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
…”
The Department has no documentation of professional disciplinary actions
against the petitioners.
Each petitioner satisfied the examination requirement in his/her initial
state of licensure and has extensive professional practice starting prior to
1983. 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.
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NAME OF
PETITIONER |
LICENSURE |
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06-06-03
Patrick
Cashen
Denver,
CO 80222 |
(1)
Colorado,
1975. |
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06-07-03
John F.
Chase
Philadelphia,
PA
19103 |
(1)
Pennsylvania,
1977.
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06-08-03
Gregory C.
Wiedemann
Bethesda,
MD
20816
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(1)
District of Columbia, 1986; also licensed
in Maryland and
Virginia
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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.
CERTIFIED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY
06-03-07
Noelene
Noela Daniel
Brooklyn, New York 11233
(Baruch College, New
York, New York, Bachelor
of Business Administration in Accounting Public, February
2001)
Petition
for:
Acceptance of passing grades on the Uniform Certified Public Accountancy
Examination.
Statement
of Problem:
Ms. Daniel applied for licensure and admission to the Uniform CPA Examination in
2001. Her education at Baruch
College satisfied all the educational
requirements for licensure.
Commissioner's Regulations require that an applicant must pass all parts
of the Uniform CPA examination within 36 months and must pass each section in no
more than six attempts. Ms. Daniel
originally received conditional credit on the Accounting and Reporting (ARE) and
Law and Professional Responsibility (LPR) sections of the examination in
November 2001. She subsequently
passed the Auditing (AUD) section in November 2003. To retain credit for the two sections
she passed in November 2001, Ms. Daniel needed to pass the fourth section,
Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR), by November 2004. She did not pass FAR until November
2005.
Ms. Daniel’s attempts to pass FAR were complicated by two factors that
have generally been recognized as being problematic since implementation of the
computer-based CPA exam in April 2004.
The first factor is late score release. Ms. Daniel took the FAR section of the
computer based exam for the first time on August 31, 2004. While candidates who tested in the
July/August 2004 window were told that scores would be released by mid October,
in actuality, scores were not released until the first week of November. This meant that Ms. Daniel had
insufficient time, only three weeks, in which to prepare to take the FAR section
during the October/November 2004 testing window. She did attempt the FAR section on
November 30, 2004 and failed again.
The second factor that Ms. Daniel grappled with was the technological
format of the exam under CBT. The CBT contains simulations that use spreadsheet
and word processing functions that operate very differently than those in
commonly used software programs.
Exam Review courses did not cover these differences. Candidates transitioning from paper and
pencil exam found that they lost considerable time during the exam trying to
master the unfamiliar functions.
In
November 2005, Ms. Daniel passed the FAR section of the examination; however,
she needed two additional attempts and an additional 12 months beyond that
required in regulation. Ms. Daniel asks that her passing scores be accepted as
the equivalent of passing scores earned within 36 months and six attempts as
allowed in Regulations. Based on
the unusual circumstances caused by the late reporting of scores and her
difficulty adapting to the new exam format, the Executive Secretary of the State
Board for Public Accountancy supports her request.
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APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS: |
QUALIFICATIONS: |
|
Section 7404 of
Education Law and Part 70 of the Commissioner’s Regulations
require: |
|
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(1) A bachelor’s or
higher degree based on a program in accountancy. |
(1)
Baruch
College, Bachelor of
Business Administration in Accounting Public, February
2001. |
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(2) Passing scores
on the Uniform CPA Examination. |
(2) (a) May 2001:
Law, 81(passing
score); Financial Accounting and
Reporting (failure); Regulation
(failure).
(b) November
2001: Law, 89;
Regulation, 85 (passing scores
with retention of credit for both);
Financial Accounting and
Reporting (failure).
(c) May 2002:
Auditing (failure);
Financial Accounting and
Reporting
(failure).
(d) November
2002: Auditing (failure).
(e) May 2003:
Auditing, (failure).
(f) November
2003: Auditing, 77
(passing score); Financial
Accounting and Reporting
(failure).
(g) August 2004:
Financial
Accounting and Reporting
(failure).
(h) November
2004: Financial
Accounting and Reporting
(failure).
(i) May 2005:
Financial Accounting
and Reporting (failure).
