New York A 10846: Relates to temporarily admitting certain attorneys graduating from law school or taking the bar exam during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency

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A10846 Summary:

BILL NOA10846 

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SAME ASSAME AS S09510

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SPONSORGonzalez-Rojas

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§6512, 6513, 6514, 6515 & 6516, Ed L

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Provides that neither the unauthorized or unlicensed practice of massage therapy, nor aiding or abetting of unauthorized or unlicensed practice of massage therapy, shall be deemed as the crime of unauthorized practice.

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BILL NOA10846 

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04/06/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10846

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 6, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the unauthorized or
 unlicensed practice of massage therapy

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 6512 of the education law, as
 2 amended by chapter 644 of the laws of 1979, is amended and a new subdi-
 3 vision 3 is added to read as follows:
 4 1. Anyone not authorized to practice under this title who practices or
 5 offers to practice or holds [himself] themselves out as being able to
 6 practice in any profession in which a license is a prerequisite to the
 7 practice of the acts, or who practices any profession as an exempt
 8 person during the time when [his] their professional license is
 9 suspended, revoked or annulled, or who aids or abets an unlicensed
 10 person to practice a profession, or who fraudulently sells, files,
 11 furnishes, obtains, or who attempts fraudulently to sell, file, furnish
 12 or obtain any diploma, license, record or permit purporting to authorize
 13 the practice of a profession, shall be guilty of a class E felony.
 14 3. Neither the unauthorized or unlicensed practice of massage therapy
 15 under article one hundred fifty-five of this title, nor the aiding or
 16 abetting of unauthorized or unlicensed practice of massage therapy under
 17 article one hundred fifty-five of this title, shall be a violation of
 18 this section.
 19 § 2. Section 6513 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 20 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
 21 3. Neither the unauthorized or unlicensed practice of massage therapy
 22 under article one hundred fifty-five of this title, nor the aiding or
 23 abetting of unauthorized or unlicensed practice of massage therapy under
 24 article one hundred fifty-five of this title, shall be a violation of
 25 this section. Neither the unauthorized or unlicensed use of the titles
 26 "masseur," "masseuse," or "massage therapist" prohibited in section
 27 seventy-eight hundred two of this title, nor the description, advertise-
 28 ment, or placement of an advertisement of services defined in section

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08623-01-5

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 1 seventy-eight hundred one of this title where the services are performed
 2 by someone unauthorized or unlicensed to practice such services, prohib-
 3 ited by section seventy-eight hundred two of this title, shall be a
 4 violation of this section.
 5 § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 6514 of the education law, as amended by
 6 chapter 257 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
 7 2. The attorney general shall prosecute such alleged offenses in the
 8 name of the state[, provided, however, in the event of alleged
 9 violations of article one hundred fifty-five of this title, a district
 10 attorney may prosecute such alleged offenses in the name of the state
 11 provided, however, that any district attorney may prosecute such
 12 offenses where they are incidental to a criminal prosecution instituted
 13 by him under other statutes].
 14 § 4. Section 6515 of the education law, as amended by chapter 615 of
 15 the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
 16 § 6515. Restraint of unlawful acts. Where a violation of this title is
 17 alleged to have occurred, the attorney general[,] or the department [or,
 18 in the event of