New York S 9223: Relates to mandatory continuing education requirements for acupuncturists

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S09223 Summary:

BILL NOS09223 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10187

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SPONSORLIU

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §8217, Ed L

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Requires acupuncturists registered with the state to complete 45 hours of mandatory continuing education requirements every registration period; specifies acceptable courses of continuing education; provides exceptions.

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BILL NOS09223 

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02/17/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

05/05/20261ST REPORT CAL.925

05/06/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/07/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/12/2026PASSED SENATE

05/12/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/12/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9223

 IN SENATE

 February 17, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. LIU -- 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 mandatory continuing
 education requirements for acupuncturists

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 8217
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 8217. Mandatory continuing education for acupuncturists. (1) (a)
 4 Each acupuncturist licensed pursuant to this title, required to register
 5 triennially with the department to practice in this state, shall comply
 6 with the provisions of the mandatory continuing education requirements
 7 of this section, except as set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this
 8 subdivision. A licensee who does not satisfy such requirements shall not
 9 practice until the licensee has met such requirements and has been
 10 issued a registration or conditional registration certificate.
 11 (b) Licensees shall be exempt from the mandatory continuing education
 12 requirement for the triennial registration period during which they are
 13 first licensed. In accordance with the intent of this section, adjust-
 14 ments to the mandatory continuing education requirement may be granted
 15 by the department for reasons of health, certified by an appropriate
 16 health care professional, for extended active duty with the armed forces
 17 of the United States, or for other good cause acceptable to the depart-
 18 ment which may prevent compliance.
 19 (c) A licensed acupuncturist who is not engaged in the public practice
 20 of acupuncture, as an individual practitioner, a partner or shareholder
 21 of a professional entity, an employee of such practice units, or as
 22 otherwise determined by the department, shall be exempt from the manda-
 23 tory continuing education requirement upon the filing of a statement
 24 with the department declaring such status. Any licensee who returns to
 25 the public practice of acupuncture during the triennial registration
 26 period shall notify the department prior to reentering the profession
 27 and shall meet such mandatory continuing education requirements as shall
 28 be prescribed by regulation of the commissioner.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14719-01-6

 S. 9223 2

 1 (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed as enabling or author-
 2 izing the department or the state board for acupuncture to require or
 3 implement continuing competency testing or continued competency certif-
 4 ication for acupuncturists.
 5 (2) During each triennial registration period an applicant for regis-
 6 tration shall complete forty-five hours of acceptable formal continuing
 7 education, not less than fifteen hours in each year of such period. A
 8 licensee whose first registration date following the effective date of
 9 this section occurs less than three years from such effective date shall
 10 complete continuing education hours on a prorated basis at the rate of
 11 one and one-quarter hours per month for the period beginning with such
 12 effective date up to the first registration date thereafter. Continuing
 13 education hours taken during one triennium may not be carried over or
 14 otherwise