursuant  to  article  one  hundred
    33  fifty-three of this title or by any person licensed or otherwise author-
    34  ized  to  practice social work within this state pursuant to article one
    35  hundred fifty-four of this title, or by any person licensed or otherwise
    36  authorized to practice nursing as a  registered  professional  nurse  or
    37  nurse  practitioner  within  this  state pursuant to article one hundred
    38  thirty-nine of this title or by any person licensed or otherwise author-
    39  ized to practice applied behavior analysis within the state pursuant  to
    40  article  one hundred sixty-seven of this title or by any person licensed
    41  or otherwise authorized to practice  music  therapy  within  this  state
    42  pursuant  to  article one hundred sixty-three-A of this title; provided,
    43  however, that no physician, physician's  assistant,  registered  profes-
    44  sional  nurse,  nurse practitioner, psychologist, licensed master social
    45  worker, licensed clinical social worker, licensed behavior analyst [or],
    46  certified behavior analyst assistant, licensed professional music thera-
    47  pist, or licensed clinical music therapist may use the titles  "licensed
    48  mental  health  counselor",  "licensed  marriage  and family therapist",
    49  "licensed creative arts therapist", or "licensed psychoanalyst",  unless
    50  licensed under this article.
    51    §  8. Subdivision (a) of section 1203 of the limited liability company
    52  law, as amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2014, is amended  to  read
    53  as follows:
    54    (a)  Notwithstanding  the education law or any other provision of law,
    55  one or more professionals each of whom is authorized by law to render  a
    56  professional  service within the state, or one or more professionals, at

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     1  least one of whom is authorized by law to render a professional  service
     2  within  the  state,  may  form,  or  cause  to be formed, a professional
     3  service limited liability company for pecuniary profit under this  arti-
     4  cle for the purpose of rendering the professional service or services as
     5  such professionals are authorized to practice. With respect to a profes-
     6  sional  service  limited  liability  company  formed  to provide medical
     7  services as such services are defined in article 131  of  the  education
     8  law,  each  member  of  such  limited liability company must be licensed
     9  pursuant to article 131 of the education law  to  practice  medicine  in
    10  this  state.  With  respect  to a professional service limited liability
    11  company formed to provide dental services as such services  are  defined
    12  in article 133 of the education law, each member of such limited liabil-
    13  ity  company  must  be licensed pursuant to article 133 of the education
    14  law to practice dentistry in this state. With respect to a  professional
    15  service  limited liability company formed to provide veterinary services
    16  as such services are defined in article 135 of the education  law,  each
    17  member  of  such  limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to
    18  article 135 of the education law to practice veterinary medicine in this
    19  state. With respect to a professional service limited liability  company
    20  formed  to  provide  professional engineering, land surveying, architec-
    21  tural,  landscape  architectural  and/or  geological  services  as  such
    22  services  are defined in article 145, article 147 and article 148 of the
    23  education law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be
    24  licensed  pursuant to article 145, article 147 and/or article 148 of the
    25  education law to practice one or more of such professions in this state.
    26  With respect to a professional service limited liability company  formed
    27  to  provide  licensed clinical social work services as such services are
    28  defined in article 154 of the education law, each member of such limited
    29  liability company shall be licensed  pursuant  to  article  154  of  the
    30  education  law  to practice licensed clinical social work in this state.
    31  With respect to a professional service limited liability company  formed
    32  to  provide  creative arts therapy services as such services are defined
    33  in article 163 of the education law, each member of such limited liabil-
    34  ity company must be licensed pursuant to article 163  of  the  education
    35  law  to  practice creative arts therapy in this state. With respect to a
    36  professional  service  limited  liability  company  formed  to   provide
    37  marriage  and  family  therapy  services as such services are defined in
    38  article 163 of the education law, each member of such limited  liability
    39  company must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to
    40  practice  marriage  and  family therapy in this state. With respect to a
    41  professional service limited liability company formed to provide  mental
    42  health  counseling  services as such services are defined in article 163
    43  of the education law, each member of such limited liability company must
    44  be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the  education  law  to  practice
    45  mental  health  counseling in this state. With respect to a professional
    46  service limited  liability  company  formed  to  provide  psychoanalysis
    47  services  as  such  services are defined in article 163 of the education
    48  law, each member of such limited  liability  company  must  be  licensed
    49  pursuant  to article 163 of the education law to practice psychoanalysis
    50  in this state.  With respect to a professional service limited liability
    51  company formed to provide music therapy services as such services    are
    52  defined  in  article  163-A  of  the  education law, each member of such
    53  limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 163-A  of
    54  the  education law to practice music therapy in this state. With respect
    55  to a professional service limited liability company  formed  to  provide
    56  applied behavior analysis services as such services are defined in arti-

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     1  cle  167  of  the  education  law, each member of such limited liability
     2  company must be licensed or certified pursuant to  article  167  of  the
     3  education  law  to practice applied behavior analysis in this state.  In
     4  addition  to  engaging in such profession or professions, a professional
     5  service limited liability company may engage in any  other  business  or
     6  activities  as  to which a limited liability company may be formed under
     7  section two hundred one of this  chapter.    Notwithstanding  any  other
     8  provision  of  this  section,  a  professional service limited liability
     9  company (i) authorized to  practice  law  may  only  engage  in  another
    10  profession  or  business  or  activities  or  (ii) which is engaged in a
    11  profession or other business or  activities  other  than  law  may  only
    12  engage in the practice of law, to the extent not prohibited by any other
    13  law of this state or any rule adopted by the appropriate appellate divi-
    14  sion of the supreme court or the court of appeals.
