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2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 130* - General Provisions › Sub Art. 1 - Introductory Summary. › 6505-C - Articulation Between Military and Civilian Professional Careers.

§  6505-c.  Articulation  between  military  and civilian professional
  careers.  1.  The  commissioner  shall   develop,   jointly   with   the
  commissioner  of  the  department  of  veterans'  services, a program to
  facilitate articulation between participation in the military service of
  the United States or the military service of the state and admission  to
  practice  of  a  profession.  The  commissioner  and the commissioner of
  veterans' services shall  identify,  review  and  evaluate  professional
  training  programs  offered  through  either the military service of the
  United States or the military service of  the  state  which  may,  where
  applicable,  be  accepted  by the department as equivalent education and
  training in lieu of all or  part  of  an  approved  program.  Particular
  emphasis  shall  be  placed  on  the identification of military programs
  which have previously  been  deemed  acceptable  by  the  department  as
  equivalent  education  and  training,  programs which may provide, where
  applicable, equivalent education  and  training  for  those  professions
  which  are  critical  to public health and safety and programs which may
  provide, where applicable, equivalent education and training  for  those
  professions for which shortages exist in the state of New York.
2.  The  commissioner  and  the director shall prepare a list of those
  military programs which have previously been deemed  acceptable  by  the
  department  as  equivalent education and training in lieu of all or part
  of an approved program no  later  than  the  thirtieth  of  August,  two
  thousand  three.  On  and  after  such  date,  such  list  shall be made
  available to the public and applicants for admission to  practice  of  a
  profession.
3.  The  commissioner  and  the director shall prepare a list of those
  military  programs  which  may  provide,  where  applicable,  equivalent
  education  and  training  for  those  professions  which are critical to
  public health and safety, programs which may provide, where  applicable,
  equivalent  education  and  training  for  those  professions  for which
  shortages exist in the state of New York and any other military programs
  which may, where applicable, be accepted by the department as equivalent
  education and training in lieu of all or part of an approved program  no
  later than the thirty-first of October, two thousand three. On and after
  such  date,  such  list  shall  be  made  available  to  the  public and
  applicants for admission to practice of a profession.
4. Such lists shall be prepared annually no later than  the  thirtieth
  of  June  thereafter  with  additions  and deletions made jointly by the
  commissioner and the director and  made  available  to  the  public  and
  applicants for admission to practice of a profession on such date.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 130* - General Provisions › Sub Art. 1 - Introductory Summary. › 6505-D - Evaluation of Prior Disciplinary History for Authorization to Practice.

§  6505-d.  Evaluation of prior disciplinary history for authorization
  to  practice.  An  applicant  seeking   licensure,   certification,   or
  authorization   pursuant   to   this  title  who  has  been  subject  to
  disciplinary action  by  a  duly  authorized  professional  disciplinary
  agency  of another jurisdiction solely on the basis of having performed,
  recommended, or provided an abortion  pursuant  to  section  twenty-five
  hundred  ninety-nine-bb  of  the  public health law, or gender-affirming
  care, as  defined  in  paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision  one  of  section
  sixty-five  hundred  thirty-one-b  of  the  education  law, shall not be
  denied such  licensure,  certification,  or  authorization,  unless  the
  department   determines   that   such   action  would  have  constituted
  professional misconduct in this state. Provided however, that nothing in
  this section shall be  construed  as  prohibiting  the  department  from
  evaluating  the  conduct of such applicant and making a determination to
  be licensed, certified, or authorized to  practice  a  profession  under
  this title.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 130* - General Provisions › Sub Art. 1 - Introductory Summary. › 6505-E - Provision of Information Related to Coursework and Training in Nutrition.

* §  6505-e.  Provision  of  information  related  to  coursework  and
  training in nutrition. 1.  The  department,  in  consultation  with  the
  department  of  health,  shall  compile  a  list  of  continuing medical
  education courses and training opportunities regarding nutrition,  which
  may  include  but  not  be  limited to plant-based nutrition, clinically
  proven  methods  for  the  prevention,  reversal,   and   treatment   of
  diet-related  illnesses,  and  informational  resources regarding racial
  disparities in outcomes for diet-related  diseases,  that  are  publicly
  available,  and  shall distribute such compilation to physicians who are
  licensed to practice medicine in the state.
2.  The  compiled  list  shall  be  made  publicly  available  on  the
  department's  website  and  on  the  department of health's website, and
  shall be updated and redistributed no less  frequently  than  every  two
  years via email.
3.  In  compiling  such  resources,  the department shall consult with
  organizations representative of professions, and institutions of  higher
  education,  and  the  department of health shall consult with those with
  expertise in nutrition and the prevention, reversal,  and  treatment  of
  diet-related illnesses.
* NB Effective June 1, 2024
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 130* - General Provisions › Sub Art. 2 - State Management. › 6507-A - Registration Fee Surcharge.

