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                                  7488

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 22, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BENEDETTO  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, the judiciary law, the general  busi-
  ness  law,  the  vehicle  and  traffic law, the public health law, the
  county law and the general city law,  in  relation  to  licensure  and
  certification for military training

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

  Section 1.  Section 6505-c of the education law is amended  by  adding
three new subdivisions 5, 6 and 7 to read as follows:
  5. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY,
A  COLLEGE, VOCATIONAL INSTITUTION OR OTHER APPROVED PROGRAM THAT ISSUES
LICENSES OR CERTIFICATES FOR WHICH PROFESSIONAL TRAINING,  SCHOOLING  OR
APPRENTICESHIP  IS  REQUIRED  SHALL  PROVIDE  CREDITS OR EXEMPTIONS FROM
REQUIREMENTS TOWARD LICENSURE OR CERTIFICATION FOR ANY APPLICANT  TO  AN
APPROVED PROGRAM WHO HAS RECEIVED TRAINING WHICH APPEARS ON SUCH LISTS.
  6. AN APPLICANT TO A COLLEGE, VOCATIONAL INSTITUTION OR OTHER APPROVED
PROGRAM  SHALL  NOT  BE REQUIRED TO REPEAT ANY TRAINING WHICH APPEARS ON
SUCH LISTS IN ORDER TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR  LICENSURE  OR  CERTIF-
ICATION.  CREDITS  OR  EXEMPTIONS  FROM  REQUIREMENTS TOWARD LICENSES OR
CERTIFICATES AWARDED BY A COLLEGE SHALL BE GRANTED IN A MANNER  CONSIST-
ENT  WITH  (A)  GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCA-
TION, (B) THE CONSTITUENT  UNITS'  TRANSFER  CREDIT  POLICIES,  AND  (C)
SECTIONS 21.4253 AND 21.4254 OF TITLE THIRTY-EIGHT OF THE CODE OF FEDER-
AL REGULATIONS.
  7.  FOR  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "COLLEGE", "VOCATIONAL INSTITUTION"
AND "APPROVED PROGRAM" SHALL HAVE THE SAME  MEANINGS  AS  SET  FORTH  IN
SUBDIVISIONS  TWO,  THREE  AND  FOUR  OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED ONE OF THIS
CHAPTER, RESPECTIVELY.
  S 2. Section 6501 of the education law, as amended by  chapter  81  of
the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  S  6501. Admission to a profession (licensing).  Admission to practice
of a profession in this state is accomplished by a license being  issued
to  a qualified applicant by the education department.  To qualify for a
license an applicant shall meet the requirements prescribed in the arti-
cle  for  the  particular  profession  and  shall  meet the requirements
prescribed in section 3-503 of the  general  obligations  law;  PROVIDED
THAT,  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY APPLI-
CANT WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, NATIONAL
GUARD OR RESERVES MAY SUBMIT SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE OF LICENSURE TO PRAC-
TICE AN EQUIVALENT OCCUPATION ISSUED  BY  ANY  OTHER  STATE,  TERRITORY,
PROTECTORATE  OR  DEPENDENCY  OF  THE  UNITED STATES, OR OF PROFESSIONAL
TRAINING AND PRACTICE IN THE  ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES IN  LIEU
OF  THE  SUBMISSIONS  REQUIRED  BY  THE  ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER FOR THE
PARTICULAR PROFESSION, PROVIDED THAT SUCH LICENSE WAS GRANTED OR  TRAIN-
ING  AND  PRACTICE CONDUCTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS WHICH WERE, IN
THE JUDGMENT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS,  NOT  LOWER  THAN  THOSE  OF  THIS
STATE.
  S  3.  The  judiciary  law is amended by adding a new section 464-a to
read as follows:
  S 464-A. ADMISSION ON MOTION; MILITARY TRAINING.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
PROVISION  OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY APPLICANT FOR ADMISSION ON MOTION
WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES,  NATIONAL
GUARD OR RESERVES MAY SUBMIT SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE OF LICENSURE TO PRAC-
TICE  AS  AN  ATTORNEY  IN  ANY  OTHER STATE, TERRITORY, PROTECTORATE OR
DEPENDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES, OR OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING  AND  PRAC-
TICE,  IN  THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF THE UNITED STATES IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER
SUBMISSIONS REQUIRED BY THE RULES  OF  THE  COURT,  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH
LICENSE OR TRAINING AND PRACTICE WAS CONDUCTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH STAND-
ARDS  WHICH WERE IN THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, NOT LOWER THAN
THOSE OF THIS STATE.
  S 4. The general business law is amended by adding a new  article  2-A
to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 2-A
                        ADMISSION TO A PROFESSION
SECTION 20. ADMISSION  TO  A  PROFESSION;  LICENSING,  CERTIFICATION  OR
              REGISTRATION.
  S 20. ADMISSION TO A PROFESSION; LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRA-
TION.  ADMISSION TO PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION GOVERNED BY THIS CHAPTER IN
THIS STATE IS ACCOMPLISHED, WHERE REQUIRED, BY A LICENSE,  CERTIFICATION
OR  CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION BEING ISSUED TO A QUALIFIED APPLICANT BY
THE SECRETARY OF STATE. TO  QUALIFY  FOR  A  LICENSE,  CERTIFICATION  OR
CERTIFICATE  OF  REGISTRATION  AN  APPLICANT SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS
PRESCRIBED IN THE ARTICLE FOR THE PARTICULAR PROFESSION AND  SHALL  MEET
THE  REQUIREMENTS PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 3-503 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
LAW; PROVIDED THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION  OF  THE  LAW  TO  THE
CONTRARY,  ANY  APPLICANT  WHO  WAS  A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
UNITED STATES,  NATIONAL  GUARD  OR  RESERVES  MAY  SUBMIT  SATISFACTORY
EVIDENCE  OF  LICENSURE,  CERTIFICATION  OR  REGISTRATION TO PRACTICE AN
EQUIVALENT OCCUPATION ISSUED BY ANY OTHER STATE, TERRITORY, PROTECTORATE
OR DEPENDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES,  OR  OF  PROFESSIONAL  TRAINING  AND
PRACTICE  IN  THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES IN LIEU OF THE
SUBMISSIONS REQUIRED BY THE ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER FOR  THE  PARTICULAR
PROFESSION,  PROVIDED THAT SUCH LICENSE, CERTIFICATION OR CERTIFICATE OF
REGISTRATION WAS GRANTED OR TRAINING AND PRACTICE CONDUCTED  IN  COMPLI-
ANCE  WITH  STANDARDS  WHICH WERE, IN THE JUDGMENT OF THE SECRETARY, NOT
LOWER THAN THOSE OF THIS STATE.

