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THE
STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234 |
TO:
The Higher Education and
Professional Practice Committee
FROM:
Johanna
Duncan-Poitier
SUBJECT:
Report of the Committee on
the Professions Regarding Licensing Petitions
DATE:
September 15,
2005
STRATEGIC GOAL:
Goal 3
AUTHORIZATION(S):
Executive Summary
Proposed Handling
The question will come before the Higher Education & Professional
Practice Committee at its October 2005 meeting where it will be voted on and
action taken. It will then come
before the Full Board at its October 2005 meeting for final action.
Procedural History
Section 6506(5) of the Education Law and Part 24.7 of the Rules of the
Board of Regents authorizes the Regents to waive education, experience and
examination requirements for a professional license as well as confer the degree
Doctor of Medicine.
Background Information
There are 11 licensing petitions and 3 requests for the conferral of the
degree Doctor of Medicine for review and approval.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the Regents approve the
recommendations of the Committee on the Professions regarding licensing
petitions.
Timetable for Implementation
Approval of the Committee on the Professions’ recommendations will be
effective October 7, 2005.
Cases
Presented to Board of Regents on:
October 7, 2005
SUMMARY
REPORT
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PROFESSION |
EDUCATION |
EXAMINATION |
Experience |
Confer
Degree Doctor of Medicine |
Three-Year
Limited
License |
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Pre-Professional |
Professional |
Post-Graduate |
Proficiency |
Licensing |
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Architecture
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05-23-03
to
05-26-03 |
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Dentistry |
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05-10-50 |
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05-18-59
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Medicine |
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05-115-60C
to
05-117-60C |
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Psychology
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05-02-68 |
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Veterinary
Medicine |
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05-26-05 |
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05-20-74
05-21-74
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Veterinary
Technology |
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05-01-77
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OTHER: .
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Total
for fiscal year to date:
186
Total
for calendar year to date:
226 |
ARCHITECTURE
Petition for: Waiver
of New York State requirements pertaining to acceptability of licensing
examinations for licensure by endorsement.
Summary Statement: The
petitioners listed below are all graduates of professionally accredited
architecture programs who have applied for licensure in New York. All have achieved, at a minimum, a
Bachelor of Architecture degree.
All petitioners have substantial documented licensed experience in other
states.
Prior to 1983, certain states did not require the Equivalency Examination
(EE) or the Qualifying Test (QT) if a candidate had a degree from an accredited
architecture program, and granted licensure upon passage of the Professional
Examination (PE). Prior to 1975,
most states recognized the Examination Syllabus (ES). The petitioners passed either the
national Professional Examination (PE) given prior to 1983, or portions of the
national Examination Syllabus (ES) given prior to 1975. Prior to 1983, New York State required
passage of the Equivalency Examination (EE), or passage of the Qualifying Test
(QT) in addition to passage of the national Professional Examination. Each of the petitioners satisfied the
examination requirement in his/her initial state of licensure by passing an
acceptable licensing examination and attained licensure in that state.
Section 7304(4) of Education Law and Section 69.3 of the Commissioner’s
Regulations require for endorsement that “… an architect licensed in another
state or jurisdiction as the result of successful completion of only the
professional examination in use before 1983 may be granted licensure upon
presentation of evidence of two years of work experience of a grade and
character satisfactory to the State Board for Architecture and passage of a
practical examination satisfactory to the State Board for Architecture
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The Department has no documentation of professional disciplinary actions
against the petitioners.
Each petitioner satisfied the examination requirement in his/her initial
state of licensure and has extensive professional practice starting prior to
1983. Since the above information
illustrates evidence of competence within the profession, and in lieu of the
practical examination, the Executive Secretary of the State Board for
Architecture recommends that the examination requirement be considered satisfied
and each applicant’s licensure in another state be accepted for endorsement in
New York State.
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NAME OF PETITIONER |
LICENSURE |
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05-23-03
Robert Keenan
Chatham, NJ 07928 |
(1) Massachusetts, 1980; also licensed in California.
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05-24-03
Karl R. Sonnenberg
Beaverton, OR 97007
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05-25-03
Kenneth W. Tipton
Baton Rouge, LA 70810 |
(1) Louisiana 1983; also licensed in Arkansas, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Mississippi, and North
Carolina.
