Bill Text: NY S00131 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2023-05-03 - SUBSTITUTED BY A3158A [S00131 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00131-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         131--A
            Cal. No. 147

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 4, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Higher  Education  --
          reported  favorably  from  said committee, ordered to first and second
          report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered  to
          the  Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading,
          amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the  order  of
          third reading

        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:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  a  of  section 7105 of the education law, as
     2  added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as follows:
     3    a. A student actively enrolled in a school of optometry with  accredi-
     4  tation  acceptable  to the department from engaging in clinical practice
     5  under the supervision of a licensed and currently registered optometrist
     6  or physician [in a school of optometry in this state registered  by  the
     7  department]; or
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01060-03-3