Bill Text: NY A02682 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that limited permits for occupational therapists shall be for one year and the department may for justifiable cause renew a limited permit provided that no applicant shall practice under any limited permit for more than a total of two years.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-18 - held for consideration in higher education [A02682 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A02682-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2682
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 17, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. CROUCH, FINCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         McDONOUGH, STEVENSON -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on
         Higher Education
       AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to limited permits for
         occupational therapists
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section 7905 of the education law, as
    2  amended by chapter 460 of the laws  of  2011,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    (3)  [A  limited permit shall be valid for one year. It may be renewed
    5  once for a period not to exceed one additional year, at  the  discretion
    6  of the department, upon the submission of an explanation satisfactory to
    7  the  department for an applicant's failure to become licensed within the
    8  original one-year period] LIMITED PERMITS SHALL BE FOR ONE YEAR AND  THE
    9  DEPARTMENT  MAY  FOR  JUSTIFIABLE  CAUSE RENEW A LIMITED PERMIT PROVIDED
   10  THAT NO APPLICANT SHALL PRACTICE UNDER ANY LIMITED PERMIT FOR MORE  THAN
   11  A TOTAL OF TWO YEARS.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to limited
   13  permits issued or renewed on and after such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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