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  S 5. Subdivision (c) of section 304-a of the vehicle and traffic  law,
as  added  by  chapter  61  of  the  laws of 1989, is amended to read as
follows:
  (c) The commissioner may, by regulation, establish standards of compe-
tency  and fitness for certification as an inspector; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT ANY PERSON WHO WAS A MEMBER OF  THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE  UNITED
STATES,  NATIONAL  GUARD  OR  RESERVES  AND WHO BY MILITARY TRAINING AND
PRACTICE ACQUIRED THE SKILLS OF  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE  INSPECTOR  SHALL  BE
CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS AN INSPECTOR.
  S 6. Section 398-d of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
  8.  EVERY  PERSON  WHO  WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES AND  WHO  BY  MILITARY  TRAINING  AND
PRACTICE ACQUIRES THE SKILLS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE MECHANIC SHALL BE DEEMED
TO  BE  QUALIFIED  TO  PERFORM WORK UPON MOTOR VEHICLES AT MOTOR VEHICLE
REPAIR SHOPS.
  S 7. Subdivision 2 of section  3002  of  the  public  health  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  580  of  the  laws  of 2007, is amended to read as
follows:
  2. The state council shall have the power, by an affirmative vote of a
majority of those present, subject to approval by the  commissioner,  to
enact,  and  from  time to time, amend and repeal, rules and regulations
establishing minimum standards for ambulance services, ambulance service
certification,  advanced  life  support  first  response  services,  the
provision  of  prehospital emergency medical care, public education, the
development of  a  statewide  emergency  medical  services  system,  the
provision  of ambulance services outside the primary territory specified
in the ambulance services' certificate and  the  training,  examination,
and certification of certified first responders, emergency medical tech-
nicians,  and advanced emergency medical technicians; provided, however,
that such minimum standards must be consistent with the staffing  stand-
ards  established by section three thousand five-a of this article. Such
training shall be made available by video or  computer  to  the  maximum
extent possible. [Until January first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, no
minimum standards shall be established for services provided by a volun-
tary  ambulance  service  operating  solely  pursuant  to a statement of
registration issued under section three thousand four.]  The  curriculum
for  certified first responder training shall not exceed fifty-one hours
including prerequisites. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  THIS
ARTICLE TO THE CONTRARY, ANY PERSON WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES
OF  THE  UNITED  STATES,  NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES AND WHO BY MILITARY
TRAINING AND PRACTICE WAS A MEDIC OR CORPSMAN SHALL BE CERTIFIED,  WITH-
OUT  EXAMINATION,  BY THE STATE COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COUNCILS AS A FIRST
RESPONDER OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN. The state council shall  have
the  same  powers  granted  to  regional councils by this article in any
region of the state in which a regional  council  has  not  been  estab-
lished.
  S  8.  Subdivision 1 of section 236-a of the county law, as amended by
chapter 343 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  1. Notwithstanding the provisions of the general city law or any other
law to the contrary, the counties of Dutchess and Westchester  are  each
hereby  authorized  to  establish a county board of examiners for master
electricians and to empower such board to assume  all  licensing  duties
within each such county with respect to the licensure of master electri-
cians.    PROVIDED,  THAT SUCH COUNTIES SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSING,
WITHOUT EXAMINATION, AS A MASTER ELECTRICIAN OF ANY  PERSON  WHO  WAS  A

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MEMBER  OF  THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE UNITED STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR
RESERVES AND WHO BY MILITARY TRAINING AND PRACTICE ACQUIRED  THE  SKILLS
OF  AN  ELECTRICIAN.  The  counties  of  Dutchess  and Westchester shall
provide  for master electrician's duties and responsibilities in accord-
ance with the local law of each such county.
  S 9. Section 45 of the general city law is amended to read as follows:
  S 45. Examinations; conducting business without certificate  prohibit-
ed.  A  person  desiring  or intending to conduct the trade, business or
calling of a plumber or of plumbing in a city of this state as employing
or master plumber, shall be required to submit to an examination  before
such examining board of plumbers as to his experience and qualifications
for  such  trade, business or calling, and it shall not be lawful in any
city of this state for a person to conduct such trade, business or call-
ing, unless he shall have first obtained  a  certificate  of  competency
from  such board of the city in which he conducts or proposes to conduct
such business.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY PERSON WHO WAS A  MEMBER  OF
THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF THE UNITED STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES AND
WHO BY MILITARY TRAINING AND PRACTICE ACQUIRED THE SKILLS OF  A  PLUMBER
SHALL BE CERTIFIED AS COMPETENT WITHOUT EXAMINATION.
  S 10. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, that, effec-
tive  immediately,  any rules and regulations necessary to implement the
provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed
to be amended, added and/or repealed on or before such date.