    15    §  9. Subdivision (b) of section 1207 of the limited liability company
    16  law, as amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2014, is amended  to  read
    17  as follows:
    18    (b)  With  respect to a professional service limited liability company
    19  formed to provide medical services as such services are defined in arti-
    20  cle 131 of the education law, each  member  of  such  limited  liability
    21  company must be licensed pursuant to article 131 of the education law to
    22  practice  medicine in this state. With respect to a professional service
    23  limited liability company formed to  provide  dental  services  as  such
    24  services are defined in article 133 of the education law, each member of
    25  such  limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 133
    26  of the education law to practice dentistry in this state.  With  respect
    27  to  a  professional  service limited liability company formed to provide
    28  veterinary services as such services are defined in article 135  of  the
    29  education  law,  each  member  of such limited liability company must be
    30  licensed pursuant to article 135 of the education law to practice veter-
    31  inary medicine in this state. With respect  to  a  professional  service
    32  limited  liability  company  formed to provide professional engineering,
    33  land surveying, architectural, landscape architectural and/or geological
    34  services as such services are defined in article 145,  article  147  and
    35  article  148 of the education law, each member of such limited liability
    36  company must be licensed pursuant to article  145,  article  147  and/or
    37  article  148  of  the  education  law  to  practice  one or more of such
    38  professions in this state. With respect to a professional service limit-
    39  ed liability company formed to provide  licensed  clinical  social  work
    40  services  as  such  services are defined in article 154 of the education
    41  law, each member of such limited liability  company  shall  be  licensed
    42  pursuant  to article 154 of the education law to practice licensed clin-
    43  ical social work in this state. With respect to a  professional  service
    44  limited  liability  company  formed  to  provide  creative  arts therapy
    45  services as such services are defined in article 163  of  the  education
    46  law,  each  member  of  such  limited liability company must be licensed
    47  pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice  creative  arts
    48  therapy  in  this  state. With respect to a professional service limited
    49  liability company formed to provide marriage and family therapy services
    50  as such services are defined in article 163 of the education  law,  each
    51  member  of  such  limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to
    52  article 163 of the education law to practice marriage and family therapy
    53  in this state. With respect to a professional service limited  liability
    54  company  formed  to  provide  mental  health counseling services as such
    55  services are defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of
    56  such limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article  163

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     1  of the education law to practice mental health counseling in this state.
     2  With  respect to a professional service limited liability company formed
     3  to provide psychoanalysis services as such services are defined in arti-
     4  cle  163  of  the  education  law, each member of such limited liability
     5  company must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to
     6  practice psychoanalysis in this state.  With respect to  a  professional
     7  service  limited  liability  company  formed  to  provide  music therapy
     8  services as such services are defined in article 163-A of the  education
     9  law,  each  member  of  such  limited liability company must be licensed
    10  pursuant to article 163-A of the education law to practice music therapy
    11  in this state. With respect to a professional service limited  liability
    12  company  formed  to  provide  applied behavior analysis services as such
    13  services are defined in article 167 of the education law, each member of
    14  such limited liability company must be licensed or certified pursuant to
    15  article 167 of the education law to practice applied  behavior  analysis
    16  in this state.
