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2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 135 - Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health Technology › 6707 - Limited Permits to Engage in the Practice of Veterinary Medicine.

§ 6707. Limited  permits  to  engage  in  the  practice  of veterinary
medicine.  Permits limited as to eligibility,  practice,  and  duration,
shall be issued by the department to eligible applicants as follows:
1.  Eligibility. The following persons shall be eligible for a limited
permit:
(1) A person  who  fulfills  all  requirements  for  a  license  as  a
veterinarian except those relating to the examination and citizenship or
permanent residence in the United States;
(2) A foreign veterinarian who is in this country on a non-immigration
visa  for  the  continuation of veterinary medical study in a college of
veterinary medicine.
2. Limit of practice. A permittee  shall  be  authorized  to  practice
veterinary   medicine   only   under   the  supervision  of  a  licensed
veterinarian in accordance  with  regulations  of  the  commissioner.  A
licensed veterinarian shall supervise one permittee.
3.  Duration.  A  limited  permit  issued pursuant to paragraph one of
subdivision one of this section shall be valid for one year or until the
individual has had  the  opportunity  to  take  the  state  veterinarian
licensing  examination  and  receive  the  results  of this examination,
whichever shall occur first. It may be renewed once at the discretion of
the department if the permit holder has not had a reasonable opportunity
to take the state veterinarian licensing examination during  the  period
for  which  such  limited permit was originally issued. A limited permit
may also be issued or extended for not more than one year to  afford  an
applicant or permit holder a second opportunity to successfully complete
such  examination  if  such  applicant or permit holder has successfully
completed the written subjects and  all  except  one  of  the  practical
subjects  of  such  examination.  A  limited  permit  issued pursuant to
paragraph two of subdivision one of this section shall be valid for  one
year,  and may be renewed at the discretion of the department so long as
the permit holder is a bona fide student  at  a  college  of  veterinary
medicine, in this state.
4. Fees. The fee for each limited permit and for each renewal shall be
one hundred five dollars.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 135 - Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health Technology › 6708 - Definition of Practice of Veterinary Technology.

§ 6708. Definition  of  practice  of  veterinary  technology.   1. The
  practice of the profession of veterinary technology is  defined  as  the
  performance  of  services  within  the field of veterinary medicine by a
  person who, for compensation or personal profit, is employed by or under
  the supervision of a veterinarian to perform such duties as are required
  in carrying out medical orders as prescribed by a licensed  veterinarian
  requiring  an  understanding  of  veterinary  science, but not requiring
  professional service as set forth in section sixty-seven hundred one  of
  this article.
2.   The   commissioner  shall  promulgate  regulations  defining  the
  functions an veterinary technician may perform that are consistent  with
  the   training  and  qualifications  for  a  license  as  an  veterinary
  technician. The commissioner may further require  that  a  licensee  may
  practice  within  an  area  of  specialization  only upon the successful
  completion of an examination established for the purpose of establishing
  competence in a specific area of practice in  the  field  of  veterinary
  technology.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 135 - Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health Technology › 6709 - Practice of Veterinary Technology and Use of Title "Veterinary Technician".

§ 6709. Practice of veterinary technology and use of title "veterinary
  technician".   Only a person licensed under sections sixty-seven hundred
  eleven and sixty-seven hundred eleven-a of this article or exempted from
  its provisions by section  sixty-seven  hundred  twelve  shall  practice
  veterinary technology or use the title "veterinary technician".
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 135 - Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health Technology › 6711 - Requirements for a Professional License as an Veterinary Technician.

§ 6711. Requirements  for  a  professional  license  as  an veterinary
  technician. To qualify for licensure as  an  veterinary  technician,  an
  applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:
1. Application: file an application with the department;
2.  Education: have successfully completed a four-year course of study
  in  a  secondary  school  approved  by  the  board  of  regents  or  its
  equivalent;
3.  Have  completed  a  college-level  course  of study in, and hold a
  diploma from a school of veterinary science technology for the  training
  of  animal health technicians, giving a course of not less than eighteen
  months, registered by the department  as  maintaining  at  the  time,  a
  satisfactory  standard, or has completed a college-level course of study
  determined by the department to be the equivalent thereof;
4. Any person who submits  an  application  prior  to  January  first,
  nineteen  hundred eighty-three and who submits evidence of employment by
  a veterinarian or a veterinary  facility  prior  to  that  date  may  be
  licensed on the basis of this experience if acceptable in the discretion
  of  the board in accordance with the commissioner's regulations and upon
  the successful completion of the licensing examination required by  this
  section;
5.  Examination:  pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in
  accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
6. Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or  a
  noncitizen  lawfully  admitted  for  permanent  residence  in the United
  States; provided, however that the board of regents may grant a one-time
  three-year waiver for an animal health technician  who  otherwise  meets
  the  requirements of this article and provided further that the board of
  regents may grant an extension of such three-year  waiver  of  not  more
  than one year;
7.  Character:  be  of  good  moral  character  as  determined  by the
  department; and
8. Fees: pay a fee to the department for admission to the  examination
  and for initial licensure of eighty-five dollars, for each reexamination
  forty-five  dollars,  and  a  fee  of  eighty dollars for each triennial
  registration period.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 135 - Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health Technology › 6711-A - Limited Permits to Engage in the Practice of Veterinary Technology.