                            
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                                 7488--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 22, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BENEDETTO  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to granting academic
  credit at state operated institutions of the state university  of  New
  York  and  the  senior  colleges of the city university of New York to
  veterans; and to amend the  education  law,  the  judiciary  law,  the
  general  business  law, the vehicle and traffic law, the public health
  law, the county law and the general city law, in relation to licensure
  and certification for military training

  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 section 669-e
to read as follows:
  S  669-E. COURSE CREDIT FOR VETERANS. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
THE TERM "VETERAN" MEANS A PERSON, MALE  OR  FEMALE,  RESIDENT  OF  THIS
STATE,  WHO  HAS  SERVED  IN THE ACTIVE MILITARY OR NAVAL SERVICE OF THE
UNITED STATES DURING A WAR IN WHICH THE UNITED STATES  ENGAGED  AND  WHO
HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM SUCH SERVICE BY ANY MEANS OTHER THAN BY DISHONOR-
ABLE DISCHARGE, OR WHO HAS BEEN FURLOUGHED TO THE RESERVE.
  2. EVERY VETERAN WHO IS ENROLLED ON A FULL-TIME BASIS AS AN UNDERGRAD-
UATE  STUDENT  IN  GOOD  STANDING,  AT  AN  INSTITUTION WITHIN THE STATE
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, SHALL UPON APPLICATION BE GRANTED UP TO SIX  ACADEMIC
CREDITS  PER  YEAR AND SIXTY CREDITS IN THE AGGREGATE TOWARDS HIS OR HER
DEGREE FOR COMPLETION OF COURSES THAT WERE PART OF SUCH VETERAN'S  MILI-
TARY  TRAINING OR SERVICE IF THE COMPLETED COURSES MEET THE STANDARDS OF
THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION OR ITS EQUIVALENT FOR THE AWARDING  OF
ACADEMIC  CREDITS.  NO  FEE,  TUITION  OR OTHER CHARGE SHALL BE ASSESSED
AGAINST A VETERAN  WHO  QUALIFIES  FOR  SUCH  CREDIT  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
SECTION.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  3. THE BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE CITY UNIVER-
SITY  OF  NEW YORK SHALL ADOPT SUCH PROCEDURES AS ARE NECESSARY TO FULLY
IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
  S  2.  Section  6505-c of the education law is amended by adding three
new subdivisions 5, 6 and 7 to read as follows:
  5. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY,
A COLLEGE, VOCATIONAL INSTITUTION OR OTHER APPROVED PROGRAM THAT  ISSUES
LICENSES  OR  CERTIFICATES FOR WHICH PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, SCHOOLING OR
APPRENTICESHIP IS REQUIRED SHALL  PROVIDE  CREDITS  OR  EXEMPTIONS  FROM
REQUIREMENTS  TOWARD  LICENSURE OR CERTIFICATION FOR ANY APPLICANT TO AN
APPROVED PROGRAM WHO HAS RECEIVED TRAINING WHICH APPEARS ON SUCH LISTS.
  6. AN APPLICANT TO A COLLEGE, VOCATIONAL INSTITUTION OR OTHER APPROVED
PROGRAM SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO REPEAT ANY TRAINING  WHICH  APPEARS  ON
SUCH  LISTS  IN  ORDER TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE OR CERTIF-
ICATION. CREDITS OR EXEMPTIONS  FROM  REQUIREMENTS  TOWARD  LICENSES  OR
CERTIFICATES  AWARDED BY A COLLEGE SHALL BE GRANTED IN A MANNER CONSIST-
ENT WITH (A) GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE AMERICAN  COUNCIL  ON  EDUCA-
TION,  (B)  THE  CONSTITUENT  UNITS'  TRANSFER  CREDIT POLICIES, AND (C)
SECTIONS 21.4253 AND 21.4254 OF TITLE THIRTY-EIGHT OF THE CODE OF FEDER-
AL REGULATIONS.
  7. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "COLLEGE",  "VOCATIONAL  INSTITUTION"
AND  "APPROVED  PROGRAM"  SHALL  HAVE  THE SAME MEANINGS AS SET FORTH IN
SUBDIVISIONS TWO, THREE AND FOUR OF SECTION  SIX  HUNDRED  ONE  OF  THIS
CHAPTER, RESPECTIVELY.
  S  3.  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).  Admission to  practice
of  a profession in this state is accomplished by a license being issued
to a qualified applicant by the education department.  To qualify for  a
license an applicant shall meet the requirements prescribed in the arti-
cle  for  the  particular  profession  and  shall  meet the requirements
prescribed in section 3-503 of the  general  obligations  law;  PROVIDED
THAT,  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY APPLI-
CANT WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, NATIONAL
GUARD OR RESERVES MAY SUBMIT SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE OF LICENSURE TO PRAC-
TICE AN EQUIVALENT OCCUPATION ISSUED  BY  ANY  OTHER  STATE,  TERRITORY,
PROTECTORATE  OR  DEPENDENCY  OF  THE  UNITED STATES, OR OF PROFESSIONAL
TRAINING AND PRACTICE IN THE  ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES IN  LIEU
OF  THE  SUBMISSIONS  REQUIRED  BY  THE  ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER FOR THE
PARTICULAR PROFESSION, PROVIDED THAT SUCH LICENSE WAS GRANTED OR  TRAIN-
ING  AND  PRACTICE CONDUCTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS WHICH WERE, IN
THE JUDGMENT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS,  NOT  LOWER  THAN  THOSE  OF  THIS
STATE.
  S  4.  The  judiciary  law is amended by adding a new section 464-a to
read as follows:
  S 464-A. ADMISSION ON MOTION; MILITARY TRAINING.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
PROVISION  OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY APPLICANT FOR ADMISSION ON MOTION
WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES,  NATIONAL
GUARD OR RESERVES MAY SUBMIT SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE OF LICENSURE TO PRAC-
TICE  AS  AN  ATTORNEY  IN  ANY  OTHER STATE, TERRITORY, PROTECTORATE OR
DEPENDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES, OR OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING  AND  PRAC-
TICE,  IN  THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF THE UNITED STATES IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER
SUBMISSIONS REQUIRED BY THE RULES  OF  THE  COURT,  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH
LICENSE OR TRAINING AND PRACTICE WAS CONDUCTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH STAND-
ARDS  WHICH WERE IN THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, NOT LOWER THAN
THOSE OF THIS STATE.

