Authorizes the provision of free spaying and neutering services in lieu of self-instructional course work for continuing education requirements for veterinarians with services provided in the office of a licensed veterinarian.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4449
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 20, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. BOYLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing free spaying
and neutering services in lieu of self-instructional course work for
continuing education requirements for veterinarians
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 6704-a of the education law, as
2 added by chapter 328 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
3 2. (a) During each triennial registration period an applicant for
4 registration shall complete a minimum of forty-five hours of acceptable
5 formal continuing education, a maximum of twenty-two and one-half hours
6 of which may be self-instructional coursework acceptable to the depart-
7 ment.
8 (i) Self-instructional coursework may include free spaying and neuter-
9 ing and other veterinary services in conjunction with a municipality,
10 duly incorporated not-for-profit society for the prevention of cruelty
11 to animals, duly incorporated humane society, or duly incorporated
12 animal protection association or persons who would otherwise be eligible
13 under paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section one hundred seven-
14 teen-a of the agriculture and markets law, provided that such services
15 be administered at practices, facilities and properties that are appro-
16 priately equipped and staffed to provide such services.
17 (ii) The department may offset up to three hours of the requisite
18 number of hours of continuing education required pursuant to this para-
19 graph by the number of free spaying and neutering services rendered by
20 an applicant, at a rate of one-half of one hour of continuing education
21 for each hour of free spaying and neutering services, provided that a
22 veterinarian shall be required to provide follow-up service for any
23 post-operative complications related to the surgery that arise within
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 twenty-four hours of performing the surgery, and shall also be required
2 to complete the core requirements established by the department.
3 (b) Any veterinarian whose first registration date following the
4 effective date of this section occurs less than three years from such
5 effective date, but on or after January first, two thousand twelve,
6 shall complete continuing education hours on a prorated basis at the
7 rate of one and one-quarter hours per month for the period beginning
8 January first, two thousand twelve up to the first registration date
9 thereafter. A licensee who has not satisfied the mandatory continuing
10 education requirements shall not be issued a triennial registration
11 certificate by the department and shall not practice unless and until a
12 conditional registration certificate is issued as provided in subdivi-
13 sion three of this section, or until he or she has otherwise met the
14 requirements of this section. The individual licensee shall determine
15 the selection of courses or programs of study pursuant to subdivision
16 four of this section.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
18 have become a law.
