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
…”
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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06-17-03
Bradford A. Docos
Vienna, VA
22182
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(1)
District of Columbia, 1983; also licensed
in Virginia, Maryland, North
Carolina, Michigan,
Indiana and Illinois. |
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06-18-03
Theodore W.
Estberg
Fort
Myers, FL
33912
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(1) Pennsylvania, 1975; also licensed in Florida.
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06-19-03
Rolf
Kielman
Hinesburg, VT
05461
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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.
CERTIFIED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY
06-12-07
David
Scott Schwartz
Morganville, New Jersey
07751
(Rider
University, Lawrenceville, New
Jersey, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration,
December 2000)
Petition
for:
Acceptance of passing grades on the Uniform Certified Public Accountancy
Examination.
Statement
of Problem:
Mr. Schwartz applied for licensure and admission to the Uniform CPA Examination
in 2003. His education at
Rider
University satisfied all
the educational requirements for licensure.
Commissioner's Regulations require that an applicant must pass all four
parts of the Uniform CPA examination within 18 months. Mr. Schwartz sat for the Auditing (AUD)
section of the exam on May 26, 2004.
He was initially notified that he failed that section and began preparing
to retake it. In September 2004, he
was notified that the American Institute for CPA’s (AICPA) had regraded his exam
and that his failing score on AUD had been changed to a pass. Mr. Schwartz received conditional credit
on the AUD section of the examination in May 2004. He subsequently passed the
Business Environment and Concepts (BEC) section in November 2005. Mr. Schwartz
needed to pass the third section, Regulation (REG), and the fourth section,
Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR), by November 2005 to retain credit for
the section passed in May 2004. He
did not pass the REG section until January 2006 and the FAR section until May
2006.
The AICPA has informed us that the misgrade of Mr. Schwartz’s AUD section
was due to an error in the scoring rubric for that particular exam section. Because of this scoring error, Mr.
Schwartz wasted three months unnecessarily preparing for a retest on the AUD
section rather than preparing to take one of the other three sections. Notification of his passing score in
September 2004 also cost him the October/November 2004 testing window, as he had
insufficient time to properly prepare for a different section and schedule to
sit within that window. The end
result of the misgrading and late reporting is that Mr. Schwartz lost as much as
six months of preparation and testing time. Mr. Schwartz asks that his passing
scores be accepted as the equivalent of passing scores earned with the 18-month
period allowed in Regulations. Given that the grading error and lost time was
outside of his control, the Executive Secretary of the State Board for Public
Accountancy supports his request for a waiver of the requirement that he pass
all four sections within 18 months of the day he sat for the first section.
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APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS: |
QUALIFICATIONS: |
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Section 7404 of
Education Law and Part 70 of the Commissioner’s Regulations
require: |
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(1) A bachelor’s or
higher degree based on a program in accountancy. |
(1) Rider University, Bachelor of
Science in Business Administration, December
2000. |
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(2) Passing scores
on the Uniform CPA Examination. |
(2) (a) November
2003: Auditing; and
Business Environment and Concepts
(failing scores).
(b) May 2004:
Auditing, (passing
score).
(c) July 2004:
Regulation, (failure).
(d) August 2004:
Business
Environment and Concepts,
(failure).
(e) November 2004: Financial
Accounting and Reporting,
(failure).
(f) January
2005: Regulation, (failure).
(g) May 2005:
Business Environment
and Concepts, (failure).
(h) August 2005:
Regulation, (failure).
(i) November
2005: Business
Environment and Concepts,
(passing score).
(j) January
2006: Regulation, (passing
score).
(k) May 2006:
Financial Accounting
and Reporting,
(passing score).
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(3) Two years of
satisfactory experience. |
(3) |
RECOMMENDATION: The Committee on the
Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the State Board for
Public Accountancy, recommends that the applicant’s petition for acceptance of
passing grades on the Uniform CPA Examination be
accepted.
CERTIFIED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY
06-13-07
Nadine
Opal Riley
Jamaica, New York
11433
(Baruch College, New
York, New York, Bachelor
in Business Administration, September 2003)
Petition
for:
Acceptance of passing grades on the Uniform Certified Public Accountancy
Examination.
Statement
of Problem:
Ms. Riley applied for licensure and admission to the Uniform CPA Examination in
2003. Her education at Baruch College satisfied all the educational
requirements for licensure.
Commissioner's Regulations require that an applicant must pass all four
parts of the Uniform CPA examination within an 18-month period. Ms. Riley originally received
conditional credit on the Auditing (AUD) section of the exam in May 2004. She passed the Financial Accounting and
Reporting (FAR) section in August 2004 and the Regulation (REG) section in
February 2005. Ms. Riley needed to
pass the fourth section, Business Environment and Concepts (BEC), by November
2005 to retain credit for the section passed in May 2004. She did not pass the
BEC section until May 2006. In
passing the Business Environment and Concepts (BEC) section of the examination
in May 2006, Ms. Riley needed six additional months beyond the 18-month
requirement provided in the regulations to pass all four sections of the Uniform
CPA Examination.
