New York S 3966: Relates to requirements for licensure as a dentist

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S03966 Summary:

BILL NOS03966A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSTAVISKY

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COSPNSRFAHY, JACKSON, SCARCELLA-SPANTON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§6605 & 6604, Ed L

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Authorizes the use of approved programs at foreign dental schools to satisfy the experience requirement for licensure as a dentist.

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BILL NOS03966A

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01/31/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

04/11/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

04/11/2025PRINT NUMBER 3966A

05/13/20251ST REPORT CAL.1014

05/14/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/15/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

06/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/11/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3966--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 31, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. STAVISKY, FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requirements for
 licensure as a dentist

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 6605 of the education law, as
 2 amended by chapter 57 of the laws of 1999, is amended and two new subdi-
 3 visions 2-a and 6 are added to read as follows:
 4 2-a. (a) On recommendation of the board, the department may issue a
 5 limited permit to a dentist not licensed under this article to partic-
 6 ipate as a general practice dental preceptee in a preceptorship program
 7 under the supervision of a licensed dentist practicing in a federally
 8 qualified health care facility or similar facility that primarily serves
 9 an underserved population, and in doing so to practice dentistry as
 10 defined in this article, but only on the premises of such federally
 11 qualified health care facility or such similar facility as may be used
 12 to conduct the preceptorship program, provided such preceptee: (i) is
 13 licensed to practice dentistry in a jurisdiction outside of the United
 14 States and is not eligible to apply for licensure by endorsement pursu-
 15 ant to subdivision six of section sixty-five hundred six of the educa-
 16 tion law; (ii) has completed a preliminary competency examination in
 17 accordance with the commissioner's regulations; (iii) has a minimum of
 18 five years full-time dental practice experience or the equivalent there-
 19 of within the seven years immediately preceding the request for a limit-
 20 ed permit; and (iv) practices for the duration of the preceptorship
 21 program exclusively in a federally qualified health care facility or
 22 similar facility that primarily serves an underserved population.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06285-05-5

 S. 3966--A 2

 1 (b) A licensed preceptor dentist who supervises a preceptee pursuant
 2 to this subdivision shall have practiced for at least three years imme-
 3 diately preceding the assumption of a preceptorship and shall have under
 4 their supervision not more than one full-time preceptee nor more than
 5 two part-time preceptees.
 6 4. A limited permit under this section shall be valid for one year or
 7 until ten days after notification of denial of an application for
 8 license. A limited permit may be renewed for one year, except if the
 9 applicant is serving in a residency program in a hospital or school of
 10 dentistry or preceptorship program in a federally qualified health care
 11 facility or such similar facility in this state. A limited permit may be
 12 renewed annually for the duration of such residency program or precep-
 13 torship program. The fee for each limited permit and for each renewal
 14 shall be one hundred five dollars.
 15 6. A dentist that complies with the provisions of subdivision two or
 16 two-a of