§  6507-a.  Registration  fee  surcharge.  The  commissioner is hereby
  authorized to impose and collect a fifteen  percent  surcharge,  rounded
  upward  to  the  nearest  dollar,  on  any professional registration fee
  imposed under this title that is subject to deposit in the office of the
  professions account established pursuant to section ninety-seven-nnn  of
  the  state  finance law. Such surcharge shall not be imposed on any such
  fee dedicated for deposit in the professional medical conduct account.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 130* - General Provisions › Sub Art. 3 - Professional Misconduct. › 6509-C - Additional Definition of Professional Misconduct; Failure to Comply in Paternity or Child Support Proceedings; Limited Application.

§  6509-c.   Additional definition of professional misconduct; failure
  to  comply  in  paternity  or   child   support   proceedings;   limited
  application.    1.    The  provisions of this section shall apply in all
  cases of licensee or  registrant  failure  after  receiving  appropriate
  notice,  to  comply  with  a  summons, subpoena or warrant relating to a
  paternity or child support proceeding referred to the board  of  regents
  by  a  court  pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  section  two  hundred
  forty-four-c of the domestic relations law or pursuant to  section  four
  hundred  fifty-eight-b or five hundred forty-eight-b of the family court
  act.
2.  Upon receipt of an order from the court pursuant  to  one  of  the
  foregoing  provisions  of  law,  the  board of regents, if it finds such
  person to be so licensed or registered,  shall  within  thirty  days  of
  receipt  of such order from the court, provide notice to the licensee or
  registrant that his or her license or registration shall be suspended in
  sixty days unless the conditions as set forth in  subdivision  three  of
  this section are met.
3.    Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article or of
  any other provision of law to the contrary, the license or  registration
  of  a  person  subject to the provisions of this title and/or subject to
  the provisions of title two-A of article two of the  public  health  law
  shall  be  suspended  unless  the court terminates its order to commence
  suspension proceedings.  Such suspension shall not be lifted unless  the
  court  issues  an order to the board of regents terminating its order to
  commence suspension proceedings.
4.  The board of regents shall inform the court of all  actions  taken
  hereunder as required by law.
5.    This  section  applies to paternity or child support proceedings
  commenced under, and support obligations paid pursuant to any  order  of
  child  support  or  child and spousal support issued under provisions of
  section two hundred thirty-six or two  hundred  forty  of  the  domestic
  relations  law,  or  article  four, five, five-A or five-B of the family
  court act.
6.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article  or  of
  any  other  provision  of  law  to  the contrary, the provisions of this
  section shall apply to the exclusion of any other requirements  of  this
  article  and  to  the  exclusion  of any other requirement of law to the
  contrary.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 130* - General Provisions › Sub Art. 3 - Professional Misconduct. › 6509-D - Limited Exemption From Professional Misconduct.

§    6509-d.   Limited   exemption   from   professional   misconduct.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, it shall not
  be considered professional misconduct pursuant to this  sub-article  for
  any  person  who  is  licensed under title eight of this chapter and who
  would otherwise be prohibited from prescribing  or  administering  drugs
  pursuant  to the article that licenses such individual, to administer an
  opioid antagonist in the event of an emergency.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 130* - General Provisions › Sub Art. 3 - Professional Misconduct. › 6509-E - Additional Definition of Professional Misconduct; Mental Health Professionals.

§  6509-e.  Additional  definition  of professional misconduct; mental
  health professionals. 1. For the purposes of this section:
a.  "Mental  health  professional"  means  a  person  subject  to  the
  provisions of article one hundred fifty-three, one hundred fifty-four or
  one hundred sixty-three of this title; or any other person designated as
  a mental health professional pursuant to law, rule or regulation.
b.  "Sexual  orientation  change  efforts" (i) means any practice by a
  mental health professional that seeks to change an  individual's  sexual
  orientation, including, but not limited to, efforts to change behaviors,
  gender identity, or gender expressions, or to eliminate or reduce sexual
  or  romantic attractions or feelings towards individuals of the same sex
  and (ii) shall not include counseling for a person seeking to transition
  from one  gender  to  another,  or  psychotherapies  that:  (A)  provide
  acceptance, support and understanding of patients or the facilitation of
  patients'   coping,   social   support   and  identity  exploration  and
  development,  including  sexual  orientation-neutral  interventions   to
  prevent  or address unlawful conduct or unsafe sexual practices; and (B)
  do not seek to change sexual orientation.
2.  It  shall  be  professional  misconduct  for   a   mental   health
  professional  to  engage  in  sexual orientation change efforts upon any
  patient  under  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  and  any  mental  health
  professional  found  guilty  of  such  misconduct  under  the procedures
  prescribed in section sixty-five hundred ten of this subarticle shall be
  subject to the penalties prescribed in section sixty-five hundred eleven
  of this subarticle.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 130* - General Provisions › Sub Art. 3 - Professional Misconduct. › 6510-D - Voluntary Non-Disciplinary Surrender of a License.