§ 6711-a. Limited  permits  to  engage  in  the practice of veterinary
  technology.  Permits limited as to eligibility, practice, and  duration,
  shall be issued by the department to eligible applicants as follows:
1.  Eligibility.  Persons  shall  be eligible for a limited permit who
  fulfill all requirements for a license as a veterinary technician except
  those relating to the examination and citizenship or permanent residence
  in the United States.
2. Duration. A limited permit issued pursuant to  subdivision  one  of
  this section shall be valid for one year or until the individual has had
  the  opportunity  to  take  the  state  veterinary  technician licensing
  examination and receive the results of this examination, whichever shall
  occur first. It may be renewed once at the discretion of the  department
  if  the  permit  holder has not had a reasonable opportunity to take the
  state veterinary technician licensing examination during the period  for
  which such limited permit was originally issued.
3. Fees. The fee for each limited permit and for each renewal shall be
  fifty dollars.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 135 - Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health Technology › 6713 - Special Provisions.

§ 6713. Special  provisions.    1.  An  unlicensed  person may provide
  supportive services to a veterinarian,  including  but  not  limited  to
  administering   oral   or  topical  medications,  incidental  to  and/or
  concurrent with such veterinarian personally  performing  a  service  or
  procedure,  provided such supportive services do not require a knowledge
  of veterinary science.
2. A certified emergency medical technician may  perform  endotracheal
  intubation  on  an  animal under the immediate personal supervision of a
  licensed veterinarian or a licensed veterinary technician  acting  under
  the  direct  supervision  of  a  veterinarian,  in  lieu of the licensed
  veterinarian personally performing the procedure, provided:
a. the emergency  medical  technician  is  enrolled  in  a  course  in
  advanced  emergency  medical technology approved under article thirty of
  the  public  health  law  in  which  pediatric  endotracheal  intubation
  training is included;
b.  the  procedure  is  performed  as  part  of pediatric endotracheal
  intubation training in that course, after didactic and manikin  training
  in  human  intubation,  and instruction in animal anatomy and the proper
  method of animal intubation have been received;
c. the procedure  is  medically  indicated  as  part  of  treating  or
  operating  for  any  non-emergency  disease, pain, injury, deformity, or
  physical condition of the animal;
d. the procedure is performed only when the animal is properly sedated
  or anesthetized;
e. the procedure is performed no more than once per animal by no  more
  than one certified emergency medical technician;
f. the animal owner, or where such owner is unknown, the person having
  lawful  charge  or  custody  of  the  animal, consents in writing to the
  performance of the procedure by a person meeting the  qualifications  of
  this subdivision; and
g.  records  kept by the commissioner of health on courses in advanced
  emergency  medical  technology  meeting   the   requirements   of   this
  subdivision  indicate whether pediatric endotracheal intubation training
  conducted in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision was part
  of a course in advanced emergency medical technology; provided, however,
  that this subdivision shall not be  construed  to  require  endotracheal
  intubation  on  animals,  and  the  commissioner  of  health  shall have
  discretion to determine  whether  endotracheal  intubation  training  on
  animals  shall  be  required  for  accreditation  of such courses or for
  certification of advanced emergency medical technicians.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 135 - Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health Technology › 6715 - Dispensing Information to Be Provided by Veterinarians.

* §  6715.  Dispensing information to be provided by veterinarians. 1.
Each time a veterinarian initially prescribes or dispenses a drug  to  a
dog,  cat,  or rabbit for use outside the office, the veterinarian shall
provide to the owner of such animal, or his or her agent, the  following
information:
(a) the name and description of the drug;
(b)  directions  for  use, including, if applicable, any actions to be
taken in the event of a missed dose;
(c) if available, manufacturer instructions for proper storage;
(d) any common reasonably anticipated adverse effects associated  with
the use of such drug; and
(e) if available, manufacturer precautions and relevant warnings.
2. The provisions of paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision one of this
section  shall  only  apply  when  the  manufacturer  has made available
information for the specific  animal  species  to  which  such  drug  is
prescribed or dispensed pursuant to subdivision one of this section.
3.  The information to be provided pursuant to subdivision one of this
section shall be provided  in  writing  or  orally  and  the  method  of
disclosure shall be noted in the patient medical record.
* NB Effective June 15, 2024
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 136 - Physical Therapy and Physical Therapist Assistants › 6730 - Introduction.

