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                                   4219
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to extending the utiliza-
   tion  of  limited  permit  practice  of medicine to private offices or
   clinics in urgent care settings, prisons, schools, and universities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 6525 of the education law, as added by chapter 987
 of the laws of 1971, paragraph 1 of subdivision 1 as amended by  chapter
 133  of  the laws of 1982, and subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 62 of
 the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
   § 6525. Limited permits. Permits limited as to  eligibility,  practice
 and  duration, shall be issued by the department to eligible applicants,
 as follows:
   1. Eligibility[:].   The following persons shall  be  eligible  for  a
 limited permit:
   [(1)]  (A)  A  person who fulfills all requirements for a license as a
 physician except those relating to the examination  and  citizenship  or
 permanent residence in the United States;
   [(2)]  (B)  A  foreign physician who holds a standard certificate from
 the educational council for foreign medical graduates or who has  passed
 an  examination  satisfactory  to  the  state  board for medicine and in
 accordance with the commissioner's regulations; or
   [(3)] (C) A foreign physician or a foreign intern who is in this coun-
 try on a non-immigration visa for the  continuation  of  medical  study,
 pursuant to the exchange student program of the United States department
 of state.
   2.  Limit  of  practice.  A  permittee shall be authorized to practice
 medicine only under the supervision of a licensed physician and only  in
 a  public,  voluntary,  or  proprietary  hospital OR A PRIVATE OFFICE OR
 CLINIC IN AN URGENT CARE SETTING, PRISON, SCHOOL, OR UNIVERSITY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   3. Duration. A limited permit shall be valid for  [two]  THREE  years.
 It  may be renewed [biennially] ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS at the discretion
 of the department.
   4. Fees. The fee for each limited permit and for each renewal shall be
 one hundred five dollars.
   §  2.  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.