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THE STATE
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234 |
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TO: |
Higher Education and Professional Practice Committee |
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FROM: |
Johanna Duncan-Poitier
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SUBJECT: |
Report of the Committee on the Professions Regarding
Licensing Petitions
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DATE: |
December 19, 2006
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STRATEGIC
GOAL: |
Goal 3 |
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AUTHORIZATION(S): |
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Executive
Summary
Proposed
Handling
The question will come before the
Higher Education and Professional Practice Committee at its January 2007 meeting
where it will be voted on and action taken. It will then come before the full Board
at its January 2007 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 8
licensing petitions and 13 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 January 9,
2007.
Cases Presented to
Board of Regents on:
January 9, 2006
SUMMARY REPORT
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PROFESSION
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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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07-01-03
07-02-03
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Dentistry |
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07-01-59
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Medicine |
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07-01-60C
to
07-13-60C |
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Psychology |
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07-01-68
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Veterinary
Medicine |
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07-01-74
to
07-04-74
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OTHER:
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Total for fiscal year
to date:
244
Total for calendar
year to date:
21 |
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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Each petitioner satisfied the examination requirement in his/her initial
state of licensure and has extensive professional practice satisfactory to the
State Board. 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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07-01-03
Daniel
Joseph DeBettencourt
McLean,
VA 22101 |
(1)
Virginia, 1982; also licensed in
District of Columbia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
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07-02-03
Mark
August Lippi
Edison,
NJ 08820 |
(1)
Pennsylvania,
1980. |
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.
Board
of Regents: January 9, 2007
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 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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07-01-59
Mark S.
Nalbandian
Union
City,
NJ
07087 |
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.
Board
of Regents: January 9, 2007
PSYCHOLOGY
07-01-
68
Peter
M. Vietze
South
Hackensack,
NJ 07606
(Wayne
State University, Detroit, Michigan, Ph.D., 1969)
Petition
for: Acceptance
of an examination taken prior to its approval for use in New York State as the substantial equivalent of a
satisfactory licensing examination.
Statement
of Problem: Dr.
Vietze passed the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP)
that was administered in October 1974, prior to the adoption of that examination
in New York
State in October 1977. The applicant has satisfied all
requirements for the current licensing examination and is now eligible to take
it. He is, however, requesting that
his score on the October 1974 EPPP examination be accepted as meeting the
examination requirement in New
York State. While New York State has not established a passing score
for that form of the examination, his score of 133 would have met the commonly
accepted national standard of 70 percent as the minimal score acceptable for
professional licensing based on either a total of 150 or 175 items on the
examination. The number of items on
the EPPP varied between 125 and 175 until New York State adopted this examination and
provided additional items to its bank of questions in 1977.
Dr. Vietze was licensed in Tennessee from July 1, 1975 until December 31,
1979 when his license expired because it was not renewed. There was no derogatory information in
the licensure files of the State of Tennessee. He was licensed in the State of Maryland
on May 24, 1977 based on his performance on the 1974 EPPP examination and is
currently licensed there. The
Department has no knowledge of any disciplinary action against him in the state
of Maryland.
The Executive Secretary of the State Board for Psychology supports the
applicant’s request.
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APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS:
Sections 7603 and 6507 of the Education
Law require: |
QUALIFICATIONS: |
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(1) Acceptable doctoral degree and program in
psychology. |
(1) Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, Ph.D. in Psychology,
1969. |
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(2) Two years satisfactory supervised
experience. |
(2) Two years of acceptable
experience. |
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(3) Acceptable scores on a satisfactory
licensing examination. |
(3) See
Statement of Problem. |
RECOMMENDATION: The
Committee on the Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the
State Board for Psychology, recommends acceptance of the applicant’s performance
on the 1974 EPPP examination as satisfying the examination requirement for
licensure.
Board
of Regents: January 9, 2007
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.
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Name of
Petitioner |
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07-01-74
Benjamin
Luke Davidson
Basking
Ridge, NJ 07920 |
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07-02-74
Caroline
Victoria Hirst
Ithaca,
NY 14850 |
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07-03-74
Franck
Jean Ollivier
Tampa,
FL 33606 |
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07-04-74
Joseph
Austin Rizon
Rego
Park,
NY 11374 |
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.
Board
of Regents: January 9, 2007
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.
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NAME OF
PETITIONER |
QUALIFICATIONS |
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07-01-60C
Mohammad
Ashraf
Buffalo,
NY
14209
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(1) University
of Dacca, Mymensingh College, Dacca, East Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bachelor
of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 4/19/69.
(2) License
#164499, issued on 10/21/88. |
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07-02-60C
Cecilia
Avila
Stony
Brook, NY
11794 |
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07-03-60C
Peter
Barnett
Fort
Smith,
AR
72916 |
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07-04-60C
Wendy Van
Bellingham
Albany,
NY
12203 |
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07-05-60C
Sandra
Brennan
New
York,
NY
10021 |
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07-06-60C
Mohammad
Hussain
Wheatly
Heights, NY
11798
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07-07-60C
Bharat
Langer
Clifton
Park,
NY
12065 |
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07-08-60C
Michael
Lewis
East
Meadow,
NY
11554 |
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07-09-60C
V.
Ravishankar
Stony
Brook, NY
11794 |
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07-10-60C
Orestes
Sanchez
Franklin
Lakes, NJ 07417 |
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07-11-60C
Ashraf
Seedhom
Oneonta,
NY
13820 |
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07-12-60C
Clare
Smith
New
York,
NY
10021 |
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07-13-60C
Manal
Soliman
E.
Setauxet, NY
11733 |
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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.