§  6510-d.  Voluntary  non-disciplinary  surrender  of  a  license.  A
  professional who is licensed pursuant to article one hundred thirty-nine
  of this title may voluntarily surrender a license to  the  committee  on
  drug  and  alcohol  abuse  when  such  licensee requests to be monitored
  and/or receive peer support services in relation to the use,  misuse  or
  addiction   to   drugs.   The  committee  shall  accept  such  voluntary
  non-disciplinary surrender  of  a  license  and  provide  for  expedited
  reinstatement  of  the license if the licensee meets criteria set by the
  committee. Such criteria will include, but not be limited to, confidence
  that the licensee's use of drugs and/or alcohol has not resulted in harm
  to a patient or client and the licensee is not incapacitated, unfit  for
  practice  or  a  threat to the health, safety and welfare of the public.
  Such voluntary surrender, if accepted by the committee, shall result  in
  an  immediate  reinstatement  of  the license and shall provide immunity
  from a violation of subdivision three or four of  section  six  thousand
  five  hundred  nine of this article and cannot be deemed an admission or
  used as evidence in professional misconduct. Acceptance by the committee
  shall not require a report  to  the  department  of  health  or  to  any
  employer or licensing authority of another jurisdiction, nor require any
  disclosure  to  patients  or  to  the  public that such license has been
  temporarily surrendered, except if it is subsequently determined by  the
  department that a participant being monitored by the department is found
  to  have  used  drugs  and/or  alcohol  which  has resulted in harm to a
  patient or client.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 130* - General Provisions › Sub Art. 3 - Professional Misconduct. › 6510-E - Nurses' Refusal of Overtime Work.

§  6510-e. Nurses' refusal of overtime work. The refusal of a licensed
  practical nurse or a registered professional nurse to work  beyond  said
  nurse's  regularly  scheduled  hours of work shall not solely constitute
  patient abandonment or neglect except under the  circumstances  provided
  for  under  subdivision  three of section one hundred sixty-seven of the
  labor law.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 130* - General Provisions › Sub Art. 3 - Professional Misconduct. › 6511 - Penalties for Professional Misconduct.

§ 6511. Penalties for professional misconduct. The penalties which may
  be imposed by the board of regents on a present or former licensee found
  guilty of professional misconduct (under the definitions and proceedings
  prescribed  in  sections  sixty-five hundred nine and sixty-five hundred
  ten of this article) are: (1) censure and reprimand, (2)  suspension  of
  license,  (a)  wholly,  for a fixed period of time; (b) partially, until
  the licensee successfully completes a course of retraining in  the  area
  to  which  the  suspension  applies;  (c)  wholly,  until  the  licensee
  successfully completes a course of therapy or  treatment  prescribed  by
  the  regents;  (3)  revocation  of  license, (4) annulment of license or
  registration, (5) limitation on registration or issuance of any  further
  license,  (6)  a  fine  not  to  exceed  ten thousand dollars, upon each
  specification of charges of which the respondent  is  determined  to  be
  guilty,  (7)  a requirement that a licensee pursue a course of education
  or training, and (8) a requirement that a licensee  perform  up  to  one
  hundred  hours of public service, in a manner and at a time and place as
  directed by the board. The board of regents may stay such  penalties  in
  whole  or in part, may place the licensee on probation and may restore a
  license which has been revoked,  provided,  in  the  case  of  licensees
  subject  to  section two hundred thirty of the public health law, notice
  that the board is considering such restoration is given to the office of
  professional medical conduct at least thirty days  before  the  date  on
  which  such  restoration shall be considered. Upon the recommendation of
  the office of professional medical conduct, the  board  of  regents  may
  deny  such  restoration.  Any  fine  imposed pursuant to this section or
  pursuant to subdivision two of section sixty-five hundred  ten  of  this
  article  may  be sued for and recovered in the name of the people of the
  state of New York in an action brought by the attorney general. In  such
  action  the findings and determination of the board of regents or of the
  violations  committee  shall  be  admissible  evidence  and   shall   be
  conclusive proof of the violation and the penalty assessed.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 130* - General Provisions › Sub Art. 4 - Unauthorized Acts. › 6512 - Unauthorized Practice a Crime.

