|     THE STATE 
      EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY 
      OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234 | 
 
| TO: | The Honorable the Members of the Board of Regents | 
| FROM: | Johanna Duncan-Poitier | 
| COMMITTEE: | Full Board | 
| TITLE OF 
      ITEM: | Report of the Committee on the Professions Regarding Licensing Petitions | 
| DATE OF 
      SUBMISSION: | July 1, 2004 | 
| PROPOSED 
      HANDLING: | Approval (Consent Agenda) | 
| RATIONALE FOR 
      ITEM: | Section 6506(5) of Education Law and Part 24.7 of the Rules of the Board of Regents | 
| STRATEGIC 
      GOAL: | Goal 3 | 
| AUTHORIZATION(S): |   | 
 
SUMMARY:
 
Attached for your consideration and approval are recommendations of the Committee on the Professions pertaining to licensing petitions.
 
VOTED:
 
That the attached recommendations of the Committee on the Professions pertaining to the licensing petitions be approved.
|   Cases Presented to Board of Regents on:   July 21, 2004                                                                                 
      SUMMARY REPORT   | ||||||||
|   PROFESSION | EDUCATION | EXAMINATION |     Experience | Confer Degree Doctor of Medicine |     Three-Year Limited License | |||
| Pre-Professional | 
        Professional | Post-Graduate |   Proficiency |   Licensing | ||||
| Medicine | 
        | 
        | 
        | 
        
        | 04-51-60 | 04-51-60 | 04-63-60C to 04-101-60C | 
        | 
| Registered Professional Nursing | 
        | 04-02-22 | 
        | 
        | 
        | 
        | 
        | 
        | 
| Chiropractic | 04-04-70 
        | 
        | 
        | 
        | 04-04-70 | 
        | 
        | 
        | 
| Dental Hygiene | 
        
        | 
        | 
        | 
        | 
        | 
        | 
        | 04-01-51 | 
| Dentistry | 
        | 04-05-50 
        | 
        | 
        | 04-04-50 | 
        | 
        | 04-05-59 to 04-09-59 
        | 
| Optometry | 
        | 
        | 
        | 
        | 04-03-56 
        | 
        | 
        | 
        | 
| Veterinary Medicine | 
        | 
        | 
        | 
        | 04-07-75 | 
        | 
        | 04-13-74 to 04-20-74 | 
|   OTHER:       |   Total for 
      fiscal year to date:         
      133 
        Total for 
      calendar year to date:   
      199 | |||||||
 
 
04-02-22
Ella 
Abayeva
Apt. 4C  
83-30 
118th Street
Kew Gardens, NY 
11415-2345
 
 
(Tashkent City 
Medical Uchilische named for P. F. Borovsky, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Medical Nurse 
in Children's Institutions, 1980)
 
Petition 
for:  Acceptance 
of education.
 
Statement of 
Problem:  Ms. 
Abayeva completed a three-year professional nursing program leading to a diploma 
of Medical Nurse in Children's Institutions at the Tashkent City Medical 
Uchilische named for P. F. Borovsky in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in June 1980.  The diploma awarded to graduates of the 
school’s general nursing program is Medical Nurse.  Ms. Abayeva asks that her education be 
accepted as satisfying the educational requirements for 
licensure.
 
          
Section 6905 of New York State Education Law requires that applicants for 
nursing licensure in registered professional nursing must have received a 
diploma or degree in general nursing.  
Ms. Abayeva’s school of nursing sent the Department copies of its nursing 
curricula, listing courses and hours for both its general nursing program and 
its medical nurse in children's institutions nursing program.  Department staff have reviewed the 
specific courses for both programs and have determined that the general nursing 
study in both programs is substantially the same. The medical nurse in 
children's institutions program requires more total hours than the general 
program and includes additional hours in pediatric courses.  Staff recommend that her nursing 
education be considered equivalent to the general nursing education required in 
Commissioner's Regulations.
          
 
|   APPLICABLE 
      REQUIREMENTS: 
        |   QUALIFICATIONS: | 
| Section 6905 of New York State 
      Education Law and Section 64.1 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of 
      Education require:  | 
        | 
|   
      (1)  Graduation from a general nursing program of at least two 
      academic years in a country outside the United States that is satisfactory 
      to the Department and recognized by the licensing authorities of that 
      country as being preparation for practice as a registered professional 
      nurse. | (1)  Completed a three-year 
      nursing program leading to the diploma of Medical Nurse in Children's 
      Institutions at  the Tashkent City Medical 
      Uchilische  Named for P. F. Borovsky, Tashkent, 
       Uzbekistan, June 
      1980. 
        | 
|   
      (2) Satisfactory scores on the National Council Licensure 
      Examination. | (2)  | 
| (3) Evidence of the required 
      course in identification and reporting of child abuse and 
      maltreatment. | (3) | 
 
RECOMMENDATION:   The Committee on the 
Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the State Board for 
Nursing, recommends that the applicant’s petition for acceptance of her nursing 
education be approved.
 
04-04-50
Evanthia Lalla
5 Shaw Lane
Irvington, NY  10533
 
(Columbia University, New York, New York, Doctor 
of Dental Surgery, May 2000)
 
Petition for:  Acceptance of residency in lieu of 
Part III of the licensing examination.
 