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05-26-03
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(1) California, 1976; also licensed in Arizona,
Colorado, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
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Recommendation: The Committee on the Professions, in
concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the State Board for Architecture,
recommends that each applicant’s licensing examination requirement be considered
satisfied for licensure through the
endorsement route.
DENTISTRY
05-10-50
Guido
Batalocco
Rochester,
NY 14620
(Universita
Degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy, laurea, July 2002)
Petition
for: Acceptance
of education.
Statement
of Problem: Dr.
Batalocco did not complete the two academic years of study required in an
accredited dental school program culminating in certification that the applicant
has achieved the level of knowledge and clinical proficiency expected of a
graduate of that school. Such study
is required for applicants completing a program of dental education in an
unregistered or unaccredited dental school.
Dr. Batalocco completed the two-year advanced program in general
dentistry at the Eastman Dental Center of the University of Rochester on June
30, 2005. This program is acknowledged by the State Board for Dentistry as the
substantial equivalent of the two-year program required in
regulation.
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APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS: |
QUALIFICATIONS: |
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Section
61 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education requires:
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(1)
Not less than 60 semester hours of preprofessional education including
courses in general chemistry, organic chemistry, biology or zoology, and
physics. |
(1)
Liceo Scientifico “G. Marconi,” Grosseto, Italy, 1996-97 and Universita
Degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy, 1997-98. |
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(2) Four
academic years of dental education culminating in a degree in an
acceptable dental school. |
(2) Four
years of acceptable dental education culminating in the degree of laurea
at Universita Degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy, 1998-2002.
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(3)
Two academic years of study in an accredited dental school program
culminating in certification that the applicant has achieved the level of
knowledge and clinical proficiency expected of a graduate of that
school. |
(3)
Two-year advanced program in general dentistry at the University of
Rochester, Eastman Dental Center, Rochester, New York, June 2005.
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(4)
Satisfactory scores on Parts I and II of the National Dental Board
Examinations. |
(4) |
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(5)
Satisfactory performance on the clinical examination administered by the
Northeast Regional Board of Dental Examiners. |
(5)
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(6)
United States citizen or alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence
in the United States. |
(6)
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(7)
Evidence of the required course in the identification and reporting of
child abuse and maltreatment. |
(7)
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RECOMMENDATION:
The Committee on the Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of
the State Board for Dentistry, recommends that the applicant's successful
completion of the advanced program in general dentistry at the University of
Rochester be accepted as the substantial equivalent of the required two academic
years of dental study in a registered or accredited dental school
program.
THREE-YEAR LIMITED LICENSE IN
DENTISTRY
Petition for: Three-year limited license to practice Dentistry
under Section 6604(6) of the Education Law.
Statement of Problem: The applicant listed below has satisfied the
education and examination requirements for licensure as a dentist in New York
State. The only requirement for full licensure that cannot be satisfied at this
time is United States citizenship or immigration status as an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence in the United States.
The applicant has an opportunity to practice dentistry in an area which
has been designated a Federal Dental Health Professions Shortage Area and
requests a three-year waiver of the citizenship requirement under Section
6604(6) of the Education Law. The applicant must sign an affidavit stating the
exact location of the shortage area where she will practice before the
three-year limited license will be issued.
Applicable Guidelines: Section 6604(6) of Education Law relates to the
requirement of United States citizenship or permanent resident status for
licensure as a dentist in New York State and allows the Board of Regents to
grant a one-time, three-year waiver of this requirement for an alien dentist to
practice in New York State if all other licensure requirements are satisfied and
to grant an additional extension not to exceed six years to enable the alien to
secure citizenship or permanent resident status, provided such status is being
actively pursued.
NAME OF
PETITIONER |
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05-18-59
Jennifer Arscott
New York, NY
10011 |
ACTION:
The Department shall issue a three-year limited license to the applicant to
practice dentistry in New York State in a Federal Dental Health Professions
Shortage Area upon approval by the Department of all documentation needed to
verify satisfaction of all dentistry licensure requirements other than
citizenship and an acceptable Affidavit of Agreement on the applicant’s location
of employment. The limited license
may be renewed upon the lawful submission of an application for an extension of
not more than six years, at the discretion of the
Department.
PSYCHOLOGY
05-02-68
Barbara
Duarte Esgalhado
Brooklyn,
New York 11201
(Teachers
College, Columbia University, New York, New York, Doctor of Philosophy in
Developmental Psychology, May 1998)
Petition
for: Acceptance
of predoctoral experience to satisfy the internship
requirement.
