Bill Text: NY S05066 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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 - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S05066 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5066
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      April 5, 2019
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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
        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 from engaging in clinical practice under supervision of a
     4  licensed optometrist or physician in [a] an accredited school of optome-
     5  try [in this state registered by the department]; or
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08877-02-9