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                                   3244
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER, ANGELINO, MAGNARELLI, DeSTEFANO, LUPAR-
   DO, SIMON, PAULIN, LUNSFORD, SEAWRIGHT, GLICK, JONES,  BICHOTTE HERME-
   LYN,  RAGA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Educa-
   tion
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  requirements  for
   licensure as a dentist

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 6605  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended by chapter 57 of the laws of 1999, is amended and two new subdi-
 visions 2-a and 6 are added to read as follows:
   2-A.  (A)  ON  RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD, THE DEPARTMENT MAY ISSUE A
 LIMITED PERMIT FOR INSTRUCTING IN DENTISTRY TO A  DENTIST  NOT  LICENSED
 UNDER THIS ARTICLE TO PARTICIPATE AS A GENERAL PRACTICE DENTAL PRECEPTEE
 IN  A  PRECEPTORSHIP PROGRAM UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A LICENSED DENTIST
 PRACTICING IN A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED  HEALTH  CARE  FACILITY  OR  SIMILAR
 FACILITY  THAT  PRIMARILY SERVES AN UNDERSERVED POPULATION, AND IN DOING
 SO TO PRACTICE DENTISTRY AS DEFINED IN THIS ARTICLE,  BUT  ONLY  ON  THE
 PREMISES  OF SUCH FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE FACILITY OR SUCH SIMI-
 LAR FACILITY AS MAY  BE  USED  TO  CONDUCT  THE  PRECEPTORSHIP  PROGRAM,
 PROVIDED  SUCH  PRECEPTEE:  (I)  IS  LICENSED TO PRACTICE DENTISTRY IN A
 JURISDICTION OTHER THAN NEW YORK; (II) HAS COMPLETED  A  DENTAL  PROGRAM
 ACCREDITED  BY  AN ORGANIZATION ACCEPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS A RELIABLE
 AUTHORITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACCREDITING  SUCH  PROGRAMS  (SUCH  AS  THE
 COMMISSION  ON  DENTAL ACCREDITATION); (III) HAS COMPLETED A PRELIMINARY
 COMPETENCY EXAMINATION  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER'S  REGU-
 LATIONS;  (IV)  HAS  A  MINIMUM  OF FIVE YEARS FULL-TIME DENTAL PRACTICE
 EXPERIENCE OR THE EQUIVALENT THEREOF WITHIN THE SEVEN YEARS  IMMEDIATELY
 PRECEDING  THE  REQUEST  FOR A LIMITED PERMIT; AND (V) PRACTICES FOR THE
 DURATION OF THE PRECEPTORSHIP PROGRAM EXCLUSIVELY IN A FEDERALLY  QUALI-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 FIED  HEALTH  CARE FACILITY OR SIMILAR FACILITY THAT PRIMARILY SERVES AN
 UNDERSERVED POPULATION.
   (B)  A  LICENSED PRECEPTOR DENTIST WHO SUPERVISES A PRECEPTEE PURSUANT
 TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL HAVE PRACTICED FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS  IMME-
 DIATELY PRECEDING THE ASSUMPTION OF A PRECEPTORSHIP AND SHALL HAVE UNDER
 THEIR  SUPERVISION  NOT  MORE THAN ONE FULL-TIME PRECEPTEE NOR MORE THAN
 TWO PART-TIME PRECEPTEES.
   4. A limited permit under this section shall be valid for one year  or
 until  ten  days  after  notification  of  denial  of an application for
 license. A limited permit may be renewed for one  year,  except  if  the
 applicant  is  serving in a residency program in a hospital or school of
 dentistry OR PRECEPTORSHIP PROGRAM IN A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH  CARE
 FACILITY OR SUCH SIMILAR FACILITY in this state. A limited permit may be
 renewed  annually  for the duration of such residency program OR PRECEP-
 TORSHIP PROGRAM.  The fee for each limited permit and for  each  renewal
 shall be one hundred five dollars.
   6.  A  DENTIST THAT COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OR
 TWO-A OF THIS SECTION FOR A DURATION OF FIVE  YEARS,  UPON  SATISFACTORY
 COMPLETION  OF SUCH FIVE YEARS OF PRACTICE, MAY APPLY FOR LICENSURE AS A
 DENTIST IN THIS STATE.
   § 2. Subdivisions 3 and 6 of section 6604 of the education law, subdi-
 vision 3 as amended by chapter 613 of the laws of 2022 and subdivision 6
 as amended by chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, are amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (3)  Experience:  have  experience  satisfactory  to  the board and in
 accordance with the commissioner's regulations, provided that such expe-
 rience shall consist of (I) satisfactory completion  of  a  postdoctoral
 general  practice or specialty dental residency program, of at least one
 year's duration, in a hospital or dental facility accredited for  teach-
 ing  purposes by a national accrediting body approved by the department,
 OR (II) SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF AT LEAST FIVE YEAR'S  DURATION  PRAC-
 TICING  AS  A  DENTIST  WITH  A LIMITED PERMIT ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SUBDIVISION TWO OR TWO-A OF SECTION SIXTY-SIX HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE, provided, further that any such residency program, EMPLOYMENT BY  A
 REGISTERED  SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY OR PRECEPTORSHIP PROGRAM shall include a
 formal outcome assessment evaluation  of  the  resident's  OR  DENTIST'S
 competence to practice dentistry acceptable to the department;
   (6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or a
 noncitizen  lawfully  admitted  for  permanent  residence  in the United
 States; provided, however, that the board of regents may grant  a  three
 year  waiver  for  a  noncitizen  to  practice in an area which has been
 designated a federal dental health  professions  shortage  area,  except
 that  the  board  of  regents  may  grant an additional extension not to
 exceed six years to a noncitizen to enable [him or her] SUCH  NONCITIZEN
 to secure citizenship or permanent resident status, provided such status
 is  being  actively  pursued;  AND  PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT THE BOARD OF
 REGENTS MAY GRANT AN ADDITIONAL THREE-YEAR WAIVER, AND  AT  ITS  EXPIRA-
 TION,  AN EXTENSION FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED SIX ADDITIONAL YEARS, FOR
 THE HOLDER OF AN H-1B VISA, AN O-1 VISA, OR AN EQUIVALENT  OR  SUCCESSOR
 VISA THERETO;
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 on or before such effective date.