Ms. Riley’s focus on the exam was broken in May 2005, however, when her
46-year-old mother passed away after a six-month battle with cancer. Ms. Riley did attempt the remaining BEC
section of the exam twice in the next six months (on August 20, 2005 and
November 11, 2005), but found it difficult to focus on preparation due to her
grieving. She then took several months off from studying and was able to
adequately prepare for and pass the remaining BEC section on May 30, 2006;
however, she exceeded the requirement that all four sections be passed within an
18-month period by six months. Ms.
Riley asks that her passing scores be accepted as the equivalent of passing
scores earned within the 18-month period allowed in Regulations. The State Board for Accountancy
recognizes the significance of the personal tragedy and loss that Ms. Riley
experienced while preparing for the CPA exam and recommends that she be granted
a waiver of the requirement that all four sections of the exam be passed within
an 18-month window.
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APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS: |
QUALIFICATIONS: |
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Section
7404 of Education Law and Part 70 of the Commissioner’s Regulations
require: |
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(1) A
bachelor’s or higher degree based on a program in
accountancy. |
(2) Baruch
College,
Bachelor in Business Administration, September
2003. |
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(2)
Passing scores on the Uniform CPA Examination. |
(2)
(a) November 2003: Auditing;
Business Environment and Concepts;
Financial Accounting and Reporting;
and Regulation, (failing scores).
(b) April 2004:
Regulation, (failure).
(c) May 2004:
Audit, (passing score).
(d) August 2004:
Financial Accounting
and Reporting, (passing score).
(e) February
2005: Regulation,
(passing score).
(f) April 2005:
Business Environment
and Concepts, (failure).
(g) August 2005:
Business
Environment and Concepts, (failure).
(h) November
2005: Business
Environment and Concepts,
(failure).
(i) May 2006:
Business Environment
and Concepts, (passing score). |
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(3)
Two years of satisfactory experience. |
(3) |
RECOMMENDATION: The
Committee on the Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the
State Board for Public Accountancy, recommends that the applicant’s petition for
acceptance of passing grades on the Uniform CPA Examination be
accepted.
DENTISTRY
06-08-50
Ram
Mohan Vaderhobli
Rochester,
New York 14620
(R.V. Dental
College, Bangalore, India, Bachelor of Dental Surgery,
July 2000)
Petition
for: Acceptance
of education.
Statement
of Problem: The
Regulations of the Commissioner of Education require the completion of not less
than 60 semester hours of preprofessional education prior to the enrollment in
the professional program. Dr.
Vaderhobli completed only one year of preprofessional education prior to the
start of his professional dental program at R.V. Dental
College. However, after completing the dental
program at D.V. Dental College, he enrolled in a graduate program in
biomedical materials engineering at Alfred University. He was awarded a Master of Science in
December 2003. Commissioner’s Regulations allow the Committee on the Professions
to count 30 semester hours of such study toward the preprofessional education
requirement.
Also, Dr. Vaderhobli 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. He will complete the
two-year advanced program in general dentistry at the University of Rochester
Eastman Dental Center on December 31, 2006. 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) One year of
preprofessional education at D.V.
Dental College (1994-1995) and Master of Science from
Alfred
University, December
2003. |
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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 at the R.V. Dental College, Bangalore, India, culminating in the
degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery, July 2000.
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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 that will be completed on December 31, 2006.
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(4) Satisfactory
scores on Parts I and II of the National Dental Board Examinations.
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(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 preprofessional
and professional education requirements be considered satisfied, upon his
successful completion of the advanced program in general dentistry on December
31, 2006 at the University of Rochester Eastman Dental Center.
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 applicants listed below have 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.
Each 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. Each applicant must sign an affidavit stating the
exact location of the shortage area where he/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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06-03-59
Shay
Markovitch
Rochester, NY 14623 |
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06-04-59
Joseph
So
Rochester, NY 14620 |
ACTION: The Department shall
issue a three-year limited license to each 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.
THREE-YEAR
LIMITED LICENSE IN DENTAL HYGIENE
Petition
for:
Three-year limited license to practice Dental Hygiene under Section 6609(6) of
the Education Law.
