New York A 5238: Relates to limited permits to practice medicine

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A05238 Summary:

BILL NOA05238 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORReyes

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §6525, Ed L

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Provides that limited permits to practice medicine may be renewed biennially; expands the types of facilities where permitees may practice; authorizes permits to be renewed at the discretion of the department of education; provides that such department shall not deny a limited permit based solely on the previous number of authorizations of such permits issued to the applicant.

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BILL NOA05238 

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02/12/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5238

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 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, a prison, a school, or a university;
 9 (c) a community health center or federally qualified health center; or
 10 (d) a private office or clinic with at least four practicing supervis-
 11 ing licensed physicians, operating on a two to one supervision ratio of
 12 two permittees per physician.
 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] Permits may be renewed at the discretion of the depart-
 16 ment, provided, however, that the department shall not deny a limited
 17 permit based solely on the previous number of authorizations that the
 18 department has issued to the applicant.
 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07986-01-5

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