(j) November
2005: Financial
Accounting and Reporting
(passing score).
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(3) Two years of
satisfactory experience. |
(3) |
RECOMMENDATION: The Committee on the
Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the State Board for
Public Accountancy, recommends that the applicant’s petition for acceptance of
passing grades on the Uniform CPA Examination be
accepted.
CERTIFIED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY
06-04-07
Stephen
W. Gingery
Rahway, New Jersey 07065-3535
(State University of New
York College at Brockport, Brockport, New York, Bachelor of Science in
Accounting, May 1995)
Petition
for:
Acceptance of passing grades on the Uniform Certified Public Accountancy
Examination.
Statement
of Problem:
Mr. Gingery applied for licensure and admission to the Uniform CPA Examination
in 2002. His education at the State
University of New York College at Brockport satisfied all the educational
requirements for licensure.
Commissioner's Regulations require that an applicant must pass all parts
of the Uniform CPA examination within 36 months. Mr. Gingery originally received
conditional credit on the Auditing (AUD) and Law and Professional Responsibility
(LPR) sections of the examination in November 2002. To retain credit for these sections, Mr.
Gingery needed to pass the Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR) and
Accounting and Reporting (ARE) sections by November 2005. When the examination converted
from paper and pencil administration to computerized administration in the
spring of 2004, the Regulation (REG) section of the computerized examination
replaced the ARE section.
Mr. Gingery encountered administrative difficulties when he attempted to
register to sit for the FAR and REG sections for the examination in November
2005 that prevented him from passing all parts within the requisite time
frame. With the transition to
computer-based testing in April 2004, credit for previously passed sections of
the examination were granted for new sections of the examination. On November 10, 2005, Mr. Gingery
attempted to register for a section of the examination for which he was
previously granted credit. Security
within the re-registration software locked Mr. Gingery’s account file and
prohibited his registration from being processed until the week of November
14. Mr. Gingery’s Notice to Sit was
generated by the testing system on November 16, 2005, however, testing for the
fourth quarter of 2005 ended on November 30, 2005. Security procedures mandate a minimum
lead time of five business days before a candidate may schedule to sit for the
examination. In addition, the final
two weeks of a testing window tend to be the busiest period with minimal seat
availability. Mr. Gingery contacted
the State Board office on November 27, 2005 and informed board office staff of
the administrative problems he encountered while attempting to register for the
examination.
In
February 2006, Mr. Gingery passed the FAR and REG sections of the examination,
three months past the 36 months allowed by Regulations. Mr. Gingery asks that his passing scores
be accepted as the equivalent of passing scores earned within the 36 months
allowed in Commissioner’s Regulations.
Based on the unusual circumstances caused by the transition to
computer-based testing and the technical difficulties that prevented his timely
completion of the last two subtests, the Executive Secretary of the State Board
for Public Accountancy supports his request.
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APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS: |
QUALIFICATIONS: |
|
Section 7404 of
Education Law and Part 70 of the Commissioner’s Regulations
require: |
|
|
(1) A bachelor’s or
higher degree based on a program in accountancy. |
(2)
The
State University of New York
College at Brockport, Bachelor of
Science in Accounting, May 1995. |
|
(2) Passing scores
on the Uniform CPA Examination. |
(2) (a) November
2002: Auditing, 74;
Law, 80 (passing scores);
Regulation (failure).
(b)
May 2003: Regulation (failure).
(c)
February 2006: Financial
Accounting and Reporting; and
Regulation (passing scores). |
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(3) Two years of
satisfactory experience. |
(3) |
RECOMMENDATION: The Committee on the
Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the State Board for
Public Accountancy, recommends that the applicant’s petition for acceptance of
passing grades on the Uniform CPA Examination be
accepted.
CERTIFIED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY
06-05-07
Kironyo
Kiarie
Bronx, NY
10466-2307
(Old Westbury, State
University of New York, Old Westbury, New York, Bachelor of Science in
Accounting, May 1994)
Petition
for:
Acceptance of passing grades on the Uniform Certified Public Accountancy
Examination.
Statement
of Problem: Mr. Kiarie applied for licensure and
admission to the Uniform CPA Examination in 2001. His education at Old Westbury
satisfied all the educational requirements for licensure.