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  S 5. The general business law is amended by adding a new  article  2-A
to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 2-A
                        ADMISSION TO A PROFESSION
SECTION 20. ADMISSION  TO  A  PROFESSION;  LICENSING,  CERTIFICATION  OR
              REGISTRATION.
  S 20. ADMISSION TO A PROFESSION; LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRA-
TION.  ADMISSION TO PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION GOVERNED BY THIS CHAPTER IN
THIS STATE IS ACCOMPLISHED, WHERE REQUIRED, BY A LICENSE,  CERTIFICATION
OR  CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION BEING ISSUED TO A QUALIFIED APPLICANT BY
THE SECRETARY OF STATE. TO  QUALIFY  FOR  A  LICENSE,  CERTIFICATION  OR
CERTIFICATE  OF  REGISTRATION  AN  APPLICANT SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS
PRESCRIBED IN THE ARTICLE FOR THE PARTICULAR PROFESSION AND  SHALL  MEET
THE  REQUIREMENTS PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 3-503 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
LAW; PROVIDED THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION  OF  THE  LAW  TO  THE
CONTRARY,  ANY  APPLICANT  WHO  WAS  A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
UNITED STATES,  NATIONAL  GUARD  OR  RESERVES  MAY  SUBMIT  SATISFACTORY
EVIDENCE  OF  LICENSURE,  CERTIFICATION  OR  REGISTRATION TO PRACTICE AN
EQUIVALENT OCCUPATION ISSUED BY ANY OTHER STATE, TERRITORY, PROTECTORATE
OR DEPENDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES,  OR  OF  PROFESSIONAL  TRAINING  AND
PRACTICE  IN  THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES IN LIEU OF THE
SUBMISSIONS REQUIRED BY THE ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER FOR  THE  PARTICULAR
PROFESSION,  PROVIDED THAT SUCH LICENSE, CERTIFICATION OR CERTIFICATE OF
REGISTRATION WAS GRANTED OR TRAINING AND PRACTICE CONDUCTED  IN  COMPLI-
ANCE  WITH  STANDARDS  WHICH WERE, IN THE JUDGMENT OF THE SECRETARY, NOT
LOWER THAN THOSE OF THIS STATE.
  S 6. Subdivision (c) of section 304-a of the vehicle and traffic  law,
as  added  by  chapter  61  of  the  laws of 1989, is amended to read as
follows:
  (c) The commissioner may, by regulation, establish standards of compe-
tency and fitness for certification as an inspector; PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
THAT  ANY  PERSON  WHO  WAS  A  MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES AND  WHO  BY  MILITARY  TRAINING  AND
PRACTICE  ACQUIRED  THE  SKILLS  OF  A  MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTOR SHALL BE
CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS AN INSPECTOR.
  S 7. Section 398-d of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
  8. EVERY PERSON WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE  UNITED
STATES,  NATIONAL  GUARD  OR  RESERVES  AND WHO BY MILITARY TRAINING AND
PRACTICE ACQUIRES THE SKILLS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE MECHANIC SHALL BE DEEMED
TO BE QUALIFIED TO PERFORM WORK UPON MOTOR  VEHICLES  AT  MOTOR  VEHICLE
REPAIR SHOPS.
  S  8.  Subdivision  2  of  section  3002  of the public health law, as
amended by chapter 580 of the laws  of  2007,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  2. The state council shall have the power, by an affirmative vote of a
majority  of  those present, subject to approval by the commissioner, to
enact, and from time to time, amend and repeal,  rules  and  regulations
establishing minimum standards for ambulance services, ambulance service
certification,  advanced  life  support  first  response  services,  the
provision of prehospital emergency medical care, public  education,  the
development  of  a  statewide  emergency  medical  services  system, the
provision of ambulance services outside the primary territory  specified
in  the  ambulance  services' certificate and the training, examination,
and certification of certified first responders, emergency medical tech-
nicians, and advanced emergency medical technicians; provided,  however,

