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NY A00183
Bill
Status
1/5/2011
Primary Sponsor
Kevin Cahill
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AI Summary
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Amends New York Education Law to prohibit denial of professional licenses, certificates, limited permits, or registrations based on lack of citizenship or immigration status, except for applicants unlawfully present in the United States or ineligible under federal law.
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Removes citizenship and permanent residence requirements from licensing provisions for 13 professions including medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, engineering, veterinary medicine, chiropractic, landscape architecture, massage therapy, and others.
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Eliminates special waivers and extensions previously available to foreign-trained physicians, dentists, and veterinarians in medically underserved areas and counties with professional shortages.
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Takes effect immediately upon enactment.
Legislative Description
Eliminates the licensure requirement of citizenship or permanent residence where such requirement presently exists in the professions of certified shorthand reporting, chiropractic, dental hygiene and dentistry, landscape architecture, land surveying, massage, medicine, midwifery, pharmacy, professional engineering, veterinary medicine and veterinary technology.
Last Action
referred to higher education
1/5/2011