§ 6730. Introduction.    This  article  applies  to  the profession of
  physical therapy and provides for the licensing of  physical  therapists
  and for the certification of physical therapist assistants.  The general
  provisions  for  all professions contained in article one hundred thirty
  of this title apply to this article.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 136 - Physical Therapy and Physical Therapist Assistants › 6731 - Definition of Physical Therapy.

§ 6731. Definition  of  physical  therapy. Physical therapy is defined
as:
a. The evaluation, treatment  or  prevention  of  disability,  injury,
disease,  or  other  condition  of  health using physical, chemical, and
mechanical means including, but not limited to heat, cold,  light,  air,
water,   sound,  electricity,  massage,  mobilization,  and  therapeutic
exercise with or without assistive  devices,  and  the  performance  and
interpretation  of  tests and measurements to assess pathophysiological,
pathomechanical,  and  developmental  deficits  of  human   systems   to
determine treatment, and assist in diagnosis and prognosis.
b.  The  use of roentgen rays or radium, or the use of electricity for
surgical purposes such as cauterization shall not  be  included  in  the
practice of physical therapy.
c.  Such  treatment shall be rendered pursuant to a referral which may
be  directive  as  to  treatment  by  a  licensed  physician,   dentist,
podiatrist,  nurse  practitioner or licensed midwife, each acting within
his or her lawful scope  of  practice,  and  in  accordance  with  their
diagnosis, except as provided in subdivision d of this section.
d. Such treatment may be rendered by a licensed physical therapist for
ten  visits  or  thirty  days,  whichever  shall  occur first, without a
referral from a physician, dentist, podiatrist,  nurse  practitioner  or
licensed midwife provided that:
(1)  The licensed physical therapist has practiced physical therapy on
a full time basis equivalent to not less than three years.
(2) Each physical therapist licensed pursuant to  this  article  shall
provide  written  notice  to  each  patient receiving treatment absent a
referral from a physician, dentist, podiatrist,  nurse  practitioner  or
licensed  midwife  that  physical  therapy  may  not  be  covered by the
patient's health care plan or insurer without such a referral  and  that
such  treatment  may  be  a  covered  expense  if rendered pursuant to a
referral. The physical therapist shall keep on file with  the  patient's
records  a  form  attesting to the patient's notice of such advice. Such
form shall be in duplicate, with one copy to be retained by the patient,
signed and dated by both the physical therapist and the patient in  such
form   as   prescribed   pursuant  to  regulations  promulgated  by  the
commissioner.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 136 - Physical Therapy and Physical Therapist Assistants › 6732 - Practice of Physical Therapy and the Use of Title "Physical Therapist".

§ 6732. Practice  of  physical  therapy and the use of title "physical
  therapist". Only a person licensed or otherwise  authorized  under  this
  article  shall  practice  physical  therapy  or  use the title "physical
  therapist", "physiotherapist" or "mechanotherapist" or the  abbreviation
  of  "P.T."  in connection with his or her name or with any trade name in
  the conduct of his profession.  Only  a  person  licensed  or  otherwise
  authorized  under this article to practice physical therapy, and who has
  obtained a doctorate in physical therapy may use the  title  "doctor  of
  physical therapy" or abbreviation "D.P.T." in connection with his or her
  name  or  with  any  trade  name to indicate or imply that the person is
  licensed or otherwise authorized to practice physical therapy.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 136 - Physical Therapy and Physical Therapist Assistants › 6733 - State Board for Physical Therapy.

§ 6733. State  board for physical therapy.  A state board for physical
  therapy shall be appointed by the board of regents on recommendation  of
  the  commissioner  for the purpose of assisting the board of regents and
  the department on matters of  professional  licensing  and  professional
  conduct  in  accordance  with  section  sixty-five hundred eight of this
  title.  The board shall be composed of  not  less  than  eight  licensed
  physical  therapists  and  not  less than one public representative.  An
  executive secretary to the board shall be  appointed  by  the  board  of
  regents on recommendation of the commissioner.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 136 - Physical Therapy and Physical Therapist Assistants › 6734 - Requirements for a Professional License.

§ 6734. Requirements  for  a  professional  license.  To qualify for a
  license  as  a  physical  therapist,  an  applicant  shall  fulfill  the
  following requirements:
a. Application: file an application with the department;
* b.  Education: have received an education, including completion of a
  master's degree or higher  in  physical  therapy  or  determined  to  be
  equivalent, in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
* NB Effective until October 25, 2024
* b.  Education:  have  received  an  education,  including a doctoral
  degree in physical therapy or determined to be equivalent, in accordance
  with the commissioner's regulations;
* NB Effective October 25, 2024
c. Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board in accordance
  with the commissioner's regulations;
d. Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board  and  in
  accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
e. Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;
f.  Character:  be  of  good  moral  character  as  determined  by the
  department; and
g. Fees: pay  a  fee  of  one  hundred  seventy-five  dollars  to  the
  department  for  admission to a department conducted examination and for
  an initial license; a fee of eighty-five dollars for each reexamination;
  a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for  persons
  not requiring admission to a department conducted examination; and a fee
  of  one  hundred  fifty-five  dollars  for  each  triennial registration
  period.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 136 - Physical Therapy and Physical Therapist Assistants › 6735 - Limited Permits.