Statement of Problem:  In 1993, Dr. Lalla graduated from the 
Aristotle University School of Dentistry in Greece and came to the United States 
to study at Columbia University in 1994.  
After earning a Master of Science degree in Periodontics in 1997, Dr. 
Lalla enrolled in the Doctor of Dental Surgery degree program at Columbia 
University and was awarded the D.D.S. degree in May 2000. She satisfies the 
preprofessional and professional education requirements for licensure in 
dentistry.  In 1999, Dr. Lalla 
passed Parts I and II of the examinations of the National Board of Dental 
Examiners.  In 2001 and 2002, she 
passed three of the four parts of the Northeast Regional Board Examination (Part 
III of the licensing examination).
 
Commissioner's Regulations allow substitution of 
an acceptable residency program in lieu of Part III of the licensing examination 
if the residency was completed within two years prior to application for 
licensure in New York State. The residency program must be at least one year in 
length in a hospital or dental facility accredited by the Commission on Dental 
Accreditation (CDA) of the American Dental Association. Dr. Lalla completed a 
three-year residency program in periodontics at Columbia University School of 
Dental and Oral Surgery in 1997. The Director of the Division of Periodontics at 
the time Dr. Lalla was in the residency confirms her successful completion of 
the residency. Ms. Lalla’s residency program satisfies the clinical requirements 
stated in Commissioner’s Regulations, but she did not complete the program 
within the specified two-year period prior to applying for licensure. 
 
The Dean of the Columbia University School of 
Dental and Oral Surgery states that Dr. Lalla joined the faculty of Columbia 
University as an Instructor in 1997, and was promoted to Assistant Professor in 
2000 and to Associate Professor in 2003.  
He also reports that Dr. Lalla is the principal investigator on two 
grants from the National Institute of Health/National Institute of Dental and 
Craniofacial Research and is a co-investigator on a third grant.  She has published papers in 
peer-reviewed medical and dental journals and been invited to speak at national 
and international dental and medical research meetings.  
 
The Dean reports that Dr. Lalla has excellent 
clinical skills and is a recognized expert in the area of periodontal surgery 
and implantology. 
 
          
Dr. Lalla asks that her residency in periodontics, completed in 1997, be 
accepted to satisfy the residency requirement in lieu of Part III of the 
licensing examination.  Based on the 
applicant's individual situation, the Executive Secretary of the State Board for 
Dentistry supports her request.
  
| APPLICABLE 
      REQUIREMENTS: | QUALIFICATIONS: | 
| Section 61 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education requires: | 
        | 
| (1) Not less than 60 semester hours of preprofessional education including courses in general chemistry, organic chemistry, biology or zoology, and physics. | (1) Aristotle University, Thessalonika Greece, 1987-93. | 
| (2) Four academic years of dental education culminating in a degree in an acceptable dental school. | (2)(a) Aristotle University, Thessalonika, Greece, 1987-93. (b) Columbia University, New York, New York, 1994-97, Master of Science in Periodontics, October 1997. (c) Columbia University, New York, New York, 1997-99, Doctor of Dental Surgery, May 2000. | 
| (3) Satisfactory scores on Parts I and II of the National Dental Board Examinations. | (3) Satisfactory scores on Parts I and II of the National Dental Board Examinations, 1999. | 
| (4) Satisfactory performance on the clinical examination administered by the Northeast Regional Board of Dental Examiners. | (4) See Statement of problem. | 
 
| APPLICABLE 
      REQUIREMENTS: | QUALIFICATIONS: | 
| Section 61 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education requires: | 
        | 
| (5) United States citizen or alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States. | (5) Permanent resident. | 
| (6) Evidence of the required course in the identification and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment. | (6) Completed the required course in the identification and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment. | 
 
RECOMMENDATION: The Committee on the Professions, in 
concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the State Board for Dentistry, 
recommends that Part III of the licensing examination be considered 
satisfied.
 
04-05-50
Brendan G. O'Connor
Apt. #202
7045 South Riverwood 
Boulevard
Franklin, WI 53132-8158
 
(Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, 
Ireland, Bachelor of Dental Surgery, July 1983)
 
Petition for:  Acceptance of 
education.
 
Statement of Problem:  Dr. O'Connor did not complete the 
two academic years of study required in an accredited dental school program 
culminating in certification that the applicant has achieved the level of 
knowledge and clinical proficiency expected of a graduate of that school.  Such study is required for applicants 
completing a program of dental education in an unregistered or unaccredited 
dental school.  
 
          
Dr. O'Connor was a resident in the 1984-85 Advanced Education in General 
Dentistry (AEGD) program at Eastman Dental Center, University of Rochester.  Dr. Hans Malmstrom, Program Director of 
the AEGD Program, writes that during Dr. O'Connor's residency, he played an 
important role in developing the two-year general dentistry program currently 
offered by the Eastman Dental Center and achieved the same level of clinical and 
didactic competence expected of a graduate of the current two-year 
program.
 
