Assembly Actions -
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May 17, 2012 |
advanced to third reading cal.573 |
May 15, 2012 |
reported |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to higher education |
Feb 24, 2011 |
advanced to third reading cal.44 |
Feb 15, 2011 |
reported |
Jan 05, 2011 |
referred to higher education |
Assembly Bill A183
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CAHILL
Archive: Last Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Richard Gottfried
Rhoda Jacobs
Vito Lopez
Vivian Cook
multi-Sponsors
Sandy Galef
Deborah Glick
John McEneny
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
2011-A183 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A183 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Eliminates the licensure requirement of citizenship or permanent residence where such requirement presently exists in the professions of certified shorthand reporting, chiropractic, dental hygiene and dentistry, landscape architecture, land surveying, massage, medicine, midwifery, pharmacy, professional engineering, veterinary medicine and veterinary technology.
2011-A183 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 183 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL, GOTTFRIED, JACOBS, V. LOPEZ, COOK, ROSEN- THAL, PERRY, SCHROEDER, DINOWITZ, P. RIVERA, O'DONNELL, HOYT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON, GALEF, GLICK, McENENY, PEOPLES-STOKES, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the abolition of citi- zenship requirements for licensure in certain professions THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 6501 of the education law, as amended by chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: S 6501. Admission to a profession (licensing). 1. Admission to prac- tice of a profession in this state is accomplished by a license being issued to a qualified applicant by the [education] department. To qual- ify for a license an applicant shall meet the requirements prescribed in the article for the particular profession and shall meet the require- ments prescribed in section 3-503 of the general obligations law. 2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, NO OTHERWISE QUALIFIED APPLICANT SHALL BE DENIED A LICENSE, CERTIFICATE, LIMITED PERMIT OR REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE BY REASON OF HIS OR HER LACK OF CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS, UNLESS SUCH APPLICANT IS INELIGIBLE FOR A PROFESSIONAL LICENSE UNDER FEDERAL LAW OR IS UNLAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES. S 2. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 6 of section 6506 of the education law, as amended by chapter 133 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows: (f) Citizenship [or immigration status: be a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States]: MEET NO REQUIREMENT AS TO UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01156-01-1
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