§ 6735. Limited  permits. a. The department of education shall issue a
  limited permit to an applicant who meets all requirements for  admission
  to the licensing examination.
b.  All practice under a limited permit shall be under the supervision
  of a licensed physical therapist in a public hospital,  an  incorporated
  hospital  or clinic, a licensed proprietary hospital, a licensed nursing
  home, a public health agency, a recognized public or  non-public  school
  setting,  the  office  of a licensed physical therapist, or in the civil
  service of the state or political subdivision thereof.
c. Limited permits shall be for six months 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  one
  year.
d.  Supervision  of a permittee by a licensed physical therapist shall
  be on-site supervision and not necessarily direct  personal  supervision
  except  that  such  supervision need not be on-site when the supervising
  physical therapist has determined, through evaluation,  the  setting  of
  goals and the establishment of a treatment plan, that the program is one
  of  maintenance as defined pursuant to title XVIII of the federal social
  security act.
e. The fee for each limited permit  and  for  each  renewal  shall  be
  seventy dollars.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 136 - Physical Therapy and Physical Therapist Assistants › 6736 - Exempt Persons.

§ 6736. Exempt  persons.    a.  This article shall not be construed to
affect or prevent the administration of physical therapy or the  use  of
modalities  by  a  person  employed  by a licensed physician or physical
therapist in his office, or in the civil service of  the  state  or  any
political  subdivision  thereof,  or  in  a hospital or clinic, or in an
infirmary maintained by a person, firm or corporation employing  one  or
more full-time licensed physicians or physical therapists, provided that
such  person was so employed for a period of at least two years prior to
April tenth, nineteen hundred fifty,  and  has  been  issued  a  written
authorization by the department.
b. This article shall not be construed to affect or prevent:
(1)  a  physical  therapy  student  from engaging in clinical practice
under the supervision of a licensed physical  therapist  as  part  of  a
program  conducted  in  an  approved  school of physical therapy or in a
clinical facility or health care agency affiliated with  the  school  of
physical  therapy  and  supervision  of  a physical therapy student by a
licensed  physical  therapist  shall  be  on-site  supervision  and  not
necessarily direct personal supervision;
(2) a physical therapist graduate of an approved program from engaging
in  clinical  practice  under  the  on-site,  but not necessarily direct
personal supervision of  a  licensed  physical  therapist  provided  the
graduate  has:  (a)  applied  and  paid  a  fee  for  the  licensing and
examination, (b) applied and paid a fee for the temporary  permit.  This
exemption shall not extend beyond ninety days after graduation;
(3)  a  physical  therapist  licensed in another state or country from
conducting a  teaching  clinical  demonstration  in  connection  with  a
program   of   basic   clinical   education,   graduate   education,  or
post-graduate education in an approved school of physical therapy or  in
its  affiliated  clinical  facility  or  health care agency, or before a
group of licensed physical therapists who are members of a  professional
society;
(4)  a  physical  therapist  who is serving in the armed forces or the
public health service of  the  United  States  or  is  employed  by  the
veterans  administration  from  practicing  the  profession  of physical
therapy,  provided  such  practice  is  limited  to  such   service   or
employment.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 136 - Physical Therapy and Physical Therapist Assistants › 6737 - Non-Liability of Licensed Physical Therapists for First Aid or Emergency Treatment.

§ 6737.   Non-liability  of licensed physical therapists for first aid
  or emergency treatment.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent  provision  of
  any  general,  special or local law, any licensed physical therapist who
  voluntarily and without the expectation of monetary compensation renders
  first aid or emergency treatment at the scene of an  accident  or  other
  emergency, outside a hospital, doctor's office or any other place having
  proper  and  necessary  physical  therapy  equipment, to a person who is
  unconscious, ill or  injured,  shall  not  be  liable  for  damages  for
  injuries  alleged  to  have been sustained by such person or for damages
  for the death of such person alleged to have occurred by  reason  of  an
  act  or  omission  in  the  rendering  of  such  first  aid or emergency
  treatment unless it is established that such injuries were or such death
  was caused by gross negligence on the part of such  physical  therapist.
  Nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  deemed  or construed to relieve a
  licensed physical therapist from liability for damages for  injuries  or
  death  caused  by an act or omission on the part of a physical therapist
  while rendering professional services in the normal and ordinary  course
  of his practice.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 136 - Physical Therapy and Physical Therapist Assistants › 6739 - Duties of Licensed Physical Therapist Assistants and the Use of Title "Physical Therapist Assistant".