Commissioner’s
Regulations require that an applicant must pass all parts of the Uniform CPA
examination within 36 months and must pass each section in no more than six
attempts. Mr. Kiarie originally
received conditional credit on the Accounting and Reporting (ARE) and Law and
Professional Responsibility (LPR) sections of the examination in November
2001. He subsequently passed the
Auditing (AUD) section of the examination in November 2003. To retain credit for
these sections, Mr. Kiarie needed to pass the Financial Accounting and Reporting
(FARE) by November 2004. He passed FARE in November 2005.
Mr. Kiarie has provided documentation of personal difficulties that
prevented him from sitting for the examination between November 2003 and
November 2005. Mr. Kiarie asks that
his scores be accepted as the substantial equivalent of scores earned within the
36 months allowed in Commissioner’s Regulations. Based on Mr. Kiarie’s personal
difficulties, the Executive Secretary of the State Board for Public Accountancy
supports his request.
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APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS: |
QUALIFICATIONS: |
|
Section 7404 of
Education Law and Part 70 of the Commissioner’s Regulations
require: |
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(1) A bachelor’s or
higher degree based on a program in accountancy. |
(3)
Old Westbury, State
University of New York, Old Westbury, New York, Bachelor of Science in
Accounting, May 1994. |
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(2) Passing scores
on the Uniform CPA Examination. |
(2) (a) November
2001: Accounting and Reporting, 76;
Law, 79 (passing scores).
(b)
November 2003: Auditing, 79 (passing score).
(c) August 2005:
Financial Accounting and Reporting, passing
score. |
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(3) Two years of
satisfactory experience. |
(3) |
RECOMMENDATION: The Committee on the
Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the State Board for
Public Accountancy, recommends that the applicant’s petition for acceptance of
passing grades on the Uniform CPA Examination be
accepted.
CERTIFIED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY
06-06-07
David
Schmutter
Oceanside, New York 11572
(Syracuse University,
Syracuse, New York, Bachelor of Science in Accounting, May 1980; New York Law
School, New York, New York, Juris Doctor, February 1984)
Petition
for:
Acceptance of passing grades on the Uniform Certified Public Accountancy
Examination.
Statement
of Problem: Mr. Schmutter sat for the Uniform
CPA Examination in Maryland in 1992 and 1993 and was exempted
from the Law subtest based on his licensure as an attorney at that time.
Commissioner’s Regulations require passing each of the four examination parts of
the Uniform CPA examination. Mr. Schmutter passed the Accounting Practice
subtest in November 1992, and, in May 1993, he passed the Accounting Theory and
Auditing subtests. After passing
the three subtests, Mr. Schmutter was licensed in Maryland in 1994. He is currently licensed as a Certified
Public Accountant in Maryland with no disciplinary actions against
him.
Mr. Schmutter asks that his passing scores on three of the subtests of
the Uniform CPA Examination and his exemption from the Law subtest be accepted
to satisfy the examination requirement for licensure in New York
State. Based on his unique circumstances, the
Executive Secretary of the State Board for Public Accountancy supports his
petition.
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APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS: |
QUALIFICATIONS: |
|
Section 7404 of
Education Law and Part 70 of the Commissioner’s Regulations
require: |
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(1) A bachelor’s or
higher degree based on a program in accountancy. |
(1) Syracuse University, Syracuse, New
York, Bachelor of Science in Accounting, May 1980; New York Law School,
New York, New York, Juris Doctor, February 1984.
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(2) Passing scores
on the Uniform CPA Examination. |
(2) November 1992: Accounting
Practice, 81 (passing score).
May 1993:
Accounting Theory, 77 (passing score); Auditing, 75 (passing
score).
(Law subtest
waived.) |
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(3) Two years of
satisfactory experience. |
(3) |
RECOMMENDATION: The Committee on the
Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the State Board for
Public Accountancy, recommends that the applicant’s petition for acceptance of
passing grades on the Uniform CPA Examination be
accepted.
CERTIFIED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY
06-07-07
Howard
Lawrence Stein
Jericho, New York 11763
(University at Albany,
State University of New York, Albany, New York, Bachelor of Science in
Accounting, May 1987)
Petition
for:
Acceptance of passing grades on the Uniform Certified Public Accountancy
Examination.
