Bill Text: NY A08363 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes the use of approved programs at foreign dental schools to satisfy the experience requirement for licensure as a dentist.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-3)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-29 - print number 8363a [A08363 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A08363-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8363--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY December 13, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER, McDONALD, ANGELINO, MAGNARELLI, DeSTEFA- NO, LUPARDO, DICKENS, LUNSFORD, SEAWRIGHT, THIELE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requirements for licensure as a dentist The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 6 of section 6604 of the education law, 2 subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 613 of the laws of 2022 and subdivi- 3 sion 6 as amended by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, are amended to 4 read as follows: 5 (3) Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in 6 accordance with the commissioner's regulations, provided that: 7 (a) such experience shall consist of satisfactory completion of a 8 postdoctoral general practice or specialty dental residency program, of 9 at least one year's duration, in a hospital or dental facility accred- 10 ited for teaching purposes by a national accrediting body approved by 11 the department, provided, further that any such residency program shall 12 include a formal outcome assessment evaluation of the resident's compe- 13 tence to practice dentistry acceptable to the department; or 14 (b) notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subdivision, for an appli- 15 cant with a minimum of three years of full-time dental practice experi- 16 ence, or the equivalent thereof, within the five years immediately 17 preceding the applicant's application and in the state or country from 18 which such applicant received a license to practice dentistry, such 19 experience may consist of satisfactory completion of a minimum of one 20 year of either: (i) experience as a full-time faculty member employed EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13480-05-4A. 8363--A 2 1 at an approved New York state school of dentistry, or (ii) full-time 2 experience, or the equivalent thereof, as a general practice dental 3 preceptee in a preceptorship program under the supervision of a licensed 4 dentist in an area which has been designated a federal dental 5 health professions shortage area, provided further that the licensed 6 dentist who supervises such a preceptee shall be designated the precep- 7 tor dentist, have practiced for at least five years immediately preced- 8 ing assuming a preceptorship, and have under his or her supervision not 9 more than one full-time preceptee nor more than two part-time 10 preceptees; 11 (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or a 12 noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United 13 States; provided, however, that the board of regents may grant a three 14 year waiver for a noncitizen to practice in an area which has been 15 designated a federal dental health professions shortage area, except 16 that the board of regents may grant an additional extension not to 17 exceed six years to a noncitizen to enable him or her to secure citizen- 18 ship or permanent resident status, provided such status is being active- 19 ly pursued; and provided further that the board of regents may grant an 20 additional three-year waiver, and at its expiration, an extension for a 21 period not to exceed six additional years, for the holder of an H-1b 22 visa, an O-1 visa, or an equivalent or successor visa thereto; 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
