Bill Text: NY A09928 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Permits a person licensed to practice acupuncture in another state to practice acupuncture in New York in certain cases.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-12-17 - approval memo.21 [A09928 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A09928-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9928 I N A S S E M B L Y May 29, 2014 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Glick) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to licensing to practice acupuncture THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 8216 of the education law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 3 (8) ANY PERSON WHO IS LICENSED TO PRACTICE ACUPUNCTURE IN ANOTHER 4 STATE OR COUNTRY MAY PRACTICE ACUPUNCTURE IN THIS STATE WITHOUT A 5 LICENSE SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING CLINICAL TRAINING, PRACTICE 6 DEMONSTRATIONS OR CLINICAL RESEARCH THAT IS WITHIN THE PRACTICE OF 7 ACUPUNCTURE IN CONNECTION WITH A PROGRAM OF BASIC CLINICAL EDUCATION, 8 GRADUATE EDUCATION, OR POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION IN AN APPROVED SCHOOL OF 9 ACUPUNCTURE OR IN ITS AFFILIATED CLINICAL FACILITY OR HEALTH CARE AGEN- 10 CY, OR BEFORE A GROUP OF LICENSED ACUPUNCTURISTS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF A 11 PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY. 12 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15431-02-4