Meeting of the Board of Regents | January 2008

THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234

 

TO:
FROM:	Frank Muñoz
SUBJECT:	Report of the Committee on the Professions Regarding Licensing Petitions
DATE:	December 20, 2007
STRATEGIC GOAL:	Goal 3
AUTHORIZATION(S):

 

SUMMARY

 

Issue for Decision (Consent Agenda)

 

Should the Regents approve the recommendations of the Committee on the Professions pertaining to licensing petitions as listed on the attachment?

 

Proposed Handling

 

This question will come before the Higher Education and Professional Practice Committee at its January meeting where it will be voted on and action taken.  It will then come before the full Board at its January meeting for final action.

 

Procedural History

 

Section 6506(5) of the Education Law and Section 24.7 of the Rules of the Board of Regents authorize the Regents to waive education, experience and examination requirements for a professional license as well as to confer the degree Doctor of Medicine.

 

Background Information

 

There are 4 licensing petitions and 8 requests for the conferral of the degree Doctor of Medicine for review and approval.

 

Recommendation

 

It is recommended that the Regents approve the recommendations of the Committee on the Professions regarding licensing petitions.

 

Timetable for Implementation

 

Approval of the Committee on the Professions’ recommendations will be effective January 15, 2008.

Cases Presented to Board of Regents on:  January 15, 2008                                                                                 SUMMARY REPORT
PROFESSION	EDUCATION			EXAMINATION		Experience	Confer Degree Doctor of Medicine	Three-Year Limited License
	Pre-Professional	Professional	Post-Graduate	Proficiency	Licensing
Architecture					08-01-03 to 08-03-03
Veterinary Medicine								08-01-74
OTHER:						Total for fiscal year to date:           246   Total for calendar year to date:        12

 

Board of Regents:  January 15, 2008

 

ARCHITECTURE

 

Petition for:  Waiver of New York State requirements pertaining to acceptability of licensing examinations for licensure by endorsement.

 

Summary Statement:  The petitioners listed below are all graduates of professionally accredited architecture programs who have applied for licensure in New York.  All have achieved, at a minimum, a Bachelor of Architecture degree.  All petitioners have substantial documented licensed experience in other states.

 

              Prior to 1983, certain states did not require the Equivalency Examination (EE) or the Qualifying Test (QT) if a candidate had a degree from an accredited architecture program, and granted licensure upon passage of the Professional Examination (PE).  Prior to 1975, most states recognized the Examination Syllabus (ES).  The petitioners passed either the national Professional Examination (PE) given prior to 1983, or portions of the national Examination Syllabus (ES) given prior to 1975.  Prior to 1983, New York State required passage of the Equivalency Examination (EE), or passage of the Qualifying Test (QT) in addition to passage of the national Professional Examination.  Each of the petitioners satisfied the examination requirement in his/her initial state of licensure by passing an acceptable licensing examination and attained licensure in that state.

 

              Section 7304(4) of Education Law and Section 69.3 of the Commissioner’s Regulations require for endorsement that “… an architect licensed in another state or jurisdiction as the result of successful completion of only the professional examination in use before 1983 may be granted licensure upon presentation of evidence of two years of work experience of a grade and character satisfactory to the State Board for Architecture and passage of a practical examination satisfactory to the State Board for Architecture …”

 

              Each petitioner satisfied the examination requirement in his/her initial state of licensure and has extensive professional practice satisfactory to the State Board.  Since the above information illustrates evidence of competence within the profession, and in lieu of the practical examination, the Executive Secretary of the State Board for Architecture recommends that the examination requirement be considered satisfied and each applicant’s licensure in another state be accepted for endorsement in New York State.

 

NAME OF PETITIONER	LICENSURE
08-01-03 Richard Falk Gipstein Mystic, CT 06355	Connecticut, initially licensed 9/1982; also licensed in Rhode Island.
08-02-03 Michael P. Landry Marietta, GA 30064	Louisiana, licensed 1983 – 1997; Georgia, licensed 1988 – 6/2007; and Florida, licensed 1994.
08-03-03 Carl David Roehling Birmingham, MI 48009	Michigan, initially licensed 11/1977; also licensed in Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, Mississippi, and Wisconsin.