§ 6512. Unauthorized  practice  a  crime.  1. Anyone not authorized to
  practice under this title who practices or offers to practice  or  holds
  himself  out  as  being  able  to  practice in any profession in which a
  license is a prerequisite to the practice of the acts, or who  practices
  any profession as an exempt person during the time when his professional
  license  is  suspended,  revoked  or  annulled,  or who aids or abets an
  unlicensed person to practice a profession, or who  fraudulently  sells,
  files,  furnishes,  obtains, or who attempts fraudulently to sell, file,
  furnish or obtain any diploma, license, record or permit  purporting  to
  authorize  the  practice  of  a profession, shall be guilty of a class E
  felony.
2. Anyone who knowingly aids or abets three or more unlicensed persons
  to practice a profession or employs or holds such unlicensed persons out
  as being able to practice in any profession in  which  a  license  is  a
  prerequisite to the practice of the acts, or who knowingly aids or abets
  three  or  more  persons  to  practice  any profession as exempt persons
  during the time when the  professional  licenses  of  such  persons  are
  suspended, revoked or annulled, shall be guilty of a class E felony.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 130* - General Provisions › Sub Art. 4 - Unauthorized Acts. › 6513 - Unauthorized Use of a Professional Title a Crime.

§ 6513. Unauthorized  use  of a professional title a crime.  1. Anyone
  not authorized to use a professional title regulated by this title,  and
  who  uses  such  professional  title,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  class A
  misdemeanor.
2. Anyone who knowingly aids  or  abets  three  or  more  persons  not
  authorized  to  use a professional title regulated by this title, to use
  such professional title, or knowingly employs three or more persons  not
  authorized  to use a professional title regulated by this title, who use
  such professional title in the  course  of  such  employment,  shall  be
  guilty of a class E felony.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 130* - General Provisions › Sub Art. 4 - Unauthorized Acts. › 6514 - Criminal Proceedings.

§  6514.  Criminal  proceedings. 1. All alleged violations of sections
  sixty-five hundred twelve or sixty-five hundred thirteen of this article
  shall be reported to the department which shall cause  an  investigation
  to  be instituted.  All alleged violations of section sixty-five hundred
  thirty-one of the education law shall be reported to the  department  of
  health  which  shall  cause  an  investigation  to be instituted. If the
  investigation substantiates that violations exist, such violations shall
  be reported to the attorney general with a request for prosecution.
2. The attorney general shall prosecute such alleged offenses  in  the
  name of the state, provided, however, in the event of alleged violations
  of article one hundred fifty-five of this title, a district attorney may
  prosecute  such  alleged  offenses  in  the  name of the state provided,
  however, that any district attorney may prosecute  such  offenses  where
  they  are  incidental  to a criminal prosecution instituted by him under
  other statutes.
3. All criminal  courts  having  jurisdiction  over  misdemeanors  are
  hereby  empowered  to  hear,  try and determine alleged violations under
  this title, which constitute misdemeanors,  without  indictment  and  to
  impose applicable punishment of fines or imprisonments or both. It shall
  be  necessary to prove in any prosecution under this title only a single
  prohibited act or a single holding out without proving a general  course
  of conduct.
4.  A  proceeding before a committee on professional conduct shall not
  be deemed to be  a  criminal  proceeding  within  the  meaning  of  this
  section.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 130* - General Provisions › Sub Art. 4 - Unauthorized Acts. › 6515 - Restraint of Unlawful Acts.

§ 6515. Restraint of unlawful acts. Where a violation of this title is
  alleged  to  have  occurred, the attorney general, the department or, in
  the event of alleged violations of article  one  hundred  fifty-five  of
  this  title  occurring  in  cities having a population of one million or
  more, the corporation counsel may apply to the supreme court within  the
  judicial  district  in  which such violation is alleged to have occurred
  for an order enjoining or restraining commission or continuance  of  the
  unlawful  acts  complained of. The remedy provided in this section shall
  be in addition to any other remedy provided by law or to the proceedings
  commenced against a licensee under this title.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 131 - Medicine › 6521 - Definition of Practice of Medicine.