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that  such minimum standards must be consistent with the staffing stand-
ards established by section three thousand five-a of this article.  Such
training  shall  be  made  available by video or computer to the maximum
extent possible. [Until January first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, no
minimum standards shall be established for services provided by a volun-
tary  ambulance  service  operating  solely  pursuant  to a statement of
registration issued under section three thousand four.]  The  curriculum
for  certified first responder training shall not exceed fifty-one hours
including prerequisites. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  THIS
ARTICLE TO THE CONTRARY, ANY PERSON WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES
OF  THE  UNITED  STATES,  NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES AND WHO BY MILITARY
TRAINING AND PRACTICE WAS A MEDIC OR CORPSMAN SHALL BE CERTIFIED,  WITH-
OUT  EXAMINATION,  BY THE STATE COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COUNCILS AS A FIRST
RESPONDER OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN. The state council shall  have
the  same  powers  granted  to  regional councils by this article in any
region of the state in which a regional  council  has  not  been  estab-
lished.
  S  9.  Subdivision 1 of section 236-a of the county law, as amended by
chapter 343 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  1. Notwithstanding the provisions of the general city law or any other
law to the contrary, the counties of Dutchess and Westchester  are  each
hereby  authorized  to  establish a county board of examiners for master
electricians and to empower such board to assume  all  licensing  duties
within each such county with respect to the licensure of master electri-
cians.    PROVIDED,  THAT SUCH COUNTIES SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSING,
WITHOUT EXAMINATION, AS A MASTER ELECTRICIAN OF ANY  PERSON  WHO  WAS  A
MEMBER  OF  THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE UNITED STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR
RESERVES AND WHO BY MILITARY TRAINING AND PRACTICE ACQUIRED  THE  SKILLS
OF  AN  ELECTRICIAN.  The  counties  of  Dutchess  and Westchester shall
provide for master electrician's duties and responsibilities in  accord-
ance with the local law of each such county.
  S  10.  Section  45  of  the  general  city  law is amended to read as
follows:
  S 45. Examinations; conducting business without certificate  prohibit-
ed.  A  person  desiring  or intending to conduct the trade, business or
calling of a plumber or of plumbing in a city of this state as employing
or master plumber, shall be required to submit to an examination  before
such examining board of plumbers as to his experience and qualifications
for  such  trade, business or calling, and it shall not be lawful in any
city of this state for a person to conduct such trade, business or call-
ing, unless he shall have first obtained  a  certificate  of  competency
from  such board of the city in which he conducts or proposes to conduct
such business.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY PERSON WHO WAS A  MEMBER  OF
THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF THE UNITED STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES AND
WHO BY MILITARY TRAINING AND PRACTICE ACQUIRED THE SKILLS OF  A  PLUMBER
SHALL BE CERTIFIED AS COMPETENT WITHOUT EXAMINATION.
  S 11. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing  the  date  on which it shall have become a law, except that section
one of this act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
the  date on which it shall have become a law; provided, that, effective
immediately, any  rules  and  regulations  necessary  to  implement  the
provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed
to be amended, added and/or repealed on or before such date.

                            
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                                 7488--B

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 22, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BENEDETTO  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
  ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee --
  again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered  reprinted
  as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to course credit for
  veterans; to articulation between military and  civilian  professional
  careers; to application for admission to practice of a profession by a
  veteran  or  a veteran's spouse; to amend the general business law, in
  relation to licensing, certification and registration for veterans and
  veteran's spouses; to amend  the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation
  to providing motor vehicle inspector certification and mechanic quali-
  fications;  to  amend  the  public  health law, in relation to certif-
  ication of responder or emergency medical technicians;  to  amend  the
  county  law,  in  relation to licensure of master electricians; and to
  amend the general city law, in relation to plumber certification

  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 section 669-e
to read as follows:
  S 669-E. COURSE CREDIT FOR VETERANS. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION,
THE  TERM  "VETERAN"  MEANS  A  PERSON, MALE OR FEMALE, RESIDENT OF THIS
STATE, WHO HAS SERVED IN THE ACTIVE MILITARY OR  NAVAL  SERVICE  OF  THE
UNITED  STATES  DURING  A WAR IN WHICH THE UNITED STATES WAS ENGAGED AND
WHO HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM SUCH SERVICE BY ANY MEANS OF AN HONORABLE  OR
GENERAL DISCHARGE, OR WHO HAS BEEN FURLOUGHED TO THE RESERVE.
  2. EVERY VETERAN WHO IS ENROLLED ON A FULL-TIME BASIS AS AN UNDERGRAD-
UATE  STUDENT  IN  GOOD  STANDING,  AT  AN  INSTITUTION WITHIN THE STATE
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, SHALL UPON APPLICATION AND APPROVAL OF  THE  CHANCEL-
LOR,  OR  HIS OR HER DESIGNEE, BE GRANTED UP TO SIX ACADEMIC CREDITS PER
SEMESTER TOWARDS HIS OR HER DEGREE FOR COMPLETION OF COURSES  THAT  WERE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10497-05-3
              

