Bill Text: NY A01501 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 1501 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

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) 2016-05-25 - held for consideration in higher education [A01501 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1501
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 12, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. CROUCH, FINCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher  Educa-
         tion
       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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