New York A 10753: Expands how applicants may qualify for a license to be a dentist

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A10753 Summary:

BILL NOA10753A

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SAME ASSAME AS S08401-B

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §6604, Ed L

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Expands how applicants may qualify for a license to be a dentist to include postdoctoral specialty programs and advanced education programs in general dentistry.

Go to top A10753 Actions:

BILL NOA10753A

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03/27/2026referred to higher education

05/27/2026amend and recommit to higher education

05/27/2026print number 10753a

06/02/2026reference changed to ways and means

06/04/2026reported referred to rules

06/04/2026reported 

06/04/2026rules report cal.510

06/04/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.510

06/04/2026substituted by s8401b

&nbspS08401 AMEND=B SEPULVEDA

&nbsp06/09/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

&nbsp03/17/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

&nbsp03/17/2026PRINT NUMBER 8401A

&nbsp04/21/20261ST REPORT CAL.770

&nbsp04/22/20262ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp04/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp05/27/2026AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8401B

&nbsp06/02/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/02/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp06/02/2026referred to ways and means

&nbsp06/04/2026substituted for a10753a

&nbsp06/04/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.510

&nbsp06/04/2026passed assembly

&nbsp06/04/2026returned to senate

Go to topA10753 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:06/04/2026AYE/NAY:28/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedRaAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeBrabenecExcused

DinowitzAyePalmesanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

MagnarelliAyeSmithAye

PaulinAyeJensenAye

Peoples-StokesAyeGandolfoAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:06/04/2026AYE/NAY:32/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyePalmesanoAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

BenedettoAyeWalshAye

WeprinAyeDeStefanoAye

RamosAyeManktelowAye

BraunsteinAyeSmullenAye

McDonaldAyeGiglioAye

RozicAyeSlaterAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAbsent

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAbsent

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesAye

HunterAye

SeptimoAye

HevesiAye

Go to topA10753 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA10753 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10753--A

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 27, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred 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 licensing requirements
 for prospective dentists

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 6604 of the education law,
 2 subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 613 of the laws of 2022 and subdivi-
 3 sion 4 as amended by chapter 76 of the laws of 2004, are amended to read
 4 as follows:
 5 (3) Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in
 6 accordance with the commissioner's regulations, provided that such expe-
 7 rience shall consist of satisfactory completion of a postdoctoral gener-
 8 al practice [or], specialty dental residency program or advanced educa-
 9 tion program in general dentistry, of at least one year's duration, or
 10 the first year of a multi-year postdoctoral specialty program, in a
 11 hospital or dental facility accredited for teaching purposes by a
 12 national accrediting body approved by the department, provided, further
 13 that any such residency program or advanced education program in general
 14 dentistry shall include a formal outcome assessment evaluation of the
 15 resident's or program participant's competence to practice dentistry
 16 acceptable to the department;
 17 (4) Examination: pass a written examination satisfactory to the board
 18 and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations. Applicants
 19 applying after the first year of a multi-year postdoctoral specialty
 20 program shall have also pa