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PART OF SUCH VETERAN'S MILITARY TRAINING OR SERVICE.  IN DETERMINING THE
APPROVAL  OF  SUCH  VETERAN'S APPLICATION, THE CHANCELLOR, OR HIS OR HER
DESIGNEE, SHALL CONSIDER THE STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCA-
TION. NO FEE, TUITION OR OTHER CHARGE SHALL BE ASSESSED AGAINST A VETER-
AN WHO QUALIFIES FOR SUCH CREDIT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
  3.  THE  CHANCELLOR OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MAY PROMULGATE
RULES AND REGULATIONS AS ARE NECESSARY TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS  SECTION.
  S 2. Section 6505-c of the education law, as added by chapter  106  of
the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  S  6505-c.  Articulation  between  military  and civilian professional
careers. 1. The commissioner shall develop, jointly with the director of
the division of veterans' affairs, a program to facilitate  articulation
between  participation  in  the military service of the United States or
the military service of the state and admission to practice of a profes-
sion. The commissioner and the director shall identify, review and eval-
uate professional training programs offered through either the  military
service  of the United States or the military service of the state which
may, where applicable, be  accepted  by  the  department  as  equivalent
education  and  training  in lieu of all or part of an approved program.
Particular emphasis shall be placed on the  identification  of  military
programs  which have previously been deemed acceptable by the department
as equivalent education and training, programs which may provide,  where
applicable,  equivalent  education  and  training  for those professions
which are critical to public health and safety and  programs  which  may
provide,  where  applicable, equivalent education and training for those
professions for which shortages exist in the  state  of  New  York,  AND
PROGRAMS  WHICH  MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLICABLE, EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND
TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS WHICH WOULD PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOP-
MENT, JOB CREATION OR TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT OF BUSINESS IN THE STATE
OF NEW YORK.
  2. The commissioner and the director shall prepare  a  list  of  those
military  programs  which  have previously been deemed acceptable by the
department as equivalent education and training in lieu of all  or  part
of  an approved program no later than the thirtieth of August, two thou-
sand three. On and after such date, such list shall be made available to
the public and applicants for admission to practice of a profession.
  3. The commissioner and the director shall prepare  a  list  of  those
military programs which may provide, where applicable, equivalent educa-
tion  and  training  for  those professions which are critical to public
health and safety, programs which may provide, where applicable,  equiv-
alent  education  and training for those professions for which shortages
exist in the state of New York, PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLI-
CABLE, EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING  FOR  THOSE  PROFESSIONS  WHICH
WOULD  PROMOTE  THE  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, JOB CREATION OR TECHNOLOGICAL
ADVANCEMENT OF BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK and any other  military
programs  which  may, where applicable, be accepted by the department as
equivalent education and training in lieu of all or part of an  approved
program  no  later than the thirty-first of October, two thousand three.
On and after such date, such list shall be made available to the  public
and applicants for admission to practice of a profession.
  4.  Such  lists shall be prepared annually no later than the thirtieth
of June thereafter with additions and  deletions  made  jointly  by  the
commissioner  and  the  director  and  made  available to the public and
applicants for admission to practice of a profession on such date.

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  5. IN THEIR DETERMINATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OF  WHICH  MILITARY
PROGRAMS PROVIDE EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING, SO AS TO BE ACCEPTED
BY THE DEPARTMENT AS EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN LIEU OF ALL OR
PART  OF  AN  APPROVED  PROGRAM, THE COMMISSIONER AND THE DIRECTOR SHALL
CONSIDER THE STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION.
  S  3.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 6505-d to
read as follows:
  S 6505-D. APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION BY
A VETERAN OR A SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  PROVIDE  FOR
AN  EXPEDITED  APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION
BY A VETERAN OR A SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL BE  DETER-
MINED BY THE COMMISSIONER WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE FILING OF THE APPLI-
CATION  WITH  THE COMMISSIONER BY THE VETERAN OR SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. IN
MAKING THE DETERMINATION FOR THE VETERAN,  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL,  IN
ADDITION TO THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE VETERAN, ALSO CONSIDER THE
EQUIVALENT  EDUCATION  AND  TRAINING  OF THE VETERAN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED FIVE-C OF  THIS  SUBARTICLE.  IN  MAKING  THE
DETERMINATION  FOR THE VETERAN'S SPOUSE, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSIDER
THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE VETERAN'S SPOUSE,  TOGETHER  WITH  ANY
EQUIVALENT  EDUCATION, TRAINING, PAST ADMISSION OR PAST PRACTICE OF SUCH
SPOUSE OF SUCH PROFESSION IN ANOTHER  JURISDICTION,  TOGETHER  WITH  THE
STANDARDS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  COUNCIL  ON EDUCATION. IF THE COMMISSIONER
DETERMINES THAT THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE VETERAN OR THE  VETER-
AN'S  SPOUSE,  AND/OR  THEIR  PAST ADMISSION OR PAST PRACTICE IN ANOTHER
JURISDICTION, IS ESSENTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO  THE  REQUIREMENTS  NECESSARY
FOR  ADMISSION  TO  PRACTICE  THE PROFESSION IN NEW YORK STATE, THEN THE
COMMISSIONER SHALL GRANT SUCH VETERAN OR VETERAN'S SPOUSE  ADMISSION  TO
PRACTICE THE PROFESSION IN NEW YORK STATE.
  S  4.  The general business law is amended by adding a new article 2-A
to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 2-A
    LICENSING, CERTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION FOR VETERANS AND VETERAN
                                 SPOUSES
SECTION 20-A. ARTICULATION BETWEEN MILITARY  AND  CIVILIAN  PROFESSIONAL
                CAREERS.
        20-B. APPLICATION  FOR  LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION
                TO PRACTICE A PROFESSION BY A VETERAN OR A SPOUSE  OF  A
                VETERAN.
  S 20-A. ARTICULATION   BETWEEN   MILITARY  AND  CIVILIAN  PROFESSIONAL
CAREERS.  1. THE SECRETARY OF STATE  SHALL  DEVELOP,  JOINTLY  WITH  THE
DIRECTOR  OF  THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS, A PROGRAM TO FACILITATE
ARTICULATION BETWEEN PARTICIPATION IN THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE UNITED
STATES OR THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE STATE AND THE  LICENSING,  CERTIF-
ICATION  AND  REGISTRATION  FOR  VETERANS  TO  PRACTICE  ANY  PROFESSION
LICENSED, CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER.  THE  SECRE-
TARY  AND  THE DIRECTOR SHALL IDENTIFY, REVIEW AND EVALUATE PROFESSIONAL
TRAINING PROGRAMS OFFERED THROUGH EITHER THE  MILITARY  SERVICE  OF  THE
UNITED  STATES  OR  THE  MILITARY  SERVICE OF THE STATE WHICH MAY, WHERE
APPLICABLE, BE ACCEPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS  EQUIVALENT  EDUCATION  AND
TRAINING  IN  LIEU  OF  ALL  OR  PART OF AN APPROVED PROGRAM. PARTICULAR
EMPHASIS SHALL BE PLACED ON  THE  IDENTIFICATION  OF  MILITARY  PROGRAMS
WHICH HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN DEEMED ACCEPTABLE BY THE DEPARTMENT AS EQUIV-
ALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING, PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLICA-
BLE,  EQUIVALENT  EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS WHICH ARE
CRITICAL TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND  PROGRAMS  WHICH  MAY  PROVIDE,
WHERE   APPLICABLE,   EQUIVALENT   EDUCATION   AND  TRAINING  FOR  THOSE