Statement of
Problem:
The applicant listed below has satisfied the education and examination
requirements for licensure as a dental hygienist 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 dental hygiene 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
6609(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 6609(6) of
Education Law relates to the requirement of United States citizenship or
permanent resident status for licensure as a dental hygienist in New York State
and allows the Board of Regents to grant a one-time, three-year waiver of this
requirement for an alien dental hygienist 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 |
06-01-69
Ojas
Sharma
Orlando, FL 32828 |
ACTION: The Department shall
issue a three-year limited license to practice dental hygiene 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 dental
hygiene licensure requirements other than citizenship and an acceptable
Affidavit of Agreement on the applicant’s location of employment. The limited
license may be renewed by the Department, if appropriate, for a maximum of six
years.
PHYSICAL
THERAPY
06-06-62
Tracey
Lee Martin
Lexington,
KY
40504
Petition
for: Waiver
of New York
State requirements
pertaining to acceptability of licensing examinations for licensure by
endorsement.
Statement
of Problem: Ms. Martin was licensed
by the State of Kentucky in 1986 on the basis
of acceptable education and passing the national written examination with scores
that were acceptable to Kentucky according to its standards in July
1986. The scores achieved by Ms.
Martin on the examination, however, did not meet the standard in place for
New York
State at that time. In
1986, the passing standard for the physical therapy national written examination
was higher in New
York State
than in any other state. At that
time, there was no need for her to retake the examination to achieve a higher
score. She has provided documentation of 20 years of acceptable licensed
clinical practice in Kentucky.
In view of Ms. Martin’s
demonstration of acceptable clinical skills through her 20 years of successful
licensed practice with no disciplinary actions, the Executive Secretary of the
New York State Board for Physical Therapy recommends that the licensing
examination requirement be considered satisfied and that the applicant’s
Kentucky license be accepted for endorsement in
New York
State.
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APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS: |
QUALIFICATIONS: |
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Section
6734 of the Education Law and Part 77 of the Regulations of the
Commissioner of Education require: |
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(1) Bachelor's, master's or equivalent
qualification in physical therapy and completion of an acceptable program
of at least four academic years. |
(1) Bachelor of Science, University of
Kentucky, May
1985. |
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(2) Acceptable scores on a
satisfactory licensing examination. |
(2) Passed physical therapy national
written examination according to Kentucky standards, July 1986. Licensed in Kentucky,
1986. |
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(3) Evidence of good moral
character. |
(3) Licensed and in good standing in
Kentucky
with no disciplinary actions. |
RECOMMENDATION: The Committee on the
Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the State Board for
Physical Therapy, recommends that the examination requirement be considered
satisfied and that the applicant’s Kentucky license be endorsed.
PHYSICAL
THERAPIST ASSISTANT
06-02-66
Oktavia
Kiss
Floral
Park,
NY 11004
Petition
for: Acceptance
of education as being the substantial equivalent of a registered
program.
Statement
of Problem: Ms.
Kiss did not complete a physical therapist assistant or physical therapy program
as required. While she successfully
completed most of the academic portion of the Doctor of Physical Therapy
entry-level physical therapy program at New York Institute of Technology, she
did not complete six advanced didactic courses and most of the clinical
portion. Ms. Kiss completed only
one-fourth of the second clinical course and did not take the final two of the
five clinical practice courses. For
the clinical education completed, the school noted that it was reported to the
faculty that she performed quite well and supports her application for admission
to the physical therapist assistant examination.
The applicant is requesting that the studies for which the college gave
her credit (including 400 hours of clinical experience at clinical sites) be
considered equivalent to an approved program for physical therapist assistants.
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APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS: |
QUALIFICATIONS: |
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Section
6740 of the Education Law and Part 77 of the Regulations of the
Commissioner of Education requires: |
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(1) Completion of a two-year New York
State registered or American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
accredited college program for physical therapists assistants OR
completion of a physical therapy program determined by the department to
be the equivalent to a registered physical therapist assistant
program. |
(1) SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook,
New York, B.A. in Sociology, 2002; New York Institute of Technology, Old
Westbury, New York, enrolled summer 2003 – spring 2005 in an approved
graduate physical therapy program and earned 76 semester credits.
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(2) Evidence of good moral
character. |
(2)
Good moral character. |
RECOMMENDATION: The Committee on the Professions, in concurrence with
the Executive Secretary of the State Board for Physical Therapy, recommends that
the applicant's education be accepted as the equivalent of a registered physical
therapist assistant program upon documentation of passing scores on the national
physical therapy or physical therapist assistant examination.
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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06-13-74
Lara Elizabeth
Cohen
Montreal West, Quebec, Canada H4X
1CS |
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06-14-74
Dallas James
Maxwell
Jay, NY 12941 |
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06-15-74
Deborah
Pakes
Stony Brook, NY 11790 |
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06-16-74
Ryan
Penno
Leouc, Alberta, Canada T9E
4L7 |
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06-17-74
Krista Willemijn
Visser ‘t Hooft
Philadelphia, PA 19104 |
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.