          
In October 1985, Dr. O'Connor returned to Queen's University of Belfast 
and in December 1990 earned the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, and 
Bachelor of Obstetrics degrees.   
In July 1998, he entered a residency in oral and maxillofacial surgery at 
the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, and successfully completed 
the residency in June 2002.
 
          
Dr. O'Connor asks that his one-year AEGD program, his subsequent degree 
in medicine, and his residency in oral-maxillofacial surgery at the University 
of Washington be accepted as the substantial equivalent of the two academic 
years of study in an accredited dental school program required of graduates of 
unregistered or unaccredited dental schools.  Based on the applicant's unique 
qualifications, the Executive Secretary of the State Board for Dentistry 
supports his petition.
 
| APPLICABLE 
      REQUIREMENTS: | QUALIFICATIONS: | 
| Section 61 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education requires: | 
        | 
| (1) Not less than 60 semester hours of preprofessional education including courses in general chemistry, organic chemistry, biology or zoology, and physics. | (1)(a) Queens University of Belfast, Belfast, Ireland, October 1977 to June 1979. 
        | 
| (2) Four academic years of dental education culminating in a degree in an acceptable dental school. | (2) Queen's University of Belfast, October 1979 to July 1983, culminating in the degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery, July 1983. | 
| (3) 
      Two academic years of study in an accredited dental school program 
      culminating in certification that the applicant has achieved the level of 
      knowledge and clinical proficiency expected of a graduate of that 
      school. | (3) | 
| (4) Satisfactory scores on Parts I and II of the National Dental Board Examinations. | (4) Acceptable scores on Part I (1985) and Part II (1985) of the National Dental Board Examinations. | 
| (5) Satisfactory performance on the clinical examination administered by the Northeast Regional Board of Dental Examiners. | (5) | 
| (6) United States citizen or alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States. | (6) Permanent resident. | 
| (7) Evidence of the required course in the identification and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment. | (7) Certificate of exemption on file. | 
 
RECOMMENDATION: The Committee on the Professions, in 
concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the State Board for Dentistry, 
recommends that the applicant's education be accepted. 
 
 
Petition for: Three-year limited license to practice 
Dental Hygiene under Section 6609(6) of the Education Law.
 
Statement of Problem: The applicant listed below has satisfied 
the education and examination requirements for licensure as a dental hygienist 
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 has an opportunity to practice dental hygiene in an area 
which has been designated a Federal Dental Health Professions Shortage Area and 
requests a three-year waiver of the citizenship requirement under Section 
6609(6) of the Education Law. Each applicant must sign an affidavit stating the 
exact location of the shortage area where he/she will practice before the 
three-year limited license will be issued.
 
Applicable Guidelines: Section 6609(6) of Education Law relates 
to the requirement of United States citizenship or permanent resident status for 
licensure as a dental hygienist in New York State and allows the Board of 
Regents to grant a one-time, three-year waiver of this requirement for an alien 
dental hygienist to practice in New York State if all other licensure 
requirements are satisfied and to grant an additional extension not to exceed 
six years to enable the alien to secure citizenship or permanent resident 
status, provided such status is being actively pursued.
 
| NAME OF 
      PETITIONER | 
| 04-01-51Magda Resto103-38 98th 
      Street Ozone Park, NY 
      11417 | 
 
ACTION: The Department shall issue a three-year 
limited license to practice dental hygiene in New York State in a Federal Dental 
Health Professions Shortage Area upon approval by the Department of all 
documentation needed to verify satisfaction of all dental hygiene licensure 
requirements other than citizenship and an acceptable Affidavit of Agreement on 
the applicant’s location of employment. The limited license may be renewed by 
the Department, if appropriate, for a maximum of six 
years.
 
 
Petition for: Three-year limited license to practice 
Dentistry under Section 6604(6) of the Education Law.
 
Statement of Problem: The applicants listed below have satisfied 
the education and examination requirements for licensure as a dentist 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 has an opportunity to practice dentistry in an area which 
has been designated a Federal Dental Health Professions Shortage Area and 
requests a three-year waiver of the citizenship requirement under Section 
6604(6) of the Education Law. Each applicant must sign an affidavit stating the 
exact location of the shortage area where he/she will practice before the 
three-year limited license will be issued.
 
Applicable Guidelines: Section 6604(6) of Education Law relates 
to the requirement of United States citizenship or permanent resident status for 
licensure as a dentist in New York State and allows the Board of Regents to 
grant a one-time, three-year waiver of this requirement for an alien dentist to 
practice in New York State if all other licensure requirements are satisfied and 
to grant an additional extension not to exceed six years to enable the alien to 
secure citizenship or permanent resident status, provided such status is being 
actively pursued.
 
| NAME OF 
      PETITIONER | 
| 04-05-59 Sally Kotani Apt. 3 7 Lilac Drive Rochester, NY 
      14620 | 
| 04-06-59Mark Liu Apt. 2D 146 E. 49th 
      Street New York, NY 
      10018 | 
 
 
| 04-07-59 Vishal 
      Arora 4264 Kissena 
      Blvd. Flushing, NY 
      11355 | 
| 04-08-59 Aeklavya Panjali 53 Crystal Drive Dryden, NY 
    13053 | 
| 04-09-59 Edward Cervini Apt. 1227 60 Crittenden 
      Blvd. Rochester, NY 
      14620 | 
 
ACTION: The Department shall issue a three-year 
limited license to the applicants to practice dentistry in New York State in a 
Federal Dental Health Professions Shortage Area upon approval by the Department 
of all documentation needed to verify satisfaction of all dentistry licensure 
requirements other than citizenship and an acceptable Affidavit of Agreement on 
the applicant’s location of employment.  
The limited license may be renewed upon the lawful submission of an 
application for an extension of not more than six years, at the discretion of 
the Department.
 