§ 6521. Definition  of  practice  of  medicine.    The practice of the
  profession of medicine is defined as diagnosing, treating, operating  or
  prescribing  for  any human disease, pain, injury, deformity or physical
  condition.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 131 - Medicine › 6523 - State Board for Medicine.

§ 6523. State  board for medicine. A state board for medicine 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 in accordance with section  sixty-five
  hundred  eight  of  this  title. The board shall be composed of not less
  than twenty physicians licensed in this state for at least  five  years,
  two of whom shall be doctors of osteopathy. To the extent such physician
  appointees  are available for appointment, at least one of the physician
  appointees to the state  board  for  medicine  shall  be  an  expert  on
  reducing  health  disparities among demographic subgroups, and one shall
  be an expert on women's health. The board shall also consist of not less
  than two physician's assistants licensed to practice in this state.  The
  participation  of  physician's  assistant  members  shall  be limited to
  matters relating to article one hundred thirty-one-B of this chapter. An
  executive secretary to the board shall be  appointed  by  the  board  of
  regents  on  recommendation  of  the  commissioner and shall be either a
  physician licensed in this state or a non-physician, deemed qualified by
  the commissioner and board of regents.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 131 - Medicine › 6525 - Limited Permits.

§ 6525. Limited  permits.  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
physician  except  those  relating to the examination and citizenship or
permanent residence in the United States;
(2) A foreign physician who holds  a  standard  certificate  from  the
educational  council  for foreign medical graduates or who has passed an
examination  satisfactory  to  the  state  board  for  medicine  and  in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations; or
(3)  A foreign physician or a foreign intern who is in this country on
a non-immigration visa for the continuation of medical  study,  pursuant
to  the  exchange  student  program  of  the United States department of
state.
2. Limit of practice. A permittee  shall  be  authorized  to  practice
medicine  only under the supervision of a licensed physician and only in
a public, voluntary, or proprietary hospital.
3. Duration. A limited permit shall be valid for two years.  It may be
renewed biennially at the discretion of the department.
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 131 - Medicine › 6529 - Power of Board of Regents Regarding Certain Physicians.

§ 6529. Power  of  board  of  regents  regarding  certain  physicians.
  Notwithstanding any provision of law  to  the  contrary,  the  board  of
  regents is authorized, in its discretion, to confer the degree of doctor
  of  medicine (M.D.) upon physicians who are licensed pursuant to section
  sixty-five hundred twenty-four or  sixty-five  hundred  twenty-eight  of
  this chapter. Each applicant shall pay a fee of three hundred dollars to
  the education department for the issuance of such degree.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 131-A - Definitions of Professional Misconduct Applicable to Physicians, Physician's Assistants and Specialist's Assistants › 6531-B - Exceptions; Reproductive Health Services.

§ 6531-b. Exceptions; reproductive health services. 1. As used in this
section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Reproductive health services" shall include:
(i) abortion pursuant to section twenty-five hundred ninety-nine-bb of
the public health law;
(ii)  emergency  contraception  as  defined  in  section  twenty-eight
hundred five-p of the public health law; and
(iii) medical, surgical, counseling or referral services  relating  to
the  human reproductive system, including services relating to pregnancy
or the termination of a pregnancy.
(b) "Health  care  practitioner"  means  a  person  who  is  licensed,
certified, or authorized under this title and acting within their lawful
scope of practice.
(c)  "Gender-affirming  care"  means  any  type of care provided to an
individual  to  affirm  their  gender  identity  or  gender  expression;
provided  that surgical interventions on minors with variations in their
sex characteristics that are not sought and initiated by the  individual
patient are not gender-affirming care.
2.  The  performance, recommendation, or provision of any reproductive
health services or gender-affirming care, as defined in subdivision  one
of  this section, or any legally protected health activity as defined in
paragraph (b) of subdivision one  of  section  570.17  of  the  criminal
procedure  law,  by a health care practitioner acting within their scope
of  practice,  for  a  patient  who  resides  in  a  state  wherein  the
performance,  recommendation,  or  provision of such reproductive health
services or gender-affirming care is  illegal,  shall  not,  by  itself,
constitute  professional  misconduct under this title, or title two-A of
article two of the  public  health  law,  or  any  other  law,  rule  or
regulation  governing  the licensure, certification, or authorization of
such practitioner, nor shall any license, certification or authorization
of a health care practitioner be  revoked,  suspended,  or  annulled  or
otherwise  subject  to  any  other penalty or discipline provided in the
public health law or this title solely on the  basis  that  such  health
care   practitioner   performed,   recommended,  or  provided  any  such
reproductive health services or gender-affirming care for a patient  who
resides in a state wherein the performance, recommendation, or provision
of  such  reproductive  health  services  or  gender-affirming  care  is
illegal.
3. Nothing in this section shall be construed to expand the  scope  of
practice  of any individual licensed, certified or authorized under this
title, nor does this section give any such individual the  authority  to
act outside their scope of practice, as defined in this title.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 131-A - Definitions of Professional Misconduct Applicable to Physicians, Physician's Assistants and Specialist's Assistants › 6531-A - Additional Definition of Professional Misconduct; Mental Health Professionals.