§ 6739. Duties  of  licensed physical therapist assistants and the use
  of title "physical therapist  assistant".  Only  a  person  licensed  or
  otherwise  authorized  under  this  article  shall  participate  in  the
  practice of physical therapy as a licensed physical therapist  assistant
  and  only  a  person  licensed  under  this  section shall use the title
  "physical therapist assistant".
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 136 - Physical Therapy and Physical Therapist Assistants › 6740 - Requirements for License as a Physical Therapist Assistant.

§ 6740. Requirements for license as a physical therapist assistant. a.
  Application: file an application with the department;
b.  Education:  have  received  an education including completion of a
  two-year college program in a physical therapist  assistant  program  or
  equivalent in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
c.  Experience:  have  experience  satisfactory to the state board for
  physical therapy in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
c-1. Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in
  accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
d. Age: be at least eighteen years of age;
e. Character:  be  of  good  moral  character  as  determined  by  the
  department;
f.  Registration:  all  licensed  physical  therapist assistants shall
  register  triennially  with  the  department  in  accordance  with   the
  regulations of the commissioner;
g.  Fees:  pay a fee for an initial license of forty-five dollars, and
  for the  biennial  registration  period  ending  December  thirty-first,
  nineteen  hundred  eighty-two a fee of twenty dollars and a fee of fifty
  dollars for each triennial registration period.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 136 - Physical Therapy and Physical Therapist Assistants › 6741 - Exemption.

§ 6741. Exemption. a. This article shall not be construed to affect or
  prevent a physical therapist assistant student from engaging in clinical
  assisting under the supervision of a licensed physical therapist as part
  of  a  program  conducted  in an approved program for physical therapist
  assistants or in a clinical facility or health  care  agency  affiliated
  with the program for physical therapist assistants.
b. Supervision of a physical therapist assistant student by a licensed
  physical  therapist  shall  be  on-site  supervision and not necessarily
  direct personal supervision.
c. Nothing in this article is intended to affect the  overall  medical
  direction by a licensed physician of a physical therapist assistant.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 136 - Physical Therapy and Physical Therapist Assistants › 6741-A - Limited Permits.

§  6741-a.  Limited  permits.  a. The department shall issue a limited
  permit to an applicant who meets all requirements for admission  to  the
  certification examination.
b.  All practice under a limited permit shall be under the supervision
  of a licensed physical therapist in a public hospital,  an  incorporated
  hospital  or clinic, a licensed proprietary hospital, a licensed nursing
  home, a public health agency, a recognized public or  non-public  school
  setting,  the  office  of a licensed physical therapist, or in the civil
  service of the state or political subdivision thereof.
c. Limited permits shall be for six months 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  one
  year.
d.  Supervision  of a permittee by a licensed physical therapist shall
  be on-site supervision and not necessarily direct personal supervision.
e. The fee for each limited permit and for each renewal shall be fifty
  dollars.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 136 - Physical Therapy and Physical Therapist Assistants › 6742 - Special Provision.

§ 6742. Special  provision.    1.  Any  person  who  is  employed as a
  physical therapist assistant in a facility  satisfactory  to  the  state
  board  for  a  period  of not less than two years prior to the effective
  date of this article and who does not qualify  for  certification  under
  subdivision  b  of section sixty-seven hundred forty of this article may
  be  certified  as  a  physical  therapist  assistant   upon   successful
  completion  of  an  examination  approved by the state board of physical
  therapy in accordance with the commissioner's regulations.
2. Application for examination  for  certification  pursuant  to  this
  section must be submitted not later than January first, nineteen hundred
  eighty-five.  The  department  shall  provide  a  total  of  three  such
  examinations. The third examination shall be given not later than  April
  first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-five.    The  fee  for  examination or
  reexamination shall be twenty-five dollars  for  each  examination.  Any
  person  who  qualifies  for admission to an examination pursuant to this
  section may practice as a physical therapist assistant in the course  of
  his  or  her  employment  in  a facility satisfactory to the state board
  until thirty days after notification of failure to qualify  pursuant  to
  this section.
3.  Any  person who was employed as a physical therapist assistant for
  at least two years prior to April first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-one,
  and  who  had  attained  permanent  civil  service  status as a physical
  therapist  assistant  prior  to  that  date,  shall  be  issued  written
  authorization  from  the department to continue working in that capacity
  without examination. This authorization shall remain in effect until the
  person leaves the position in which the civil service  status  had  been
  granted.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 136 - Physical Therapy and Physical Therapist Assistants › 6743 - Validity of Existing Licenses.