Statement
of Problem:
Mr. Stein applied for licensure and admission to the Uniform CPA Examination in
2004. His education at the
University at Albany, State University of New York, satisfied
all the educational requirements for licensure.
Commissioner's Regulations require that an applicant must pass all parts
of the Uniform CPA examination within an 18-month period. Mr. Stein originally received
conditional credit on the Business Environment and Concepts section (BEC) in May
2004. He subsequently passed the Regulation (REG) section in October 2004 and
the Auditing and Attestation (AUD) section in October 2005. Mr. Stein needed to
pass the fourth section, Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR), by November
2005 to retain credit for the section passed in May 2004. He did not pass the FAR section
until February 2006.
Mr. Stein’s attempts to pass FAR were complicated by two factors that
have generally been recognized as being problematic since implementation of the
computer-based CPA exam in April 2004.
The first factor is late score release. Mr. Stein took the FAR section of the
computer based exam for the first time on August 30, 2005. He did not receive his failing score for
this section until October 2005. He
managed to schedule to take FAR in November 2005, but found that the 6 weeks
between the date he received his failing score and the date he sat for the
section again was not sufficient to prepare properly, given that he was
simultaneously preparing for AUD.
He took and passed AUD on October 10, 2005, but failed to pass FAR on
November 30, 2005. The second
factor that Mr. Stein grappled with was the technological format of the exam
under CBT. The CBT contains
simulations that use spreadsheet and work-processing functions that operate very
differently than those in commonly used software programs. Candidates who are unfamiliar with
computer-based testing find that they lose considerable time during the exam
trying to master the unfamiliar functions.
In
February 2006, Mr. Stein passed the FAR section of the examination, however, he
exceeded the requirement that all four sections be passed with an 18-month
period by 3.75 months. Mr. Stein
asks that his passing scores be accepted as the equivalent of passing scores
earned within the 18-month period allowed in regulation. Based on the unusual circumstances
caused by the late reporting of scores and his difficulty adapting to the new
exam format, the Executive Secretary of the State Board for Public Accountancy
supports his request.
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APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS: |
QUALIFICATIONS: |
|
Section 7404 of
Education Law and Part 70 of the Commissioner’s Regulations
require: |
|
|
(1) A bachelor’s or
higher degree based on a program in accountancy. |
(1) University at
Albany, State University of New York, Bachelor of Science in
Accounting, May 1987. |
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(2) Passing scores
on the Uniform CPA Examination. |
(2) (a) May 2004:
Business Environment
and Concepts (passing score).
(b)
October 2004: Regulation (passing
score).
(c) April
2005: Auditing and
Attestation (failure).
(d) August
2005: Financial
Accounting and Reporting
(failure).
(e)
October 2005: Auditing and
Attestation (passing score).
(f)
November 2005: Financial
Accounting and Reporting (failure).
(g)
February 2006: Financial
Accounting and Reporting
(passing
score). |
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(3) Two years of
satisfactory experience. |
(3) |
RECOMMENDATION: The Committee on the
Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the State Board for
Public Accountancy, recommends that the applicant’s petition for acceptance of
passing grades on the Uniform CPA Examination be
accepted.
CERTIFIED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY
06-08-07
Alexander
John Trotta
Scarsdale, New York 10583
(Case Western Reserve
University, Cleveland, Ohio, Bachelor of Science in Accounting, May
1996)
Petition
for:
Acceptance of passing grades on the Uniform Certified Public Accountancy
Examination.
Statement
of Problem:
Mr. Trotta applied for licensure and admission to the Uniform CPA Examination in
1996. His education at Case
Western Reserve University satisfied all the educational
requirements for licensure.
Commissioner's Regulations require that an applicant must pass all parts
of the Uniform CPA examination within 36 months. Mr. Trotta originally received
conditional credit on the Auditing (AUD) and Law and Professional Responsibility
(LPR) sections of the examination in November 2002. Mr. Trotta passed the Regulation (REG)
section of the examination in August 2005.
In passing the Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR) section of the
examination during February 2006, Mr. Trotta needed three additional months
beyond the 36 month requirement provided in regulation to pass all sections of
the Uniform CPA Examination.