§  6531-a.  Additional  definition  of professional misconduct; mental
  health professionals. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section:
a.  "Mental  health  professional"  means  a  person  subject  to  the
  provisions of article one hundred thirty-one of this title.
b.  "Sexual  orientation  change  efforts" (i) means any practice by a
  mental health professional that seeks to change an  individual's  sexual
  orientation, including, but not limited to, efforts to change behaviors,
  gender identity, or gender expressions, or to eliminate or reduce sexual
  or romantic attractions or feelings towards individuals of the same sex;
  and (ii) shall not include counseling for a person seeking to transition
  from  one  gender  to  another,  or  psychotherapies  that:  (A) provide
  acceptance, support and understanding of patients or the facilitation of
  patients'  coping,  social  support,  and   identity   exploration   and
  development,   including  sexual  orientation-neutral  interventions  to
  prevent or address unlawful conduct or unsafe sexual practices; and  (B)
  do not seek to change sexual orientation.
2.   It   shall   be  professional  misconduct  for  a  mental  health
  professional to engage in sexual orientation  change  efforts  upon  any
  patient  under  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  and  any  mental  health
  professional found  guilty  of  such  misconduct  under  the  procedures
  prescribed  in title two-A of article two of the public health law shall
  be subject to the penalties prescribed in section two  hundred  thirty-a
  of  the  public  health  law, as added by chapter six hundred six of the
  laws of nineteen hundred ninety-one.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 131-A - Definitions of Professional Misconduct Applicable to Physicians, Physician's Assistants and Specialist's Assistants › 6532 - Enforcement, Administration and Interpretation of This Article.

§ 6532. Enforcement,   administration   and   interpretation  of  this
  article.  The board of professional medical conduct and  the  department
  of  health  shall enforce, administer and interpret this article. Before
  issuing a declaratory ruling pursuant to section two hundred four of the
  state administrative procedure act with respect  to  this  article,  the
  department  of  health  shall  fully  consult  with  the  department  of
  education. Neither the commissioner of education, the board  of  regents
  nor  the  commissioner of health may promulgate any rules or regulations
  concerning this article.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 131-B - Physician Assistants › 6540 - Definitions.

§ 6540. Definitions.  As used in this article: 1. Physician assistant.
  The term "physician assistant" means a  person  who  is  licensed  as  a
  physician assistant pursuant to this article.
2.  Physician.  The  term "physician" means a practitioner of medicine
  licensed to practice medicine pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one
  of this chapter.
3. Approved program. The term "approved program" means a  program  for
  the  education  of physician assistants which has been formerly approved
  by the department.
4. Hospital. The term "hospital"  means  an  institution  or  facility
  possessing  a  valid  operating  certificate  issued pursuant to article
  twenty-eight of the public health law and authorized to employ physician
  assistants in accordance with rules and regulations of the public health
  and health planning council.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 131-B - Physician Assistants › 6541 - Requirements for a License.