04-03-56
Michele Labas
21 Barchan Dune Rise
Victor, New York 14564
 
(Illinois College of Optometry, Chicago, 
Illinois, O.D., 1992)
 
Petition for:  
Waiver of New York State practical examination 
requirement.
 
Statement of Problem:  
Dr. Labas has not passed a satisfactory practical examination, as 
required for licensure, either by the endorsement or examination route.  New York State accepts a passing score 
on Part III of the examination of the National Board of Examiners in Optometry 
(NBEO) to satisfy the practical examination requirement.  The NBEO practical examination was not 
available when Dr. Labas was licensed in Illinois in 1992.  
 
Dr. Labas has documented over ten years of 
licensed practice during which time she was certified in the use of diagnostic 
pharmaceutical agents and therapeutic pharmaceutical agents.  
 
Based on Dr. Labas' demonstration of 
clinical skills through her years of hands-on licensed practice and her success 
on other professional examinations, the Executive Secretary of the State Board 
for Optometry recommends that the requirement for a satisfactory practical 
examination (NBEO Part III) be waived.
 
| APPLICABLE 
      REQUIREMENTS: | QUALIFICATIONS: | 
| Section 7104 of the Education Law and 
      Part 66 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education 
      require: |   | 
| (1) Approved Doctor of Optometry 
      degree or the equivalent earned on completion of an acceptable optometry 
      program. | (1) Illinois College of Optometry, 
      Chicago, Illinois, O.D., May 1992. 
 | 
 
| APPLICABLE 
      REQUIREMENTS: | QUALIFICATIONS: | 
| Section 7104 of the Education Law and 
      Part 66 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education 
      require: |   | 
| (2) Acceptable scores on a 
      satisfactory written licensing examination; OR an optometry license issued by another 
      jurisdiction with at least five years of professional practice of 
      optometry following initial licensure and within the 10 years immediately 
      preceding application for licensure by 
    endorsement. | (2)(a) National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO) 
      Basic Science part, August 1990 and Clinical Science part, April 
      1991.  [Also passed 
      Clinical Skills and Visual Recognition and Interpretation of 
      Clinical Signs examination, May 1992 and Treatment and Management of Ocular 
      Disease (TMOD), November 1992.]  
        (2)(b) 
      Licensed in Illinois, May 1993; over ten years of professional 
      practice.  
       | 
| (3) Acceptable scores on a 
      satisfactory practical examination. | (3) See Statement of 
      Problem. | 
| (4) Evidence of good moral 
      character. | (4) Evidence of good moral 
      character. | 
 
RECOMMENDATION:  
The Committee on the Professions, in concurrence with the Executive 
Secretary of the State Board for Optometry, recommends that the practical 
examination be waived.
 
04-04-70
Joseph William Nusbaum
11 Elizabeth Street
Red Hook, New York 12571
 
(National College of Chiropractic, Lombard, 
Illinois, Doctor of Chiropractic, 1973)
 
Petition for:  Acceptance of pre-professional 
education and waiver of the requirements pertaining to acceptability of 
licensing examinations.  
 
Statement of Problem:  Dr. Nusbaum completed the required 
preprofessional education coursework for licensure except for a college-level 
course in organic chemistry.  
However, he later took this course after entry into his chiropractic 
studies at National College of Chiropractic in Illinois. Section 24.3(a) of the 
Commissioner's Regulations allows the Committee on the Professions (COP) to 
accept study taken after entry into the professional program to satisfy 
preprofessional education requirements. Department staff support such action by 
the COP.
 
Also, Dr. Nusbaum took and passed the National 
Board of Chiropractic Examiners (NBCE) Parts I and II examinations in 1971 and 
1973.  Commissioner’s Regulations 
permit acceptance of passing grades on the NBCE examinations administered 
subsequent to September 1, 1977.  
The State Board for Chiropractic has recommended, since April 1992, that 
all NBCE Part I and Part II passing scores be accepted regardless of the date of 
administration as applicants passing the examination prior to 1977 usually have 
extensive licensed professional practice.  
Dr. Nusbaum has documented professional chiropractic practice since 
1973.  Staff recommend that the 
licensing examinations be accepted and that Dr. Nusbaum's Virginia licensure be 
accepted for endorsement in New York State.  
 
