Bill Text: NY S07582 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to approved programs and examinations for applicants for a license as a physician assistant.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-15 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S07582 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07582-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7582
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 15, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to approved programs  and
         examinations for applicants for a license as a physician assistant
         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 6540  of  the  education  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  48  of  the  laws  of  2012, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    3. Approved program. The term "approved program" means a  program  for
    5  the  education  of physician assistants which has been formerly approved
    6  by the department, OR A PROGRAM  DETERMINED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  TO  BE
    7  COMPARABLE  AND  RECOGNIZED  BY THE APPROPRIATE CIVIL AUTHORITIES OF THE
    8  COUNTRY IN WHICH THE  SCHOOL  IS  LOCATED  AS  AN  ACCEPTABLE  EDUCATION
    9  PROGRAM.
   10    S  2.  Paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section 6541 of the education
   11  law, as amended by chapter 48 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as
   12  follows:
   13    (e) in the case of an applicant for a license as a  physician  assist-
   14  ant,  has  obtained  a passing score on an examination acceptable to the
   15  department, PROVIDED THAT ACCESS TO ANY SUCH EXAMINATION SHALL BE GRANT-
   16  ED TO ALL STUDENTS OR GRADUATES OF ANY APPROVED PROGRAM.
   17    S 3. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
   18  law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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