Statement
of Problem:
Dr. Esgalhado earned a doctoral degree in developmental psychology at Teachers
College, Columbia University. She has completed all the required didactic areas
for licensure except for coursework in scientific and professional ethics and
standards of practice and in issues of cultural and ethnic diversity. Dr. Esgalhado’s doctoral program did not
include an internship requirement.
Currently, Commissioner’s Regulations requires at least one year of
predoctoral supervised practicum, internship, field experience, or applied
research appropriate to the practice of psychology.
The coursework in the developmental psychology doctoral program completed
by Dr. Esgalhado was designed to prepare graduates not only for research but
also for the practice of psychology.
While a doctoral student, Dr. Esgalhado completed over 2000 clock hours
in the Early Childhood Group Therapy Program of the Jewish Board of Family and
Children’s Services Institute for Infants, Children, and Families. This three-year training and experience
that she completed contained the elements that would be required of a formal
internship.
Dr. Esgalhado asks that her three years of training and experience at the
Institute for Infants, Children, and Families be accepted as the substantial
equivalent of the supervised internship required in Regulations. The Executive Secretary of the State
Board for Psychology supports her request.
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APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS:
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QUALIFICATIONS: |
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Sections
7603 and 6507 of the Education Law require: |
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(1) Acceptable doctoral degree and program in
psychology. |
(1) Teachers
College, Columbia University, New York, New York, Master of Philosophy,
1996 and Doctor of Philosophy in Developmental Psychology,
1998.
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(2) Two years of satisfactory supervised
experience. |
(2)
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(3) Acceptable scores on a satisfactory
licensing examination. |
(3) |
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(4) Evidence
of good moral
character. |
(4) Good
moral character. |
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(5) Evidence of completion of the required
course in identification and reporting of child abuse and
maltreatment. |
(5)
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RECOMMENDATION: The
Committee on the Professions, with the concurrence of the Executive Secretary of
the State Board for Psychology, recommends that the applicant’s petition to have
her predoctoral experience be accepted to satisfy the internship requirement be
approved.
THREE-YEAR LIMITED LICENSE IN VETERINARY
MEDICINE
Petition for:
Three-year limited license to practice veterinary medicine under Section
6704(6) of the Education Law.
Statement of Problem: The applicants listed below have met the education
and examination requirements for licensure as veterinarians in New York State.
The only requirement for full licensure that cannot be satisfied at this time is
United States citizenship or immigration status as an alien lawfully admitted
for permanent residence in the United States.
Each applicant also has a pending application for full veterinary medical
licensure, which cannot be granted until he/she satisfies the citizenship or
permanent residency requirement.
Applicable Guidelines: Section 6704(6) of Education Law relates to the
requirement of United States citizenship or permanent resident status for
licensure as a veterinarian in New York State and allows the Board of Regents to
grant a one-time, three-year waiver (plus an extension of not more than one
year) for an alien veterinarian to practice in New York State if all other
licensure requirements are satisfied.
Name of
Petitioner |
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05-20-74
Paul Nicholas de
Silvia
Montague, NJ
07827 |
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05-21-74
Suliman Ahmad
Al-Ghazlat
New York, NY
10022 |
ACTION:
The Department shall issue a limited license for a maximum of three years to
practice veterinary medicine in New York State to each applicant, conditional
upon approval by the Department of all documentation needed to verify
satisfaction of all veterinary medicine licensure requirements other than
citizenship. The limited license may be renewed upon the lawful submission of an
application for an extension of not more than one year, at the discretion of the
Department.
VETERINARY
MEDICINE
05-26-05
Dale A.
Hendrickson
Farmland, IN
47340-8924
(Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, D.V.M.,
1968)
Petition
for: Waiver
of New York State requirements pertaining to acceptability of licensing
examinations for licensure by endorsement.
Statement
of Problem: Dr. Hendrickson graduated from an accredited college
of veterinary medicine and took the National Board (NBE) examination in
1968. Dr. Hendrickson has not taken
the Clinical Competency Test (CCT), which was offered only from 1984 to
2000. For New York State licensure,
applicants who passed the NBE must also take the CCT. Both the NBE and the CCT have been
replaced by the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination
(NAVLE).
Dr. Hendrickson is licensed in Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, and Ohio based on the NBE. He has documented 36 years of
practice.