 
| APPLICABLE 
      REQUIREMENTS: 
        | QUALIFICATIONS: | 
| Sections 6554 and 6507 of the Education 
      Law require: | 
        | 
| (1) Two years of satisfactory 
      preprofessional college study. | (1) Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 
      49 semester credits, 1965-67; Indiana University, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 74 
      semester credits, 1968-69. | 
| (2)  
      Completion of a satisfactory chiropractic program of at least four 
      academic years.  | (2) National College of Chiropractic, 
      Lombard, Illinois, D.C., 1973. | 
| (3)(a)  NBCE Part I, April 1971 and Part 
      II, April 1973. (3)(b)  Passed state clinical competency 
      examination in Virginia, June 1977.  | |
| (4)  
      United States citizenship or immigration status as an alien 
      lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United 
      States. | (4)  
      United States citizen. | 
| (5)  
      Good moral character. | (5)  
      Good moral character. | 
| (6)  
      Evidence of required course in identification and reporting of 
      child abuse and maltreatment. | (6)  
      Evidence of required course in identification and reporting of 
      child abuse and maltreatment.  
       | 
| and Section 59.6 of the Regulations of the 
      Commissioner of Education requires, in addition, for 
      endorsement: | 
        | 
| (7) License in good standing in another 
      state. |       (b) 
      Licensed in Virginia, 07/08/77. | 
| (8) Evidence of at least two years of 
      satisfactory experience following licensure. | (2) Over 30 years of acceptable experience 
      documented in Iowa and Virginia. | 
 
 
RECOMMENDATION:  The Committee on the Professions, 
in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the State Board for Chiropractic, 
recommends that the applicant’s combined education be approved and that the 
combination of examinations in conjunction with other qualifications be 
accepted.  
 
 
Petition for:  
Three-year limited license to practice veterinary medicine under Section 
6704(6) of the Education Law.
 
Statement of Problem: The applicants listed below have 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.
 
          
Each applicant also has a pending application for full veterinary medical 
licensure, which cannot be granted until he/she 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 | 
| 04-13-74   Kevin Lorne 
      Cosford 2816 
      Monroe Avenue Pittsford, NY 
      14618 | 
| 04-14-74   Shir Gilor 321 W. 54th Street, 
      #501 New York, NY 
      10019 | 
| 04-15-74   Jatain Sondhi 171 1733H Street, Suite 
      330 Blaine, WA 
      98230-5106 | 
| 04-16-74 Jason Anthony 
      Barton 9336 70th 
      Avenue Edmonton, Alberta T6E 
      0T7 CANADA | 
 
| 04-17-74  
       Mary Pauline 
      Klinck 38 Hickory 
      Street Rochester, NY 
      14620 | 
| 04-18-74  Alejandro 
      Rey 5109 SW 107 
      Loop Ocala, FL 34476 | 
| 04-19-74  
       Valerie 
      Sauve #2 838 Corinthian 
      Avenue Philadelphia, PA 
      19130 | 
| 04-20-74  
       Simon Edward 
      Kirk Apt. 5 595 Highland 
      Drive Rochester, NY 
      14620 | 
 
 
ACTION: The Department shall issue a limited 
license for a maximum of three years to practice veterinary medicine in New York 
State to each 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.
 
VETERINARY 
MEDICINE            
04-07-75
Norma 
White-Weithers
130-21 
140th Street
Jamaica, NY 
11436
 
(Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama, 
D.V.M., 1989)
 
Petition 
for:  Waiver 
of New York State requirements pertaining to acceptability of licensing 
examinations. 
 
Statement of 
Problem:  
Dr. White-Weithers graduated 
from an accredited veterinary medicine program in the United States in 
1989.  The applicant was licensed in 
Alabama in 1989 on the basis of national examinations acceptable in Alabama. She 
had also passed the December 1988 Clinical Competency Test (CCT).  In 2000, she was licensed in Texas after 
passing that state’s jurisprudence examination.  However, she has not achieved a score satisfactory to New 
York State on the National Board Examination (NBE).  Dr. White-Weithers retook the NBE 
in December 1990 and obtained a score of 
74, one point below the minimum standard of 75.00 required by New York 
State.  Dr. White-Weithers has documented completion of 
an internship in small animal medicine at Tuskegee University, subsequent 
training and a passing score on the board certification examination of the 
American College of Veterinary Dermatology, and satisfactory professional 
practice in veterinary medicine.  
 
          
Section 59.6(c) of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education 
regarding licensure by endorsement stipulates that applicants must not have 
“attempted unsuccessfully a licensing examination used by the State of New York 
… unless such applicant has later passed a comparable licensing 
examination.”  Dr. White-Weithers 
did not achieve a score acceptable to New York State on the NBE – a licensing 
examination used by this state.  
Therefore, according to this regulation, she would not qualify for 
licensure by endorsement unless she had passed the NBE or a comparable licensing 
examination.  
 