    17    § 10. Subdivision (a) of section 1301 of the limited liability company
    18  law,  as  amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read
    19  as follows:
    20    (a) "Foreign professional service limited liability company"  means  a
    21  professional  service  limited liability company, whether or not denomi-
    22  nated as such, organized under the laws of  a  jurisdiction  other  than
    23  this state, (i) each of whose members and managers, if any, is a profes-
    24  sional  authorized  by  law to render a professional service within this
    25  state and who is or has been engaged in the practice of such  profession
    26  in  such professional service limited liability company or a predecessor
    27  entity, or will engage in the practice of such profession in the profes-
    28  sional service limited liability company within thirty days of the  date
    29  such  professional becomes a member, or each of whose members and manag-
    30  ers, if any, is a professional at least one of such members  is  author-
    31  ized  by  law to render a professional service within this state and who
    32  is or has been engaged in  the  practice  of  such  profession  in  such
    33  professional  service limited liability company or a predecessor entity,
    34  or will engage in the practice of such profession  in  the  professional
    35  service  limited  liability  company within thirty days of the date such
    36  professional becomes a member, or  (ii)  authorized  by,  or  holding  a
    37  license,  certificate,  registration  or  permit issued by the licensing
    38  authority pursuant to,  the  education  law  to  render  a  professional
    39  service within this state; except that all members and managers, if any,
    40  of  a  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company  that
    41  provides health services in this state shall be licensed in this  state.
    42  With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability company
    43  which provides veterinary services as such services are defined in arti-
    44  cle  135  of the education law, each member of such foreign professional
    45  service limited liability company shall be licensed pursuant to  article
    46  135  of  the education law to practice veterinary medicine. With respect
    47  to a  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability  company  which
    48  provides medical services as such services are defined in article 131 of
    49  the  education  law,  each  member  of such foreign professional service
    50  limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to  article  131  of
    51  the education law to practice medicine in this state.  With respect to a
    52  foreign  professional  service  limited liability company which provides
    53  dental services as such services are  defined  in  article  133  of  the
    54  education  law, each member of such foreign professional service limited
    55  liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 133 of the educa-
    56  tion law to practice dentistry in this state. With respect to a  foreign

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     1  professional  service  limited  liability company which provides profes-
     2  sional engineering, land surveying, geologic, architectural and/or land-
     3  scape architectural services as such services  are  defined  in  article
     4  145,  article  147  and article 148 of the education law, each member of
     5  such foreign professional service  limited  liability  company  must  be
     6  licensed  pursuant to article 145, article 147 and/or article 148 of the
     7  education law to practice one or more of such professions in this state.
     8  With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability company
     9  which provides licensed clinical social work services as  such  services
    10  are  defined  in  article  154 of the education law, each member of such
    11  foreign professional service limited liability company shall be licensed
    12  pursuant to article 154 of the education law to practice clinical social
    13  work in this state. With  respect  to  a  foreign  professional  service
    14  limited  liability company which provides creative arts therapy services
    15  as such services are defined in article 163 of the education  law,  each
    16  member  of  such  foreign professional service limited liability company
    17  must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law  to  prac-
    18  tice  creative  arts  therapy  in  this state. With respect to a foreign
    19  professional service limited liability company which  provides  marriage
    20  and  family therapy services as such services are defined in article 163
    21  of the education law, each member of such foreign  professional  service
    22  limited  liability  company  must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of
    23  the education law to practice marriage and family therapy in this state.
    24  With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability company
    25  which provides mental health counseling services as  such  services  are
    26  defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of such foreign
    27  professional service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant
    28  to article 163 of the education law to practice mental health counseling
    29  in  this  state.  With respect to a foreign professional service limited
    30  liability  company  which  provides  psychoanalysis  services  as   such
    31  services are defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of
    32  such  foreign  professional  service  limited  liability company must be
    33  licensed pursuant to article  163  of  the  education  law  to  practice
    34  psychoanalysis  in  this state.   With respect to a foreign professional
    35  service limited liability company which provides music therapy  services
    36  as such services are defined in article 163-A of the education law, each
    37  member  of  such  foreign professional service limited liability company
    38  must be licensed pursuant to article 163-A of the education law to prac-
    39  tice music therapy in this state. With respect to a foreign professional
    40  service limited liability company which provides applied behavior analy-
    41  sis services as such services are defined in article 167 of  the  educa-
    42  tion  law,  each  member  of  such  foreign professional service limited
    43  liability company must be licensed or certified pursuant to article  167
    44  of  the  education  law  to  practice  applied behavior analysis in this
    45  state.