Mr. Trotta encountered several significant administrative difficulties
upon the transition to computer-based testing in April 2004. During May 2004, Mr. Trotta was granted
an ADA accommodation allowing for extra
unscheduled breaks during the administration of his examination; however, upon
launch of the computer-based examination, the testing software did not provide
for a “break” button and the Test Center Administrator (TCA) was unaware of his
ADA
accommodation. This confusion
caused several interruptions of Mr. Trotta’s exam administration while TCA
resolved the discrepancy. Mr.
Trotta also experienced several software and hardware problems that were
encountered following the initial launch of the computer-based test, including
changing fonts within the simulation section of the examination, mouse problems
and “system time out” problems.
Because of the administrative problems encountered, Mr. Trotta was
granted a free and immediate retest of the examination, subsequently passing the
remaining parts of the exam. On
another administration, Mr. Trotta encountered additional difficulties within
the simulation sections of the Regulation (REG) examination. Acknowledging these errors, the test
vendor allowed Mr. Trotta to retake the simulation sections of the
examination. Mr. Trotta passed the
REG section based on this partial re-test.
In February 2006, Mr. Trotta passed the FAR section of the examination,
three months past the 36 months allowed by Commissioner’s Regulations. Mr. Trotta asks that his passing scores
be accepted as the equivalent of passing scores earned within the 36 months
allowed in regulation. Based on the
unusual circumstances and administrative issues caused by the transition to
computer-based testing, the Executive Secretary of the State Board for Public
Accountancy supports his request.
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APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS: |
QUALIFICATIONS: |
|
Section 7404 of
Education Law and Part 70 of the Commissioner’s Regulations
require: |
|
|
(1) A bachelor’s or
higher degree based on a program in accountancy. |
(1)
Case
Western Reserve
University, Bachelor of
Science in Accounting, May 1996. |
|
(2) Passing scores
on the Uniform CPA Examination. |
(2) (a) November
2002: Auditing, 76;
Law, 76 (passing scores).
(b) May
2003: Financial Accounting
and Reporting (failure).
(c)
November 2003: Financial
Accounting and Reporting
(failure).
(d) May
2004: Financial Accounting
and Reporting (failure).
(e) May
2005: Financial Accounting
and Reporting (failure).
(f)
August 2005: Regulation
(passing score).
(g)
February 2006: Financial
Accounting and Reporting
(passing score). |
|
(3) Two years of
satisfactory experience. |
(3) |
RECOMMENDATION: The Committee on the
Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the State Board for
Public Accountancy, recommends that the applicant’s petition for acceptance of
passing grades on the Uniform CPA Examination be
accepted.
CERTIFIED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY
06-09-07
Edward
Michael Turner
Yorktown
Heights, New York 10598
(Pace University,
White Plains,
New York, Master of Business Administration,
June 2000)
Petition
for:
Acceptance of passing grades on the Uniform Certified Public Accountancy
Examination.
Statement
of Problem:
Mr. Turner applied for licensure and admission to the Uniform CPA Examination in
2000. His education at Pace
University satisfied all the educational
requirements for licensure.
Commissioner's Regulations require that an applicant must pass all parts
of the Uniform CPA examination within 36 months and must pass each section in no
more than six attempts. Mr. Turner
originally received conditional credit on the Auditing (AUD) and Law and
Professional Responsibility (LPR) sections of the examination in November
2001. In addition, Mr. Turner
passed the Accounting Regulation (ARE) section of the examination in May
2002. In passing the Financial
Accounting and Reporting (FAR) section of the examination during February 2006,
Mr. Turner needed 15 additional months beyond the 36 month requirement provided
in the regulations to pass all four sections of the Uniform CPA
Examination. Mr. Turner did pass
the FAR section of the examination on his sixth attempt.
In his letter requesting a waiver of the 36 month conditioning
requirement, Mr. Turner outlines both administrative difficulties encountered
with the transition to the computerized Uniform CPA Examination and personal
difficulties that required him to incur interstate travel between January and
December 2005. A review of Uniform
CPA Examination Gateway system indicates that a test center problem report was
filed due to software problems encountered by Mr. Turner during his May 2004
exam administration.