However, the Executive Secretary of the State Board for Veterinary Medicine recommends that the combination of Dr. White-Weithers’ more than ten years of satisfactory professional practice in Alabama and Texas, including her seven years as Assistant Professor of Clinical Sciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine at Tuskegee University, her certification by the American Board of Veterinary Dermatology, and her performance on licensing examinations satisfactory to Alabama provide sufficient evidence of her competence
to practice 
in New York State. Therefore, he recommends that the 
applicant’s Alabama license be 
accepted for endorsement in New York State, waiving the specific requirement of 
a passing examination score on the NBE examination.  
 
| APPLICABLE 
      REQUIREMENTS: | QUALIFICATIONS: | 
| Section 6704 
      of the Education Law and Part 62 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of 
      Education require: | 
        | 
| (1) 
      Completion of six years of preprofessional and professional postsecondary 
      studies satisfactory to the Department, including satisfactory clinical 
      education, and graduation with a satisfactory degree in veterinary 
      medicine. | (1) 
      Tuskegee University, 
      Tuskegee, Alabama, D.V.M., May 1989. | 
| (2) Acceptable scores 
      on satisfactory licensing examinations or passing scores on an acceptable 
      state licensing examination not in use in New York State and at least two 
      years’ satisfactory professional experience following 
      licensure. | (2)(a)  See Statement of Problem; passing 
      score on December 1988 CCT.  (2)(b)  Licensed in Alabama, 1989; Texas, 
      2000. | 
| (3) United 
      States citizenship or immigration status as an alien lawfully admitted for 
      permanent resident status in the United States. | (3) United 
      States citizen. | 
| (4) Evidence 
      of good moral character. | (4) Good 
      moral character. | 
 
RECOMMENDATION:  The 
Committee on the Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the 
State Board for Veterinary Medicine, recommends that the NBE examination 
requirement be waived and the applicant’s Alabama license be endorsed.  
 
MEDICINE
04-51-60
Michael Francis 
Ward
P.O. Box 276 
Fitzroy
Melbourne
Victoria 
3065
Australia
 
(University of 
Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, Bachelor of Medicine, November 
1996)
 
Petition 
for:  Endorsement 
of his Australian medical license and acceptance of hospital training completed 
in Australia and the United Kingdom as the substantial equivalent of three years 
of ACGME-accredited postgraduate hospital training.
 
Statement of 
Problem:  Commissioner’s 
Regulations allow endorsement of an applicant’s license from another 
jurisdiction if appropriate requirements are met. One of the requirements is the 
satisfactory passing of an acceptable licensing examination.  At the present time, New York State 
requires acceptable scores on Steps 1, 2, and 3 of the United States Medical 
Licensing Examination (USMLE). Dr. Ward has passed Steps 1 and 2 but has not 
taken Step 3.  Dr. Ward requests 
that his medical license obtained by examination in Australia be endorsed.  The Executive Secretary for the State 
Board for Medicine recommends that the licensing examination he completed in 
Australia be accepted to satisfy New York State's licensing examination 
requirement.
          
 
          
Commissioner's Regulations require Dr. Ward to complete 3 years of 
graduate hospital training accredited by the American Council on Graduate 
Medical Education (ACGME). After finishing his medical studies at the University 
of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Dr. Ward completed general practice 
training accredited by The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, 
Victoria, Australia, from February 2, 1997 to January 31, 2000.  In August 2004, Dr. Ward began the 
Oxfordshire Postgraduate General Practice Training Education program in Oxford, 
England, and trained there until February 2004.  He passed the required Summative 
Assessment and was awarded a Certificate of Equivalent Experience from the Joint 
Committee on Postgraduate Training for General Practice. Dr. Ward requests that 
his hospital training in Australia and the United Kingdom be considered the 
substantial equivalent of three years of ACGME-accredited postgraduate hospital 
training. The Executive Secretary of the State Board for Medicine supports this 
request.        
 
 
| APPLICABLE 
      REQUIREMENTS: | QUALIFICATIONS: | 
| Sections 60.1 and 60.5 of the 
      Commissioner’s Regulations require: | 
        | 
| (1) Six years of postsecondary 
      education, including at least 32 months of medical 
      education. | (1)  University of Queensland, Brisbane, 
      Queensland, Australia, 1982-85, Bachelor of Science. (2)  University of Newcastle, Newcastle, 
      New South Wales, Australia, Bachelor of 
      Medicine,1991-95. | 
| (2)  ECFMG certification, February 
      2000. | |
| 
        | |
| (4) Appropriate medical license or 
      certificate.  | (4) Victoria, Australia, 
      1996.  | 
| (5) Acceptable scores on a clinical 
      competency examination acceptable to the 
    Department. | (5) Fellow of the Royal Australian 
      College of General Practitioners, Victoria, Australia, March 2000. 
       | 
| (6) Not less than five years of 
      satisfactory professional experience. | (6) More than 5 years of satisfactory 
      professional experience. | 
| (7)  United States citizen or alien 
      lawfully admitted for permanent resident status in the United 
      States. | (7)   | 
| (8)  Evidence of good moral 
      character. | (8)  Good moral 
      character. | 
| (9)  Evidence of the 
      required course in the identification and reporting of child abuse and 
      maltreatment. | (9)   Certificate of 
      completion of the required course in the identification and reporting of 
      child abuse and maltreatment. | 
 
 
RECOMMENDATION:   The Committee on the 
Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the State Board for 
Medicine, recommends endorsement of the applicant's Australian medical license 
and acceptance of his hospital training in Australia and the United Kingdom as 
the substantial equivalent of the required three years of ACGME-accredited 
postgraduate hospital training.
 
