Provides that limited permits to practice medicine may be renewed biennially; places no limit on the number of such renewals; expands the types of facilities where permitees may practice; removes discretion of the department of education.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8382
SPONSOR: Reyes TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to limited permits to
practice medicine
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To clarify areas of authorized practice and to ensure no limitations are
placed on the renewal of limited permits to practice medicine.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends the Education Law to outline areas of authorized prac-
tice, the duration of limited permits, and to ensure no limitations are
placed on their biennial renewal.
Section 2 states the effective. date.
JUSTIFICATION:
According to the Migration Policy Institute there are 12,300 under- or
unemployed internationally trained immigrants and refugees with a bach-
elor's degree or higher in health across New York State. With a shortage
of doctors within New York State, international medical graduates exist
as an untapped supply for our health workforce. Limited medical
permits, the only permit to practice available to foreign health work-
ers, last for two years with renewal at the discretion of the depart-
ment. This bill would ensure no limitations are placed on the renewal of
limited permits to practice medicine.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
TBD
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediate
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8382
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
December 13, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to limited permits to
practice medicine
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 6525 of the education law,
2 as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, are amended to read as
3 follows:
4 2. Limit of practice. A permittee shall be authorized to practice
5 medicine only under the supervision of a licensed physician and only in:
6 (a) a public, voluntary, or proprietary hospital;
7 (b) a patient care facility operated by or for any federally recog-
8 nized American Indian tribe, the Indian health service, the United
9 States veterans' administration, a prison, a school, or a university;
10 (c) a community health center or federally qualified health center; or
11 (d) a private office or clinic where a supervising licensed physician
12 practices and that is not a pain management clinic.
13 3. Duration. A limited permit shall be valid for two years and may be
14 renewed biennially. [It may be renewed biennially at the discretion of
15 the department.] No limitation shall be placed on the number of renewals
16 that may be issued.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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