NY State Senate Bill 2021-S487

Senate Bill S487

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to clarifying the status of certain persons exempt from optometrist license requirements

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2021-S487 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §7105, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S7820
2013-2014: S3279
2015-2016: S2624
2017-2018: S6379
2019-2020: S5066
2023-2024: S131

2021-S487 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Clarifies the status of certain persons exempt from optometrist license requirements.

2021-S487 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S487

SPONSOR: KRUEGER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to clarifying the status
of certain persons exempt from optometrist license requirements

 
PURPOSE:

This bill amends Section 7105 of the Education law to allow an optometry
student to engage in clinical practice under the supervision of a
licensed optometrist in pursuance of a program for the training of opto-
metry, provided that the school of optometry has accreditation accepta-
ble to the department.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This bill amends subdivision a of section 7105 of the education law to
allow a student of optometry to do clinical work under the super.:Eion
of a licensed optometrist for the completion of an accredited of optome-

try training, provided that the school of optometry has accreditation
acceptable to the department.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, optometry students are only permitted to be exempted from
licensure laws to do supervised clinical work in New York if they have
attended a school of optometry registered in the State of New York by
the Department of Education. This requirement precludes any student who
attended an accredited school of optometry outside of New York from
participating in any clinical programs located in New York State. If the
student has completed the required curriculum they should not be
precluded from a clinical rotation position in New York based upon the
location of the educational facility they attended.  This is particular-
ly difficult for those students who are residents of New York State and
attended an out of state optometric school. The current statute would
discourage residents from returning to their home state to perfect and
hone their optometric abilities, making it more likely that they will
take their skills to another state.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-20: S.5066A passed senate/A8115-referred to higher education
2017-18: S.6379 passed senate died in assembly
2015-16: S.2624 died in Higher Ed. Comm.
2013-14: S.7820 died in Higher Ed. Comm.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
The bill takes effect immediately.

2021-S487 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    487
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- 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 clarifying the  status
   of certain persons exempt from optometrist license requirements

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision a of section 7105  of  the  education  law,  as
 added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
   a. A student IN A SCHOOL OF OPTOMETRY WITH ACCREDITATION ACCEPTABLE TO
 THE  DEPARTMENT from engaging in clinical practice under THE supervision
 of a licensed optometrist or physician [in a school of optometry in this
 state registered by the department]; or
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03333-01-1

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