§ 6743. Validity  of  existing  licenses. 1. This article shall not be
  construed to affect the validity of existing licenses and permits or the
  continuation of any  administrative  actions  or  proceedings  commenced
  prior to the effective date of this article.
2.   Amendments   made  to  the  educational  requirement  of  section
  sixty-seven hundred thirty-four of this article pursuant to a chapter of
  the laws of two thousand eleven which amended this section shall not  be
  construed to affect the validity of existing licenses and permits.
* 3.  Amendments  to  the  educational requirement in subdivision b of
  section sixty-seven hundred  thirty-four  of  this  article  made  by  a
  chapter  of the laws of two thousand twenty-three shall not be construed
  to affect the validity of existing licenses and permits.
* NB Effective October 25, 2024
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 137 - Pharmacy › 6803 - Practice of Pharmacy and Use of Title "Pharmacist".

§ 6803. Practice  of  pharmacy  and use of title "pharmacist".  Only a
  person  licensed  or  otherwise  authorized  under  this  article  shall
  practice pharmacy or use the title "pharmacist" or any derivative.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 137 - Pharmacy › 6804 - State Board of Pharmacy.

§ 6804. State  board  of  pharmacy. A state board of pharmacy shall be
  appointed by the regents on recommendation of the commissioner  for  the
  purpose  of  assisting  the  regents  and  the  department on matters of
  professional licensing  and  professional  conduct  in  accordance  with
  section  sixty-five  hundred  eight  of  this  title. The board shall be
  composed of not less than nine pharmacists licensed in this state for at
  least five years and two registered pharmacy  technicians.  The  initial
  registered  pharmacy  technician  members of the state board of pharmacy
  need not be licensed prior to their appointment but shall have  met  all
  other  requirements of licensure pursuant to section sixty-eight hundred
  forty-two of this title except for filing an application  and  paying  a
  fee.  An  executive  secretary  to  the  board shall be appointed by the
  regents on recommendation of the commissioner and shall be a  pharmacist
  licensed  in this state for at least five years. The board shall provide
  assistance to the department:
a.  To  regulate  the  practice  of  pharmacy,   registered   pharmacy
  technicians and the employment of interns and employees in pharmacies,
b.  To  regulate  and  control  the  sale, distribution, character and
  standard of drugs, poisons, cosmetics, devices and new drugs,
c. To prevent  the  sale  or  distribution  of  such  drugs,  poisons,
  cosmetics,  devices and new drugs as do not conform to the provisions of
  this article or of the public health law,
d. To  investigate  alleged  violations  of  the  provisions  of  this
  article, and
e. To issue limited permits or registrations.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 137 - Pharmacy › 6805 - Requirements for a Professional License.

§ 6805. Requirements  for  a professional license. 1. To qualify for a
pharmacist's  license,  an  applicant  shall   fulfill   the   following
requirements:
(1) Application: file an application with the department;
(2)  Education:  have received an education, including a bachelor's or
equivalent degree in pharmacy, in  accordance  with  the  commissioner's
regulations;
(3)  Experience:  have  experience  satisfactory  to  the board and in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
(4) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and  in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
(5) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;
(6) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or a
noncitizen  lawfully  admitted  for  permanent  residence  in the United
States;
(7) Character: be  of  good  moral  character  as  determined  by  the
department; and
(8)  Fees:  pay  a  fee  of  one  hundred  seventy-five dollars to the
department for admission to a department conducted examination  and  for
an   initial   license,   a   fee   of   eighty-five  dollars  for  each
re-examination, a fee of one hundred  fifteen  dollars  for  an  initial
license  for  persons  not requiring admission to a department conducted
examination, and a fee  of  one  hundred  fifty-five  dollars  for  each
triennial registration period.
2.  On or before April first, nineteen hundred seventy-two, any person
who holds a valid  license  as  "druggist"  in  this  state  shall  make
application  and  on  the  payment  of  fees  specified in this title be
licensed by the department as a pharmacist. Such person shall  have  all
of the rights, privileges, duties and responsibilities of a pharmacist.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 137 - Pharmacy › 6806 - Limited Permits.