 

Recommendation:  The Committee on the Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the State Board for Architecture, recommends that each applicant’s licensing examination requirement be considered satisfied for licensure through the endorsement route.

Board of Regents:  January 15, 2008

 

 

Petition for:  Three-year limited license to practice veterinary medicine under Section 6704(6) of the Education Law.

 

Statement of Problem: The applicant listed below has met the education and examination requirements for licensure as veterinarians in New York State. The only requirement for full licensure that cannot be satisfied at this time is United States citizenship or immigration status as an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States.

 

              The applicant also has a pending application for full veterinary medical licensure, which cannot be granted until he satisfies the citizenship or permanent residency requirement.

 

Applicable Guidelines: Section 6704(6) of Education Law relates to the requirement of United States citizenship or permanent resident status for licensure as a veterinarian in New York State and allows the Board of Regents to grant a one-time three-year waiver (plus an extension of not more than one year) for an alien veterinarian to practice in New York State if all other licensure requirements are satisfied.

 

Name of Petitioner

08-01-74 Shingo Soeda Astoria, NY 11103-1639

 

ACTION: The Department shall issue a limited license for a maximum of three years to practice veterinary medicine in New York State to the applicant, conditional upon approval by the Department of all documentation needed to verify satisfaction of all veterinary medicine licensure requirements other than citizenship. The limited license may be renewed upon the lawful submission of an application for an extension of not more than one year, at the discretion of the Department.

Board of Regents:  January 15, 2008

 

MEDICINE

 

Petition for: Conferral of the degree Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) pursuant to Section 6529 of the Education Law.

 

Summary Statement: The petitioners listed below are all graduates of foreign medical schools who have been licensed in New York.

 

              The applicable requirements of Section 3.57 of the Rules of the Board of Regents require completion of a medical education program in a foreign medical school satisfactory to the Department which does not grant the degree Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), and in which the philosophy and curriculum were equivalent, as determined by the Department in accordance with the policy of the Board of Regents, to those in programs leading to the degree Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) at medical schools in the United States satisfactory to, or registered by, the Board of Regents and the Department.  Secondly, petitioners must have licensure to practice medicine in New York State in accordance with provisions of Section 6524 or 6528 of the Education Law or their equivalent as determined by the Board of Regents pursuant to their authority under Section 6506 of the Education Law.

 

 

NAME OF PETITIONER	QUALIFICATIONS
08-01-60C Nedrana Boutte New Iberia, LA 70560	Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, Physician & Surgeon, 12/1/01. License #246404, issued on 10/4/07.
08-02-60C Lwin Cho Elmhurst, NY 11373	(1) Institute of Medicine I, Yangon, Myanmar, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 10/21/00. (2) License #240650, issued on 6/21/06.
08-03-60C Tatyana Gabinsky Brooklyn, NY 1228	Pediatric Medical Institute, Leningrad, Russia, Physician, 6/29/78. License #203607, issued on 7/2/96.
08-04-60C Aung Oo Elmhurst, NY 11373	(1) Institute of Medicine I, Yangon, Myanmar, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 1/14/95. (2) License #240789, issued on 6/27/06.
08-05-60C Victor Sharobeem Dayton, NJ 08810	(1) University of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 12/1/73. (2) License #183484, issued on 8/10/90.
08-06-60C Ashraf Toma Massapequa Park, NY 11762	(1) University of Tanta, Tanta, Egypt, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 11/1/88. (2) License #221350, issued on 6/6/01.

 

08-07-60C Hugo Velarde-Lasso Bellmore, NY 11710	(1) Central University of Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, Physician & Surgeon, 8/14/86. (2) License #226893, issued on 11/15/02.
08-08-60C Robert Yohannan Albertson, NY 11507	(1) University of West Indies, Champs Fleurs, Trinidad, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 2/1/00. (2) License #229388, issued on 7/29/03.

 

RECOMMENDATION: The Committee on the Professions, in concurrence with the State Board for Medicine, recommends that the petitioners be awarded the degree Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) in accordance with provisions of Section 6529 of the Education Law.