In view of Dr. Hendrickson’s documentation of
numerous years of practice as evidence of clinical competence, the Executive
Secretary of the State Board for Veterinary Medicine recommends that the
applicant’s license be accepted for endorsement in New York State, waiving the
CCT examination requirement.
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APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS:
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QUALIFICATIONS: |
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Section
6704 of the Education Law and Section 59.6 and Part 62 of the Regulations
of the Commissioner of Education require: |
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(1)
Completion of six years of preprofessional and professional postsecondary
studies satisfactory to the department and graduation with a satisfactory
degree in veterinary medicine. |
(1) Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana,
D.V.M., June 1968. |
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(2)
Acceptable scores on satisfactory licensing examinations or passing scores
on an acceptable state licensing examination not in use in New York State
and at least two years of satisfactory professional experience following
licensure. |
(2)(a)
Passing score on June 1968 NBE examination; did not take the
CCT.
(2)(b)
Licensed as a veterinarian in Ohio,
June 1968; Indiana, July 1968; Michigan, June 1991; North Carolina, June
1994; Kentucky, December 1997; and Illinois, July 2004.
(2)(c)
More than two years of satisfactory professional experience following
licensure. |
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(3)
United States citizenship or immigration status as an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent resident status in the United
States. |
(3)
United States citizen. |
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(4)
Evidence of good moral character. |
(4)
Good moral character. |
RECOMMENDATION: The
Committee on the Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the
State Board for Veterinary Medicine, recommends waiver of the CCT examination
requirement and endorsement of the applicant's license.
THREE-YEAR LIMITED LICENSE IN VETERINARY
TECHNOLOGY
Petition for:
Three-year limited license to practice veterinary technology under
Section 6711(6) of the Education Law.
Statement of Problem: The applicant listed below has met the education and
examination requirements for licensure as a veterinary technician in New York
State. The only requirement for full licensure that cannot be satisfied at this
time is United States citizenship or immigration status as an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence in the United States.
The applicant also has a pending application for full veterinary
technology licensure, which cannot be granted until she satisfies the
citizenship or permanent residency requirement.
Applicable Guidelines: Section 6711(6) of Education Law relates to the
requirement of United States citizenship or permanent resident status for
licensure as a veterinary technician in New York State and allows the Board of
Regents to grant a one-time, three-year waiver (plus an extension of not more
than one year) for an alien veterinary technician to practice in New York State
if all other licensure requirements are satisfied.
Name of
Petitioner |
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05-01-77
Wonok Han
Astoria, New York
11106 |
ACTION:
The Department shall issue a limited license for a maximum of three years to
practice veterinary technology in New York State to the applicant, conditional
upon approval by the Department of all documentation needed to verify
satisfaction of all veterinary technology licensure requirements other than
citizenship. The limited license may be renewed upon the lawful submission of an
application for an extension of not more than one year, at the discretion of the
Department.
MEDICINE
Petition for: Conferral of the degree Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
pursuant to Section 6529 of the Education Law.
Summary Statement: The petitioners listed below are all graduates of
foreign medical schools who have been licensed in New
York.
The applicable requirements of Section 3.57 of the Rules of the Board of
Regents require completion of a medical education program in a foreign medical
school satisfactory to the Department which does not grant the degree Doctor of
Medicine (M.D.), and in which the philosophy and curriculum were equivalent, as
determined by the Department in accordance with the policy of the Board of
Regents, to those in programs leading to the degree Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) at
medical schools in the United States satisfactory to, or registered by, the
Board of Regents and the Department.
Secondly, petitioners must have licensure to practice medicine in New
York State in accordance with provisions of Section 6524 or 6528 of the
Education Law or their equivalent as determined by the Board of Regents pursuant
to their authority under Section 6506 of the Education Law.
NAME OF
PETITIONER |
QUALIFICATIONS |
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05-115-60C
Glen Sorrentino
Tyler, TX 75707 |
(1) Autonomous University of Guadalajara,
Guadalajara, Mexico, Physician & Surgeon,
6/8/01.
(2) License #236549, issued on
6/16/05. |
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05-116-60C
Klaus Schreiber
Tarrytown, NY 10591 |
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(1) Autonomous University of Guadalajara,
Guadalajara, Mexico, Physician & Surgeon,
6/8/01.
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RECOMMENDATION: The Committee on the Professions, in concurrence
with the State Board for Medicine, recommends that the petitioners be awarded
the degree Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) in accordance with provisions of Section
6529 of the Education Law.
