New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter B - Regulation of Professions › Part 59 - General Provisions › Section 59.2 - Education requirements

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) An
				  applicant for a professional license shall satisfy all education requirements
				  before being admitted to a professional licensing examination, except that the
				  department may accept professional examination grades earned in another state
				  or jurisdiction of the United States prior to completion of professional
				  education if the applicant was licensed in that jurisdiction on the basis of
				  said examination and both the grades and the examination satisfy requirements
				  in this State. Education requirements for a professional license shall include
				  any preprofessional education or experience required as a prerequisite for
				  admission to a registered program of professional education. The department, in
				  its discretion, may accept in satisfaction of a professional education
				  requirement, the completion of an approved or registered program or a program
				  accredited by a professional accreditation organization acceptable to the
				  department. The department, in its discretion, may also accept graduation by a
				  transfer student from such a program, provided such student has completed not
				  less than the final year of professional education in such program subsequent
				  to the date of approval, registration or accreditation of the program and
				  approval of the accrediting organization by the department. The department may
				  accept graduation by a transfer student from an unaccredited program of
				  professional education, provided such student satisfies the educational
				  requirements of statute and regulation in accordance with this Part and as
				  otherwise provided in this Subchapter with respect to the specific profession,
				  and further provided that such student completes not less than the final year
				  in the unaccredited program to which he has transferred.
(b) Education and experience required for the
				  issuance of a license or limited permit shall have been performed in accordance
				  with all requirements of the jurisdiction in which it took place. The
				  department may require contemporaneous evidence of the education and/or
				  experience required for the issuance of a license or limited permit.
(c) Applicants who seek to meet the education
				  requirement for licensure through programs that are not registered by the
				  department or accredited by a professional accreditation organization
				  acceptable to the department in accordance with this Subchapter, shall submit
				  adequate evidence of verification of his or her educational credentials by an
				  acceptable independent credentials verification organization, unless the
				  department determines that such credentials are verified by an acceptable
				  independent credentials verification organization through alternative means
				  prescribed in this Subchapter for a particular profession or no acceptable
				  independent credentials verification organization exists for the particular
				  profession. An acceptable independent credentials verification organization
				  shall mean an organization which the department determines is a reliable
				  verifier of educational credentials and meets requirements that include but are
				  not limited to the following: the organization is a verifier of educational
				  credentials of applicants for licensure in the particular profession, has
				  satisfactory procedures in place to ensure the accuracy of the information it
				  collects, has satisfactory recordkeeping and reporting procedures, and verifies
				  such credentials directly with the educational institution from which the
				  credential was earned. Any cost of such independent verification shall be the
				  responsibility of the applicant, pursuant to arrangements between the applicant
				  and the independent credentials verification organization, and shall not be
				  payable to the department. The verification of educational credentials by an
				  acceptable independent credentials verification organization for authenticity
				  purposes as prescribed in this subdivision shall not constitute a determination
				  by the department that the licensure requirements have been met.