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

 

TO:	Higher Education and Professional Practice
FROM:	Johanna Duncan-Poitier
SUBJECT:	Addendum to HE&PP (CA)5 – Licensing Petitions
DATE:	September 6, 2006
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?

 

Reason(s) for Consideration

 

Required by State statute.
         
Proposed Handling

 

The question will come before the Higher Education and Professional Practice Committee at its September 2006 meeting where it will be voted on and action taken. It will then come before the Full Board at its September 2006 meeting for final action.

 

Procedural History

 

Section 6506(5) of the Education Law and Part 24.7 of the Rules of the Board of Regents authorizes the Regents to waive education, experience and examination requirements for a professional license.

 

Background Information

 

Section 6805(6) of the Education Law, effective until October 1, 2006, allows the Board of Regents to grant a one-time three-year waiver for an alien pharmacist to practice in New York State if all other licensure requirements are satisfied. Attached is a licensing petition for eight such applicants for review and approval. Additional applicants will satisfy the licensure requirements for the three-year waiver by September 30, 2006; however, the Board of Regents will not convene again until October 23, 2006. The attached petition includes, for review and approval, a provision for the Department to issue through September 30, 2006 a limited license for a maximum for three years to practice pharmacy in New York State to every applicant that the Department has determined satisfies all pharmacy licensure requirements other than citizenship by that date.

 

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 Profession’s recommendations will be effective September 12, 2006.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Committee on the Professions

Summary of Applications

Committee on the Professions:  September 6, 2006    Board of Regents:  September 12, 2006

 

THREE-YEAR LIMITED LICENSE IN PHARMACY

 

Petition for: Three-year limited license to practice pharmacy under Section 6805(6) of the Education Law.

 

Statement of Problem:

 

The applicants listed below have met the education, examination and experience requirements for licensure as a pharmacist 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. Each applicant also has a pending application for full pharmacy licensure, which cannot be granted until he/she satisfies the citizenship or permanent residency requirement.

 

Additional applicants will satisfy the licensure requirements for the three-year waiver of the citizenship requirement by September 30, 2006; however, the Board of Regents will not convene again until October 23, 2006. Department staff and the Executive Secretary of the State Board of Pharmacy recommend that the Board of Regents grant the Department authority to issue through September 30, 2006 a limited license for a maximum of three years to practice pharmacy in New York State to every applicant that the Department determines satisfies all pharmacy licensure requirements other than citizenship by that date.

 

Applicable Guidelines:

 

Section 6805(6) of Education Law relates to the requirement of United States citizenship or permanent resident status for licensure as a pharmacist in New York State and allows the Board of Regents, effective until October 1, 2006, to grant a one-time three-year waiver (plus an extension of not more than one year) for an alien pharmacist to practice in New York State if all other licensure requirements are satisfied.

 

 

ACTION: The Department shall issue a limited license for a maximum of three years to practice pharmacy in New York State to each applicant listed above, conditional upon approval by the Department of all documentation needed to verify satisfaction of all pharmacy licensure requirements other than citizenship. Further, the Department shall issue a limited license for a maximum of three years to practice pharmacy in New York State to every additional applicant that the Department determines satisfies all pharmacy licensure requirements other than citizenship by September 30, 2006. The limited license may be renewed, if appropriate, for one year.