§ 6806. Limited  permits. 1. The department may issue a limited permit
  for employment as a "pharmacy intern" to:
a. A student enrolled in the last two years of a registered program in
  pharmacy, or
b.  A  graduate  of  a  program  in  pharmacy  which  meets  standards
  established  by the commissioner's regulations who is engaged in meeting
  the experience requirements or whose application for  initial  licensure
  is pending with the department.
2.  A  pharmacy  intern  may,  as  determined  by  the  commissioner's
  regulations, practice as  a  pharmacist  under  the  immediate  personal
  supervision of a licensed pharmacist. A pharmacy intern may also receive
  a  certificate  of  administration  if  he  or she provides satisfactory
  evidence to the commissioner that he or she meets  the  requirements  of
  subdivision three of this section.
3.  No  pharmacy  intern  shall  administer  immunizing agents without
  receiving training satisfactory to the commissioner and the commissioner
  of health, as prescribed in regulations of the commissioner, which shall
  include, but not be limited to: techniques for screening individuals and
  obtaining informed consent; techniques of  administration;  indications,
  precautions  and  contraindications  in  the  use of an agent or agents;
  recordkeeping of immunization and information; and handling emergencies,
  including  anaphylaxis  and   needlestick   injuries.   To   receive   a
  certification  to  administer  immunizations,  the pharmacy intern shall
  provide documentation, on a form prescribed by the department, from  the
  dean  or  other  appropriate official of the registered program that the
  intern has completed the required training, pursuant to  regulations  of
  the commissioner.
4.  A  limited  permit  issued  to  a  pharmacy  intern  shall have an
  expiration date of five years from the date of  issue.  Limited  permits
  may be renewed once for a period not to exceed two years.
5.  Fees.  The fee for each limited permit issued to a pharmacy intern
  shall be seventy dollars.
6.  In  the  case  of  a  pharmacy  intern,  certified  to  administer
  immunizations,  administration  must  be  conducted  under the immediate
  personal supervision of a licensed pharmacist  certified  to  administer
  vaccines.  A person receiving a vaccine must be informed that a pharmacy
  intern, certified to administer immunizations, will be administering the
  vaccine and of the option to receive the vaccination  from  a  certified
  pharmacist.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 137 - Pharmacy › 6811-B - Door-to-Door Distribution of Drugs Prohibited.

§ 6811-b. Door-to-door  distribution of drugs prohibited.  It shall be
  a violation, punishable by a  fine  not  to  exceed  two  hundred  fifty
  dollars,  for  a  manufacturer,  distributor,  or  seller of drugs or an
  employee or agent thereof to distribute a free sample of any drug, other
  than a cosmetic not intended for ingestion, to any residential  dwelling
  unless  the  sample  is given directly to a person who is, or reasonably
  appears to be, over the age of  eighteen.  This  section  shall  not  be
  construed  to  permit  distribution  where  otherwise prohibited by this
  chapter or any other law.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 137 - Pharmacy › 6811-C - Patient Notification of Recalled Drugs.

§  6811-c.  Patient notification of recalled drugs. 1. For purposes of
  this section the term "class I recall" shall mean a situation  in  which
  the United States food and drug administration deems there is reasonable
  probability  that  the  use  of  or exposure to a violative product will
  cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
2. Where there has been a class  I  recall  of  a  prescription  drug,
  pharmacies  shall  make a reasonable attempt to notify all patients that
  have been prescribed and who are currently  taking  such  recalled  drug
  dispensed  from  such  pharmacy by phone or by mail within three days of
  the  pharmacy  being  notified  by  the  United  States  food  and  drug
  administration,  a manufacturer, a wholesaler or by other notice of such
  recall.
3. The notification required by this section may  be  provided  by  an
  individual  pharmacy  or  by  a central office in the case of a pharmacy
  that is part of a chain.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 137 - Pharmacy › 6812 - Special Provisions.

§ 6812. Special  provisions.  1.  Where  any  pharmacy,  manufacturer,
  wholesaler or outsourcing  facility  registered  by  the  department  is
  damaged  by  fire  the  board  shall  be  notified  within  a  period of
  forty-eight hours, and the board shall have power to impound  all  drugs
  for  analysis and condemnation, if found unfit for use. Where a pharmacy
  is discontinued, the owner of its prescription records shall notify  the
  department as to the disposition of said prescription records, and in no
  case  shall  records  be  sold  or  given  away to a person who does not
  currently possess a registration to operate a pharmacy.
2. Nothing in  this  article  shall  be  construed  as  requiring  the
  prosecution  or  the  institution  of  injunction  proceedings for minor
  violations  of  this  article  whenever  the  public  interest  will  be
  adequately served by a suitable written notice of warning.
3.  The  executive  secretary  of  the  state  board  of  pharmacy  is
  authorized to conduct examinations and investigations for  the  purposes
  of  this article through officers and employees of the United States, or
  through any health, food, or drug  officer  or  employee  of  any  city,
  county or other political subdivision of this state.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 137 - Pharmacy › 6814 - Records of Shipment.

§ 6814. Records  of shipment.  For the purpose of enforcing provisions
  of this article, carriers engaged in  commerce,  and  persons  receiving
  drugs,  devices  or  cosmetics  in  commerce or holding such articles so
  received, shall, upon the request of an officer  duly  assigned  by  the
  secretary,  permit  such officer, at reasonable times, to have access to
  and to copy all records showing the movement in commerce  of  any  drug,
  device  or  cosmetic,  or  the  holding  thereof  during  or  after such
  movement, and the quantity, shipper, and consignee thereof: and it shall
  be unlawful for any such carrier or person to fail to permit such access
  to and copying of any such record so  requested  when  such  request  is
  accompanied  by  a statement in writing specifying the nature or kind of
  drug, device or cosmetic to which such request relates:  Provided,  that
  evidence  obtained  under  this  section shall not be used in a criminal
  prosecution of the person from whom obtained:   Provided  further,  that
  carriers shall not be subject to the other provisions of this article by
  reason of their receipt, carriage, holding or delivery of drugs, devices
  or cosmetics in the usual course of business as carriers.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 137 - Pharmacy › 6818 - Adulterated and Misbranded Cosmetics.

