NY State Senate Bill 2009-S4066

Senate Bill S4066

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows dental residents to satisfy the ethics and jurisprudence educational course requirement during their dental residency

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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 11, 2010	print number 4066a
May 11, 2010	amend (t) and recommit to higher education
Jan 06, 2010	referred to higher education
Apr 08, 2009	referred to higher education

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2009-S4066 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §6605, Ed L

2009-S4066 - Summary

Relates to limited permits in dentistry and that dental school graduates do not need to obtain a limited permit if employed in an approved residency program.

2009-S4066 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4066

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the education law, in relation to allowing dental
residents to satisfy the ethics and jurisprudence educational course
requirement for licensure during the period of their dental residency
and in relation to limited permits in dentistry


 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :
This legislation will remove excess barriers to dental residencies and
permit dental residents to take the mandated dental ethics training
course during the period of their residency

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :
Section 1 would amend Section 6604-a of Article 133 of the Education
Law to allow dental residents to take the mandatory dental ethics
training course during the period of their residency.

Section 2 would amend Section 6605 of Article 133 of the Education Law
to exempt graduates of dental schools who are in approved residency
programs from having to obtain limited permits.

Section 2 would provide that the law take effect on the one hundred
eightieth day after it shall have become law, provided that Section 1
of the bill would take effect immediately.

 JUSTIFICATION :
Dental school graduates enrolled in approved residencies under the
State Education Department requirements should not be required to
obtain limited permits, which require applications and time-consuming
waits for approval. Medical school graduates are not required to have
limited permits. Once a dental school graduate is enrolled in a
residency approved by the Department, there are sufficient
institutional safeguards to protect the public. With respect to the
mandatory dental ethics training, all other mandatory educational
courses for dentists - infection control training, child abuse
reporting training, cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and tobacco
risks training - are able to be satisfied by dental residents during
the period of their residency. However, due to a flaw in the law, only
ethics training does not permit dental residents to take the required
coursework during their residency period. Since the mandatory ethics
course is one-time training that must be a specific curriculum
approved by the Education Department, it makes the least sense to have
that as the only continuing education requirement that cannot be taken
by dental residents during the period of their residency program. This
bill fixes that problem by allowing dental residents to take that
mandatory course, just like all the other mandatory course
requirements can be taken, during the period of the dental residency.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
None.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately.

2009-S4066 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4066

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 8, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing dental  resi-
  dents  to  satisfy  the  ethics  and  jurisprudence educational course
  requirement for licensure during the period of their dental  residency
  and in relation to limited permits in dentistry

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 6604-a of the  education  law,  as
added by chapter 183 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  6.  On  or  after the effective date of this subdivision, and no later
than the end of the first registration period  commencing  on  or  after
such date during which he or she is required to comply with the continu-
ing  education  requirements  of  this  section, each dentist shall have
completed on a one-time basis, as part of the mandatory hours of accept-
able formal continuing education required by this section, no fewer than
three hours in a course approved by the department in  dental  jurispru-
dence  and  ethics, which shall include the laws, rules, regulations and
ethical principles relating to the practice of  dentistry  in  New  York
state,  PROVIDED  THAT POSTGRADUATE DENTAL STUDENTS ENROLLED IN NEW YORK
STATE DENTAL RESIDENCY PROGRAMS MAY SATISFY  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS
SUBDIVISION BY TAKING SUCH AN APPROVED COURSE DURING THE PERIOD OF THEIR
DENTAL RESIDENCY PRIOR TO THEIR INITIAL LICENSURE.
  S  2.    Section  6605 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 5 to read as follows:
  5. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  DENTAL  SCHOOL
GRADUATES  SHALL  BE  DEEMED  TO  BE  EXEMPT PERSONS PURSUANT TO SECTION
SIXTY-SIX HUNDRED TEN OF THIS ARTICLE  AND  SHALL  NOT  BE  REQUIRED  TO
OBTAIN  A  LIMITED  PERMIT IF THEY ARE EMPLOYED IN AN APPROVED RESIDENCY
PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF  FULFILLING  INITIAL  LICENSURE  REQUIREMENTS
PURSUANT  TO SECTION SIXTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE.  THE DEPART-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09499-01-9

S. 4066                             2

MENT MAY CHARGE SUCH RESIDENTS A REASONABLE RESIDENCY  REGISTRATION  FEE
WHICH  SHALL  NOT EXCEED THE LIMITED PERMIT FEE SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION
FOUR OF THIS SECTION. THE PAYMENT  OF  ANY  RESIDENCY  REGISTRATION  FEE
SHALL NOT BE A PRECONDITION TO ENTERING A RESIDENCY PROGRAM, BUT PAYMENT
MAY  BE REQUIRED AT ANY OTHER REASONABLE TIME ESTABLISHED BY THE DEPART-
MENT.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law, provided that subdivision one  of  this  act
shall take effect immediately.

2009-S4066A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §6605, Ed L

2009-S4066A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to limited permits in dentistry and that dental school graduates do not need to obtain a limited permit if employed in an approved residency program.

2009-S4066A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4066A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 4066--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 8, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher  Education  --
  recommitted  to  the  Committee on Higher Education in accordance with
  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to limited permits in
  dentistry

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  6605 of the education law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
  6. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  DENTAL  SCHOOL
GRADUATES  SHALL  BE  DEEMED  TO  BE  EXEMPT PERSONS PURSUANT TO SECTION
SIXTY-SIX HUNDRED TEN OF THIS ARTICLE  AND  SHALL  NOT  BE  REQUIRED  TO
OBTAIN  A  LIMITED  PERMIT IF THEY ARE EMPLOYED IN AN APPROVED RESIDENCY
PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF  FULFILLING  INITIAL  LICENSURE  REQUIREMENTS
PURSUANT  TO SECTION SIXTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO OF THIS ARTICLE.  THE DEPART-
MENT MAY CHARGE SUCH RESIDENTS A REASONABLE RESIDENCY  REGISTRATION  FEE
WHICH  SHALL  NOT EXCEED THE LIMITED PERMIT FEE SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION
FOUR OF THIS SECTION. THE PAYMENT  OF  ANY  RESIDENCY  REGISTRATION  FEE
SHALL NOT BE A PRECONDITION TO ENTERING A RESIDENCY PROGRAM, BUT PAYMENT
MAY  BE REQUIRED AT ANY OTHER REASONABLE TIME ESTABLISHED BY THE DEPART-
MENT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09499-07-0

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