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PROFESSIONS FOR WHICH SHORTAGES EXIST IN THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK,  AND
PROGRAMS  WHICH  MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLICABLE, EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND
TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS WHICH WOULD PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOP-
MENT, JOB CREATION OR TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT OF BUSINESS IN THE STATE
OF NEW YORK.
  2.  THE SECRETARY AND THE DIRECTOR SHALL PREPARE A LIST OF THOSE MILI-
TARY PROGRAMS WHICH  HAVE  PREVIOUSLY  BEEN  DEEMED  ACCEPTABLE  BY  THE
DEPARTMENT  AS  EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN LIEU OF ALL OR PART
OF AN APPROVED PROGRAM NO LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  THIR-
TEEN.  ON  AND AFTER SUCH DATE, SUCH LIST SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE
PUBLIC AND APPLICANTS FOR ADMISSION TO PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION.
  3. THE SECRETARY AND THE DIRECTOR SHALL PREPARE A LIST OF THOSE  MILI-
TARY  PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLICABLE, EQUIVALENT EDUCATION
AND TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS WHICH ARE CRITICAL TO  PUBLIC  HEALTH
AND  SAFETY,  PROGRAMS  WHICH  MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLICABLE, EQUIVALENT
EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS FOR WHICH  SHORTAGES  EXIST
IN  THE STATE OF NEW YORK, PROGRAMS WHICH MAY PROVIDE, WHERE APPLICABLE,
EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING  FOR  THOSE  PROFESSIONS  WHICH  WOULD
PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, JOB CREATION OR TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE-
MENT  OF  BUSINESS  IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK AND ANY OTHER MILITARY
PROGRAMS WHICH MAY, WHERE APPLICABLE, BE ACCEPTED BY THE  DEPARTMENT  AS
EQUIVALENT  EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN LIEU OF ALL OR PART OF AN APPROVED
PROGRAM NO LATER THAN THE THIRTY-FIRST OF OCTOBER,  TWO  THOUSAND  FOUR-
TEEN.  ON  AND AFTER SUCH DATE, SUCH LIST SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE
PUBLIC AND APPLICANTS FOR THE LICENSING, CERTIFICATION AND  REGISTRATION
TO THE PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION.
  4.  SUCH  LISTS SHALL BE PREPARED ANNUALLY NO LATER THAN THE THIRTIETH
OF JUNE THEREAFTER WITH ADDITIONS AND  DELETIONS  MADE  JOINTLY  BY  THE
SECRETARY  AND  THE DIRECTOR AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND APPLI-
CANTS FOR THE LICENSING, CERTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION TO THE  PRACTICE
OF A PROFESSION ON SUCH DATE.
  5.  IN  THEIR DETERMINATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION OF WHICH MILITARY
PROGRAMS PROVIDE EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING, SO AS TO BE ACCEPTED
BY THE DEPARTMENT AS EQUIVALENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN LIEU OF ALL OR
PART OF AN APPROVED  PROGRAM,  THE  SECRETARY  AND  THE  DIRECTOR  SHALL
CONSIDER THE STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION.
  S  20-B.  APPLICATION  FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION TO
PRACTICE A PROFESSION BY A VETERAN OR A SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. THE  SECRE-
TARY  OF STATE SHALL PROVIDE FOR AN EXPEDITED APPLICATION FOR LICENSING,
CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION TO THE  PRACTICE  OF  A  PROFESSION  BY  A
VETERAN  OR  A SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL BE DETERMINED
BY THE SECRETARY WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE  FILING  OF  THE  APPLICATION
WITH  THE SECRETARY BY THE VETERAN OR SPOUSE OF A VETERAN. IN MAKING THE
DETERMINATION FOR THE VETERAN, THE SECRETARY SHALL, IN ADDITION  TO  THE
EDUCATION  AND  TRAINING  OF  THE  VETERAN, ALSO CONSIDER THE EQUIVALENT
EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE VETERAN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION  TWEN-
TY-A  OF  THIS  ARTICLE.  IN  MAKING THE DETERMINATION FOR THE VETERAN'S
SPOUSE, THE SECRETARY SHALL CONSIDER THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING  OF  THE
VETERAN'S SPOUSE, TOGETHER WITH ANY EQUIVALENT EDUCATION, TRAINING, PAST
LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION OR PAST PRACTICE OF SUCH SPOUSE
OF  SUCH PROFESSION IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION, TOGETHER WITH THE STANDARDS
OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION. IF THE SECRETARY  DETERMINES  THAT
THE  EDUCATION  AND  TRAINING  OF  THE  VETERAN OR THE VETERAN'S SPOUSE,
AND/OR THEIR PAST LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION OR PAST PRAC-
TICE IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION, IS ESSENTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE  REQUIRE-
MENTS NECESSARY FOR LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION TO PRACTICE