§ 6818. Adulterated  and  misbranded cosmetics. 1. A cosmetic shall be
  deemed to be adulterated:
a. If it bears or contains  any  poisonous  or  deleterious  substance
  which  may  render  it  injurious  to  users under the conditions of use
  prescribed in the labeling thereof, or under such conditions of  use  as
  are customary or usual: Provided, that this provision shall not apply to
  coal-tar  hair  dye,  the  label  of  which  bears  the following legend
  conspicuously  displayed   thereon   "Caution--this   product   contains
  ingredients which may cause skin irritation on certain individuals and a
  preliminary  test  according  to accompanying directions should first be
  made. This product must not be used for dying the eyelashes or eyebrows;
  to do so may cause blindness", and the labeling of which bears  adequate
  directions  for  such  preliminary  testing.  For  the  purposes of this
  paragraph and paragraph e the term "hair dye" shall not include  eyelash
  dyes or eyebrow dyes.
b.  If  it  consists  in  whole  or  in part of any filthy, putrid, or
  decomposed substance.
c. If it has been prepared, packaged, packed, shipped or held  in  any
  insanitary  condition or in any other condition whereby it may have been
  rendered injurious to health.
d. If its container is composed, in whole or in part, of any poisonous
  or deleterious substance which may  render  the  contents  injurious  to
  health.
e.  If  it is not a hair dye and it bears or contains a coal-tar color
  other than one from a batch that has been certified in  accordance  with
  regulations as provided by this article.
2. A cosmetic shall be deemed to be misbranded:
a. If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular.
b. If in package form, unless it bears a label containing (1) the name
  and  place  of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor; and
  (2) an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents  in  terms  of
  weight,  measure, or numerical count: Provided, that under clause (2) of
  this paragraph reasonable variations shall be permitted, and  exemptions
  as to small packages shall be established by regulations.
c.  If  any word, statement, or other information required by or under
  authority of this article to appear on the  label  or  labeling  is  not
  prominently  placed  thereon with such conspicuousness (as compared with
  other words, statements, designs, or devices in  the  labeling)  and  in
  such  terms  as  to  render  it  likely to be read and understood by the
  ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use.
d. (1) If its container is  so  made,  formed,  or  filled  as  to  be
  misleading;  or  (2)  if  it  bears  a  copy,  counterfeit, or colorable
  imitation of a trademark,  label,  or  identifying  name  or  design  of
  another cosmetic.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 137 - Pharmacy › 6818-A - Cosmetic Samples.

§ 6818-a. Cosmetic  samples.   1. No person engaged in the business of
  selling cosmetics shall  provide  for  the  use  by  or  application  to
  customers of any cosmetics, except for use or application to the hand or
  arm  as  a sample if such immediate container of cosmetics is to be used
  by or applied to more than  one  customer.  For  the  purposes  of  this
  section,  the  term  "cosmetic" shall not include perfume or cologne; or
  samples  removed  from  the  immediate  container  with  a  single   use
  disposable  applicator  furnished to each customer; or samples dispensed
  from a tube, pump, spray or shaker container; or samples or  applicators
  that  have  been cleansed before each use or application. The provisions
  of this section shall be  deemed  to  have  been  satisfied  if  written
  instructions  on  the use or application of cosmetic samples pursuant to
  this section are clearly and visibly posted at  or  near  the  place  of
  display  of  cosmetic  samples.  Nothing contained in this section shall
  prohibit the use or application of cosmetic samples by  persons  trained
  to  apply  cosmetics  to  customers in accordance with the provisions of
  this section.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a violation of
  this section shall result in a civil penalty of one hundred dollars  for
  the first offense and a civil penalty of two hundred fifty dollars for a
  second or subsequent offense.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 137 - Pharmacy › 6819 - Regulations Making Exceptions.

§ 6819. Regulations  making  exceptions.    The board shall promulgate
  regulations exempting from any  labeling  requirement  of  this  article
  drugs,  devices and cosmetics which are, in accordance with the practice
  of the trade, to be  processed,  labeled,  or  repacked  in  substantial
  quantities at establishments other than those where originally processed
  or  packed,  on condition that such drugs, devices and cosmetics are not
  adulterated or misbranded under the  provisions  of  this  article  upon
  removal from such processing, labeling, or repacking establishment.