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Senate Bill S3401
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 15th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee
- 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
(D) Senate District
2013-S3401 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§6512, 6513 & 7802 & 7804, Ed L; add §86-b, Gen Muni L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S6072
2013-S3401 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3401 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law and the general munic- ipal law, in relation to the practice of massage therapy PURPOSE: To enforce greater penalization toward unlicensed individuals who practice such profession when not authorized; to hold those further accountable for the abatement or employment of such unlicensed individ- uals; and to create and authorize permits for the practice of licensed therapeutic services in parks and at street fairs. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Section 6512, subdivision 2, of the education law is amended to hold an entity responsible for the abatement or employment of one or more unlicensed persons who conduct the services of an authorized profession, and subject them to a class E felony. Section 2: Section 6513, subdivision 2, of the education law is amended to hold an entity responsible for the employment or abatement of one or more persons not authorized to use a professional title regulated by this title, and subject them to a class E felony. Section 3: Section 7802 of the education law is amended to justify only certified and licensed massage therapists are legally authorized to perform such services as defined by the profession, otherwise those who
2013-S3401 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3401 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 1, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law and the general municipal law, in relation to the practice of massage therapy THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 6512 of the education law, as added by chapter 689 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows: 2. Anyone who knowingly aids or abets [three] ONE or more unlicensed persons to practice a profession or employs or holds such unlicensed persons out as being able to practice in any profession in which a license is a prerequisite to the practice of the acts, or who knowingly aids or abets [three] ONE or more persons to practice any profession as exempt persons during the time when the professional licenses of such persons are suspended, revoked or annulled, shall be guilty of a class E felony. S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 6513 of the education law, as added by chapter 687 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows: 2. Anyone who knowingly aids or abets [three] ONE or more persons not authorized to use a professional title regulated by this title, to use such professional title, or knowingly employs [three] ONE or more persons not authorized to use a professional title regulated by this title, who use such professional title in the course of such employment, shall be guilty of a class E felony. S 3. Section 7802 of the education law, as amended by chapter 230 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows: S 7802. Practice of massage therapy and use of title "masseur", "masseuse" or "massage therapist" or the term "massage" or "massage therapy". 1. Only a person licensed or authorized pursuant to this chap- ter shall practice massage therapy and only a person licensed under this article shall use the title "masseur", "masseuse" or "massage thera- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08290-01-3
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