§ 6541. Requirements  for  license.  1.  To qualify for a license as a
physician assistant, each person shall pay a fee of one hundred  fifteen
dollars  to  the  department  for  admission  to  a department conducted
examination, a fee of forty-five dollars for each  reexamination  and  a
fee  of  seventy  dollars  for  persons  not  requiring  admission  to a
department conducted examination  and  shall  also  submit  satisfactory
evidence, verified by oath or affirmation, that he or she:
(a) at the time of application is at least twenty-one years of age;
(b) is of good moral character;
(c)  has  received  an  education including a bachelor's or equivalent
degree in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
(d) has satisfactorily completed an approved program for the  training
of  physician  assistants.  The  approved  program  for  the training of
physician  assistants  shall  include  not  less  than  forty  weeks  of
supervised  clinical  training  and thirty-two credit hours of classroom
work.   Applicants for a license  as  a  physician  assistant  who  have
completed  an  approved  program  leading  to  a  bachelor's  degree  or
equivalent in physician  assistant  studies  shall  be  deemed  to  have
satisfied  this  paragraph.  The  commissioner is empowered to determine
whether an applicant possesses equivalent education and  training,  such
as  experience as a nurse or military corpsman, which may be accepted in
lieu of all or part of an approved program; and
(e) in the  case  of  an  applicant  for  a  license  as  a  physician
assistant,  has obtained a passing score on an examination acceptable to
the department.
2. The department shall furnish to each person applying for a  license
pursuant   to   this  section  an  application  form  calling  for  such
information as the department deems necessary and shall  issue  to  each
applicant  who  satisfies  the  requirements  of subdivision one of this
section a license as a  physician  assistant  in  a  particular  medical
specialty  for  the  period  expiring December thirty-first of the first
odd-numbered  year  terminating  subsequent  to  the  issuance  of  such
license.
3.  Every  licensee shall apply to the department for a renewal of his
or her license. The department shall mail to  every  licensed  physician
assistant  an  application form for renewal, addressed to the licensee's
post office address on file with the department. Upon  receipt  of  such
application  properly  executed,  together with evidence of satisfactory
completion  of  such  continuing  education  requirements  as   may   be
established   by   the   commissioner  of  health  pursuant  to  section
thirty-seven hundred one of the public health law, the department  shall
issue  a renewal. Renewal periods shall be triennial and the renewal fee
shall be forty-five dollars.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 131-B - Physician Assistants › 6542 - Performance of Medical Services.

§  6542. Performance of medical services. 1. Notwithstanding any other
  provision of law, a physician assistant may  perform  medical  services,
  but  only  when  under the supervision of a physician and only when such
  acts and duties as are assigned to him or her are within  the  scope  of
  practice of such supervising physician.
2.  Supervision  shall  be  continuous  but  shall not be construed as
  necessarily requiring the physical presence of the supervising physician
  at the time and place where such services are performed.
3. No physician shall employ or supervise  more  than  four  physician
  assistants in his or her private practice.
4.  Nothing  in  this article shall prohibit a hospital from employing
  physician assistants provided they  work  under  the  supervision  of  a
  physician  designated  by  the  hospital  and  not  beyond  the scope of
  practice of such physician.  The  numerical  limitation  of  subdivision
  three  of  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  services performed in a
  hospital.
5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, nothing  shall
  prohibit a physician employed by or rendering services to the department
  of corrections and community supervision under contract from supervising
  no  more  than  six  physician assistants in his or her practice for the
  department of corrections and community supervision.
6. Notwithstanding any  other  provision  of  law,  a  trainee  in  an
  approved  program  may  perform  medical services when such services are
  performed within the scope of such program.
7. Nothing in this article, or in article thirty-seven of  the  public
  health  law,  shall  be  construed  to authorize physician assistants to
  perform those specific functions and duties  specifically  delegated  by
  law  to  those persons licensed as allied health professionals under the
  public health law or this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 131-B - Physician Assistants › 6545 - Emergency Services Rendered by Physician Assistant.

§    6545. Emergency   services   rendered   by  physician  assistant.
  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any  general,  special  or
  local  law,  any physician assistant properly licensed in this state 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 medical 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 physician assistant. Nothing in this
  section shall be deemed or construed to  relieve  a  licensed  physician
  assistant  from liability for damages for injuries or death caused by an
  act or omission on the part of a  physician  assistant  while  rendering
  professional  services  in  the normal and ordinary course of his or her
  practice.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 131-B - Physician Assistants › 6546 - Limited Permits.

§   6546. Limited permits. Permits limited as to eligibility, practice
  and duration, shall be issued by the department to eligible  applicants,
  as follows:
1.  Eligibility. A person who fulfills all requirements to be licensed
  as a physician assistant except that relating to the  examination  shall
  be eligible for a limited permit.
2. Limit of practice. A permittee shall be authorized to practice as a
  physician assistant only under the direct supervision of a physician.
3.  Duration.  A limited permit shall expire one year from the date of
  issuance or upon notice to the permittee  by  the  department  that  the
  application  for  a  license  has been denied. A limited permit shall be
  extended upon application for one additional  year,  provided  that  the
  permittee's  request  for  such extension is endorsed by a physician who
  either has supervised or will supervise the permittee, except that  such
  extension  may  be  denied  by  the  department for cause which shall be
  stated in writing. If  the  permittee  is  awaiting  the  results  of  a
  licensing  examination  at  the  time  such limited permit expires, such
  permit shall continue to be valid until ten days after  notification  to
  the permittee of the result of such examination.
4.  Fees.  The  fee  for each limited permit shall be one hundred five
  dollars.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 131-C - Specialist Assistants › 6547 - Definitions.