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THE  PROFESSION  IN  NEW YORK STATE, THEN THE SECRETARY SHALL GRANT SUCH
VETERAN OR VETERAN'S SPOUSE LICENSING, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION  TO
PRACTICE THE PROFESSION IN NEW YORK STATE.
  S  5. Subdivision (c) of section 304-a of the vehicle and traffic law,
as added by chapter 61 of the laws  of  1989,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (c) The commissioner may, by regulation, establish standards of compe-
tency  and fitness for certification as an inspector; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT ANY PERSON WHO WAS A MEMBER OF  THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE  UNITED
STATES,  NATIONAL  GUARD  OR  RESERVES  AND WHO BY MILITARY TRAINING AND
PRACTICE ACQUIRED THE SKILLS OF  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE  INSPECTOR  SHALL  BE
CERTIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER AS AN INSPECTOR.
  S 6. Section 398-d of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
  8.  ANY  PERSON  WHO  WAS  A  MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES, AND WHO  BY  MILITARY  TRAINING  AND
PRACTICE  ACQUIRES  THE  SKILLS  OF  A  MOTOR VEHICLE MECHANIC, SHALL BE
DEEMED TO BE QUALIFIED TO PERFORM WORK  UPON  MOTOR  VEHICLES  AT  MOTOR
VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPS.
  S  7.  Subdivision  2  of  section  3002  of the public health law, as
amended by chapter 580 of the laws  of  2007,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  2. The state council shall have the power, by an affirmative vote of a
majority  of  those present, subject to approval by the commissioner, to
enact, and from time to time, amend and repeal,  rules  and  regulations
establishing minimum standards for ambulance services, ambulance service
certification,  advanced  life  support  first  response  services,  the
provision of prehospital emergency medical care, public  education,  the
development  of  a  statewide  emergency  medical  services  system, the
provision of ambulance services outside the primary territory  specified
in  the  ambulance  services' certificate and the training, examination,
and certification of certified first responders, emergency medical tech-
nicians, and advanced emergency medical technicians; provided,  however,
that  such minimum standards must be consistent with the staffing stand-
ards established by section three thousand five-a of this article.  Such
training  shall  be  made  available by video or computer to the maximum
extent possible. [Until January first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, no
minimum standards shall be established for services provided by a volun-
tary ambulance service operating  solely  pursuant  to  a  statement  of
registration  issued  under section three thousand four.] The curriculum
for certified first responder training shall not exceed fifty-one  hours
including  prerequisites.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF THIS
ARTICLE TO THE CONTRARY, ANY PERSON WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES
OF THE UNITED STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR RESERVES, AND  WHO  BY  MILITARY
TRAINING AND PRACTICE WAS A MEDIC OR CORPSMAN, SHALL BE CERTIFIED, WITH-
OUT  EXAMINATION,  BY THE STATE COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COUNCILS AS A FIRST
RESPONDER OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN. The state council shall  have
the  same  powers  granted  to  regional councils by this article in any
region of the state in which a regional  council  has  not  been  estab-
lished.
  S  8.  Subdivision 1 of section 236-a of the county law, as amended by
chapter 343 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  1. Notwithstanding the provisions of the general city law or any other
law to the contrary, the counties of Dutchess and Westchester  are  each
hereby  authorized  to  establish a county board of examiners for master
electricians and to empower such board to assume  all  licensing  duties

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within each such county with respect to the licensure of master electri-
cians.    PROVIDED,  THAT SUCH COUNTIES SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSING,
WITHOUT EXAMINATION, AS A MASTER ELECTRICIAN OF ANY  PERSON  WHO  WAS  A
MEMBER  OF  THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE UNITED STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR
RESERVES, AND WHO BY MILITARY TRAINING AND PRACTICE ACQUIRED THE  SKILLS
OF  AN  ELECTRICIAN.  The  counties  of  Dutchess  and Westchester shall
provide for master electrician's duties and responsibilities in  accord-
ance with the local law of each such county.
  S 9. Section 45 of the general city law is amended to read as follows:
  S 45. Examinations;  conducting business without certificate prohibit-
ed. A person desiring or intending to conduct  the  trade,  business  or
calling of a plumber or of plumbing in a city of this state as employing
or  master plumber, shall be required to submit to an examination before
such examining board of plumbers as to his experience and qualifications
for such trade, business or calling, and it shall not be lawful  in  any
city of this state for a person to conduct such trade, business or call-
ing,  unless  he  shall  have first obtained a certificate of competency
from such board of the city in which he conducts or proposes to  conduct
such  business.   PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY PERSON WHO WAS A MEMBER OF
THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, NATIONAL GUARD OR  RESERVES,  AND
WHO  BY MILITARY TRAINING AND PRACTICE ACQUIRED THE SKILLS OF A PLUMBER,
SHALL BE CERTIFIED AS COMPETENT WITHOUT EXAMINATION.
  S 10. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become  a  law,  provided,  however,
that section one of this act shall take effect on the first of July next
succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, that,
effective  immediately, any rules and regulations necessary to implement
the provisions of this  act  on  its  effect  date  are  authorized  and
directed to be amended, added and/or repealed on or before such date.