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 | 
| 04-63-60C Uma 
      Alampur 804 Syska 
      Road Ossining, NY 
      10562 | (1)  Osmania University-Gandhi Medical 
      College, Hyderabad, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 
      5/14/81. (2)  License #191852, issued on 
      4/8/93. | 
| 04-64-60C Hasan Asif 4 Birch Road Larchmont, NY 
      10538 | (1)  Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, 
      Pakistan, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 
      10/16/88. (2)  License #214668, issued on 
      7/1/99. | 
| 04-65-60C Mohammed 
      Aziz 335 Still Water 
      Drive Horseheads, NY 
      14845 | (1)  Dow Medical College, Karachi, 
      Pakistan, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 
      7/25/90. (2)  License #231334, issued on 
      2/18/04. | 
| 04-66-60C Antoun Batri Suite 302 247 3rd 
      Avenue New York, NY 
      10010 | (1)  University of Padova, Padova, Italy, 
      Doctor of Medicine & Surgery, 2/20/70. (2)  License #116504, issued on 
      6/27/73. | 
 
| 04-67-60C Ning Cai 78-05 B Springfield 
Blvd. Bayside, NY 
    11364 | (1)  Shanghai Second Medical College, 
      Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Bachelor of Medicine, 
      8/15/84. (2)  License #231272, issued on 
      2/11/04. | 
| 04-68-60C Sheila Carbonell Apt. 5N 9411 Shore Road Brooklyn, NY 
      11209 | (1)  Autonomous University of Guadalajara, 
      Guadalajara, Mexico, Physician & Surgeon, 
      12/11/97. (2)  License #225752, issued on 
      7/25/02. | 
| 04-69-60C John Costa P.O. Box 948 Highland, NY 
      12528 | (1)  University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, 
      Doctor of Medicine & Surgery, 9/15/78. (2)  License #147941, issued on 
      10/23/81. | 
| 04-70-60C Ronald Cuffe Hudson Valley 
      Heart 1 Columbia 
Street Poughkeepsie, NY 
      12601 | (1)  Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, 
      Ireland,  Bachelor of 
      Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 6/2/89. (2)  License #198725, issued on 
      3/14/95. | 
| 04-71-60C George Dunn North Shore Univ. Hospital at Glen 
      Cove 101 St. Andrews 
      Lane Glen Cove, NY 
      11542 | (1)  University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 
      Doctor of Medicine & Surgery, 6/1/77. (2)  License #139915, issued on 
      10/5/79. | 
| 04-72-60C Reham El-Shaer Lakeshore Villa  Apt. 5A 557 Broadway Port Ewen, NY 
      12466 | (1)  Kuwait University, Kuwait City, 
      Kuwait, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 
      1/15/92. (2)  License #002092, issued on 
      3/3/04. | 
| 04-73-60C Nelson Giraldo 1766 Sunrise 
      Highway Bayshore, NY 
      11706 | (1)  Autonomous University of Guadalajara, 
      Guadalajara, Mexico, Physician & Surgeon, 
      12/8/84. (2)  License #175993, issued on 
      9/1/88. | 
 
 
| 04-74-60C Simon Gorwara Hudson Valley 
      Heart 1 Columbia 
Street Poughkeepsie, NY 
      12601 | (1)  Christian Medical College, Punjab, 
      Punjab, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 
      9/10/91 (2)  License #202115, issued on 
      2/13/96. | 
| 04-75-60C Helen John-Kelly 53 Somerset Drive 
      South Great Neck, NY 
      11020 | (1)  University of Madras, Madras, India, 
      Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 9/5/89. (2)  License #221819, issued on 
      7/3/01. | 
| 04-76-60C Eugene Kaplan 903 St. David’s 
      Lane Niskayuna, NY 
      12309 | (1)  Samara Institute of Medicine, 
      Kuibyshev, Russia, Physician, 6/30/82. (2)  License #217230, issued on 
      4/20/00. | 
| 04-77-60C Irina Kaplan 903 St. David’s 
      Lane Niskayuna, NY 
      12309 | (1)Kuibyshev Medical Institute, 
      Kuibyshev, Russia, Physician, 1/1/87. (2) License #214690, issued on 
      7/1/99. | 
| 04-78-60C Weining Ma #8L 401 E. 89th 
      Street New York, NY 
      10128 | (1)  Shanghai Second Medical College, 
      Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Bachelor of Medicine, 
      7/1/87. (2)  License #224736, issued on 
      5/10/02. | 
| 04-79-60C Sajjad Mohammad 257 Hemlock 
      Terrace Teaneck, NJ 
    07666 | (1)  Dow Medical College, Karachi, 
      Pakistan, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 
      4/10/89. (2)  License #201036, issued on 
      10/12/95. | 
| 04-80-60C David Moorthi 100 Duffield 
Road Rochester, NY 
      14618 | (1)  Stanley Medical College, Chennai, 
      India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 
      9/30/87. (2)  License #214078, issued on 
      6/1/99. | 
| 04-81-60C Dineshkant 
Parikh 445 Country Club 
      Lane Kingston, NY 
      12401 | (1)  Baroda Medical College, Baroda, India, 
      Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 3/28/76. (2)  License #147001, issued on 
      7/17/81. | 
 