    46    § 11. Subdivision (q) of section 121-1500 of the partnership  law,  as
    47  amended  by  chapter  475  of  the  laws  of 2014, is amended to read as
    48  follows:
    49    (q) Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership  formed
    50  to  provide  medical services in this state must be licensed pursuant to
    51  article 131 of the education law to practice medicine in this state  and
    52  each  partner  of  a  registered limited liability partnership formed to
    53  provide dental services in this state must be licensed pursuant to arti-
    54  cle 133 of the education law to practice dentistry in this state.   Each
    55  partner  of a registered limited liability partnership formed to provide
    56  veterinary services in this state must be licensed pursuant  to  article

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     1  135  of the education law to practice veterinary medicine in this state.
     2  Each partner of a registered limited  liability  partnership  formed  to
     3  provide  professional  engineering, land surveying, geological services,
     4  architectural and/or landscape architectural services in this state must
     5  be  licensed  pursuant to article 145, article 147 and/or article 148 of
     6  the education law to practice one or more of such  professions  in  this
     7  state. Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed
     8  to  provide licensed clinical social work services in this state must be
     9  licensed pursuant to article 154 of the education law to practice  clin-
    10  ical  social  work  in  this state. Each partner of a registered limited
    11  liability partnership formed to provide creative arts  therapy  services
    12  in  this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education
    13  law to practice creative arts therapy in this state. Each partner  of  a
    14  registered  limited liability partnership formed to provide marriage and
    15  family therapy services in this state must be licensed pursuant to arti-
    16  cle 163 of the education law to practice marriage and family therapy  in
    17  this  state.  Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership
    18  formed to provide mental health counseling services in this  state  must
    19  be  licensed  pursuant  to  article 163 of the education law to practice
    20  mental health counseling in this state. Each  partner  of  a  registered
    21  limited  liability partnership formed to provide psychoanalysis services
    22  in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the  education
    23  law  to  practice psychoanalysis in this state. Each partner of a regis-
    24  tered limited liability partnership  formed  to  provide  music  therapy
    25  services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163-A of the
    26  education law to practice music therapy in this state. Each partner of a
    27  registered  limited  liability  partnership  formed  to  provide applied
    28  behavior analysis service in this state must be  licensed  or  certified
    29  pursuant  to article 167 of the education law to practice applied behav-
    30  ior analysis in this state.
    31    § 12. Subdivision (q) of section 121-1502 of the partnership  law,  as
    32  amended  by  chapter  475  of  the  laws  of 2014, is amended to read as
    33  follows:
    34    (q) Each partner of a  foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which
    35  provides  medical  services  in  this state must be licensed pursuant to
    36  article 131 of the education law to practice medicine in the  state  and
    37  each  partner  of a foreign limited liability partnership which provides
    38  dental services in the state must be licensed pursuant to article 133 of
    39  the education law to practice dentistry in this state. Each partner of a
    40  foreign limited liability partnership which provides veterinary  service
    41  in  the state shall be licensed pursuant to article 135 of the education
    42  law to practice veterinary medicine in this state.  Each  partner  of  a
    43  foreign  limited liability partnership which provides professional engi-
    44  neering, land surveying, geological services, architectural and/or land-
    45  scape architectural services in this state must be licensed pursuant  to
    46  article  145,  article  147  and/or  article 148 of the education law to
    47  practice one or more of such professions.  Each  partner  of  a  foreign
    48  limited  liability  partnership  which provides licensed clinical social
    49  work services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 154  of
    50  the  education  law  to  practice  licensed clinical social work in this
    51  state. Each partner of a foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which
    52  provides  creative  arts therapy services in this state must be licensed
    53  pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice  creative  arts
    54  therapy in this state. Each partner of a foreign limited liability part-
    55  nership  which  provides  marriage  and  family therapy services in this
    56  state must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education  law  to

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     1  practice  marriage  and  family therapy in this state. Each partner of a
     2  foreign limited liability partnership which provides mental health coun-
     3  seling services in this state must be licensed pursuant to  article  163
     4  of the education law to practice mental health counseling in this state.
     5  Each  partner  of a foreign limited liability partnership which provides
     6  psychoanalysis services in this state must be licensed pursuant to arti-
     7  cle 163 of the education law to practice psychoanalysis in  this  state.
     8  Each  partner  of  a  registered limited liability partnership formed to
     9  provide music therapy services in this state must be  licensed  pursuant
    10  to  article 163-A of the education law to practice music therapy in this
    11  state. Each partner of a foreign  limited  liability  partnership  which
    12  provides  applied  behavior  analysis  services  in  this  state must be
    13  licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the  education  law  to
    14  practice applied behavior analysis in this state.
    15    §  13.  This  act  shall take effect twenty-four months after it shall
    16  have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment  and/or
    17  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    18  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
    19  on or before such date.
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