§ 6547. Definitions. As used in this article:
1.  Specialist  assistant.  The  term  "specialist  assistant" means a
  person who is registered  pursuant  to  this  article  as  a  specialist
  assistant  for  a particular medical specialty as defined by regulations
  promulgated  by  the  commissioner  of  health   pursuant   to   section
  thirty-seven hundred eleven of the public health law.
2.  Physician.  The  term "physician" means a practitioner of medicine
  licensed to practice medicine pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one
  of this chapter.
3. Approved program. The term "approved program" means a  program  for
  the  education  of  specialist assistants which has been approved by the
  department.
4. Hospital. The term "hospital"  means  an  institution  or  facility
  possessing  a  valid  operating  certificate  issued pursuant to article
  twenty-eight  of  the  public  health  law  and  authorized  to   employ
  specialist  assistants  in  accordance with rules and regulations of the
  public health and health planning council.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 131-C - Specialist Assistants › 6548 - Registration.

§  6548.  Registration. 1. To qualify for registration as a specialist
assistant, each person shall pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to
the department for admission to a department  conducted  examination,  a
fee  of  forty-five  dollars for each reexamination and a fee of seventy
dollars for persons not requiring admission to  a  department  conducted
examination  and  shall  also  submit satisfactory evidence, verified by
oath or affirmation, that he or she:
(a) at the time of application is at least twenty-one years of age;
(b) is of good moral character;
(c) has successfully completed  a  four-year  course  of  study  in  a
secondary  school  approved  by  the  board  of regents or has passed an
equivalency test; and
(d) has satisfactorily completed an approved program for the  training
of specialist assistants.
2.   The   department  shall  furnish  to  each  person  applying  for
registration hereunder an application form calling for such  information
as  the department deems necessary and shall issue to each applicant who
satisfies  the  requirements  of  subdivision  one  of  this  section  a
certificate  of  registration  as  specialist  assistant in a particular
medical specialty for the period expiring December thirty-first  of  the
first odd-numbered year terminating subsequent to such registration.
3. Every registrant shall apply to the department for a certificate of
registration.  The  department shall mail to every registered specialist
assistant  an  application  form  for  registration,  addressed  to  the
registrant's  post  office  address  on  file  with the department. Upon
receipt of such application properly executed, together with evidence of
satisfactory completion of such continuing education requirements as may
be established  by  the  commissioner  of  health  pursuant  to  section
thirty-seven  hundred  eleven  of  the public health law, the department
shall issue a certificate of registration. Registration periods shall be
triennial and the registration fee shall be forty-five dollars.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 131-C - Specialist Assistants › 6549 - Performance of Medical Services.

§  6549. Performance of medical services. 1. Notwithstanding any other
  provision of law, a specialist assistant may perform  medical  services,
  but  only  when  under the supervision of a physician and only when such
  acts and duties as are assigned  to  him  or  her  are  related  to  the
  designated  medical speciality for which he or she is registered and are
  within the scope of practice of his or her supervising physician.
2. Supervision shall be continuous  but  shall  not  be  construed  as
  necessarily requiring the physical presence of the supervising physician
  at the time and place where such services are performed.
3.  No  physician  shall  employ or supervise more than two specialist
  assistants in his or her private practice.
4. Nothing in this article shall prohibit a  hospital  from  employing
  specialist  assistants  provided  they  work  under the supervision of a
  physician designated by  the  hospital  and  not  beyond  the  scope  of
  practice  of  such  physician.  The  numerical limitation of subdivision
  three of this section  shall  not  apply  to  services  performed  in  a
  hospital.
5.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, nothing shall
  prohibit a physician employed by or rendering services to the department
  of correctional services under contract from supervising  no  more  than
  four  specialist assistants in his or her practice for the department of
  corrections and community supervision.
6. Notwithstanding any  other  provision  of  law,  a  trainee  in  an
  approved  program  may  perform  medical services when such services are
  performed within the scope of such program.
7. Nothing in this article or in article thirty-seven-A of the  public
  health  law,  shall  be  construed to authorize specialist assistants to
  perform those specific functions and duties  specifically  delegated  by
  law  to  those persons licensed as allied health professionals under the
  public health law or this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 131-C - Specialist Assistants › 6549-A - Construction.

§  6549-a.  Construction.  Only  a  person  registered as a specialist
  assistant by the department may use  the  title  "registered  specialist
  assistant" or the letters "R.S.A." after his or her name.