| 04-82-60C Angelo Pilla Apt. 1B 8 Gramercy Park 
      South New York, NY 
      10003 | (1)  University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 
      Doctor of Medicine & Surgery, 5/26/84. (2)  License #171746, issued on 
      8/11/87. | 
| 04-83-60C Rina Sarkar 30 Cayuga Avenue Atlantic Beach, NY 
      11509 | (1)  Nagpur University, Wardha, India, 
      Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 6/2/76. (2)  License #157209, issued on 
      1/23/84. | 
| 04-84-60C Nisha Sethi 2 Copperfield 
      Lane Old Westbury, NY 
      11568 
        | (1)  University of Delhi, Delhi, India, 
      Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 4/16/83. (2)  License #165939, issued on 
      4/15/86. | 
| 04-85-60C Syed Shah 1604 Gemini 
Drive Olean, NY 
    14760 | (1)  Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, 
      Pakistan, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 
      10/31/87. (2)  License #220900, issued on 
      4/19/01. 
        | 
| 04-86-60C Geoffrey Sher Sher Institute 3121 S. Maryland Parkway, 
      #300 Las Vegas, NV 
      89109 | (1)  University of Stellenbosch, Matieland, 
      South Africa,  Bachelor of 
      Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 12/13/68. (2)  License #202870, issued on 
      5/6/96. | 
| 04-87-60C Nini Tin 49 Woodland 
Drive Pleasantville, NY 
      10570 | (1)  Institute of Medicine,  I Yangon, Myanmar, Bachelor of 
      Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 11/16/91. (2)  License #227352, issued on 
      1/15/03. | 
| 04-88-60C Sankar Varanasi Hudson Valley 
      Heart 1 Columbia 
Street Poughkeepsie, NY 
      12601 | (1)  Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, 
      Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 1/7/89. (2)  License #222735, issued on 
      9/10/01. | 
 
| 04-89-60C Ann Patricia 
Ward 5251 Netherland 
      Avenue Bronx, NY 
    10471 | (1)  University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 
      Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 7/13/57. (2)  License #102492, issued on 
      9/10/68. | 
| 04-90-60C Harvey Weber #102 2870 Hempstead 
      Turnpike Levittown, NY 
      11756 | (1)  Autonomous University of Guadalajara, 
      Guadalajara, Mexico, Physician & Surgeon, 
6/8/78. (2)  License #141832, issued on 
      4/4/80. | 
| 04-91-60C Hla-Pe Win 49 Woodland 
Drive Pleasantville, NY 
      10570 
        | (1)  Institute of Medicine, I Yangon, 
      Myanmar, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 
      10/1/90. (2)  License #225440, issued on 
      6/29/02. | 
| 04-92-60C Magdi Bebawi 51 Burton Avenue Staten Island, NY 
      10309 | (1)  University of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt, 
      Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 9/1/64. (2)  License #164464, issued on 
      10/18/85. | 
| 04-93-60C Baldev Das 7 Pinewoods Road Hyde Park, NY 
      12538 | (1)  University of Madras, Madras, India, 
      Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 6/1/64. (2)  License #111233, issued on 
      1/25/72. | 
| 04-94-60C Thachil 
      Francis 130 Fennec 
      Lane East Amherst, NY 
      14051 | (1)  Karnatak University-Kasturba, 
      Bangalore, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 
      11/24/60. (2)  License #105583, issued on 
      2/26/70. | 
| 04-95-60C Franklin 
      Guneratne 37 Main Street Walden, NY 
    12586 | (1)  University of Ceylon, Colombo, Ceylon, 
      Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 8/24/68. (2)  License #117499, issued on 
      9/6/73. | 
 
| 04-96-60C Tomas Holmlund 15 Sultans Court Williamsville, NY 
      14221 | (1)  University of Linkoping, Linkoping, 
      Sweden, Lakar Examen, 1/17/85. (2)  License #179454, issued on 
      8/10/89. | 
| 04-97-60C John Hourihane 32 St. Catherines 
      Court Buffalo, NY 
    14222 | (1)  Royal College of Physicians and 
      Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland, Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery, 
      6/3/88. (2)  License #207113, issued on 
      6/24/97. | 
| 04-98-60C Marina 
      Malakshanova-Richards #10A 510 West 
      110th Street New York, NY 
      10025 | (1)  Irkutsk Medical Institute, Irkutsk, 
      Russia, Physician, 6/30/89. (2)  License #232320, issued on 
      5/11/04. | 
| 04-99-60C Rupal 
      Parikh 7 Pinewoods 
      Road Hyde Park, NY 
      12538 | (1)  University of Bombay, Bombay, India, 
      Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 2/9/82. (2)  License #170674, issued on 
      7/1/87. | 
| 04-100-60C Larry 
      Pleener P.O. Box 
      802 Bellmore, NY 
      11710 | (1)  Autonomous University of Guadalajara, 
      Guadalajara, Mexico, Physician and Surgeon, 
6/18//82. (2)  License #156232, issued on 
      10/17/83. | 
| 04-101-60C Abul 
      Shahidullah 62-65 Forest 
      Avenue Ridgewood, NY 
      11385 | (1)  Dacca Medical College, Dhaka, 
      Bangladesh, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 
      12/24/79. (2)  License #187626, 
      11/18/91. 
        | 
 
 
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.