In February 2006, Mr. Turner passed the FAR section of the examination,
15 months past the 36 months allowed by Commissioner’s Regulations. Mr. Turner asks that his passing scores
be accepted as the equivalent of passing scores earned within the 36 months
allowed in regulation. Based on the
unusual circumstances caused by the transition to computer-based testing and Mr.
Turner’s personal difficulties, the Executive Secretary of the State Board for
Public Accountancy supports his request.
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APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS: |
QUALIFICATIONS: |
|
Section 7404 of
Education Law and Part 70 of the Commissioner’s Regulations
require: |
|
|
(1) A bachelor’s or
higher degree based on a program in accountancy. |
(2)
Pace University,
Master of Business Administration, June 2000. |
|
(2) Passing scores
on the Uniform CPA Examination. |
(2) (a) November
2000: Auditing (failure);
Law (failure); Regulation (failure).
(b) May 2001:
Auditing (failure); Law,
79 (passing score).
(c) November
2001: Auditing, 75;
Law,
83 (passing scores with
retention of credit for both).
(d) May 2002:
Regulation, 75
(passing score).
(e) November
2002: Financial
Accounting and Reporting (failure).
(f) May
2003: Financial Accounting
and Reporting (failure).
(g)
November 2003: Financial
Accounting and Reporting
(failure).
(h)
November 2004: Financial
Accounting
and Reporting
(failure).
(i) May
2005: Financial Accounting
and Reporting (failure.
(j)
February 2006: Financial
Accounting and Reporting
(passing score).
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|
(3) Two years of
satisfactory experience. |
(3) |
RECOMMENDATION: The Committee on the
Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the State Board for
Public Accountancy, recommends that the applicant’s petition for acceptance of
passing grades on the Uniform CPA Examination be accepted.
CERTIFIED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY
06-10-07
Rie
Hsien Wang
New
York,
New York 10021
(Purdue University,
West Lafayette, Indiana, Bachelor of Science, May
2003)
Petition
for:
Acceptance of passing grades on the Uniform Certified Public Accountancy
Examination.
Statement
of Problem:
Ms. Wang earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University,
West Lafayette, Indiana in 2003. Her studies satisfied all the
educational requirements for CPA licensure except for courses in
U.S. business
law.
Ms.
Wang applied for admission to the November 2003 Uniform CPA Examination. Commissioner’s Regulations at that time
allowed an applicant to be admitted to the Uniform CPA Examination if the
applicant were enrolled in a course that would satisfy the remaining educational
requirement and the applicant could complete the course within 60 days of the
administration of the examination.
Ms. Wang enrolled in a U.S. business law course through Louisiana
State University and, based on that enrollment,
was conditionally admitted to the November 2003 Uniform CPA
examination.
Ms. Wang completed the course in U.S. business law 15 days after the
60-day deadline. At the time Ms.
Wang requested conditional admission to the CPA Examination, she felt she could
complete the course within the required time frame. However, Louisiana
State University’s closure for a winter vacation
delayed her completion of the law course.
Ms. Wang asks that her passing scores on the Uniform CPA Examination be
accepted as the substantial equivalent of scores earned under Commissioner’s
Regulations. Based on Ms. Wang’s
individual situation, the Executive Secretary of the State Board for Public
Accountancy supports her request.
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APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS: |
QUALIFICATIONS: |
|
Section 7404 of
Education Law and Part 70 of the Commissioner’s Regulations
require: |
|
|
(1) A bachelor’s or
higher degree based on a program in accountancy. |
(1)
Purdue
University,
West Lafayette, Indiana, Bachelor of Science, May
2003.
(2)
Louisiana
State University,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, one course,
2003.
|
|
(2) Passing scores
on the Uniform CPA Examination. |
(3)
November
2003:
Auditing, 75 and Law, 85 (passing scores).
(4)
June 2005: Regulation, passing
score.
(5)
October 2005: Financial Accounting and
Reporting, passing score.
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|
(3) Two years of
satisfactory experience. |
(3) |
RECOMMENDATION: The Committee on the
Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the State Board for
Public Accountancy, recommends that the petition for acceptance of passing
grades on the Uniform CPA Examination be accepted.
CERTIFIED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY
06-11-07
Michael
Brescio
Cedarhurst,
New York 11516
(Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, Bachelor of Science, May
2000)
Petition
for:
Acceptance of passing grades on the Uniform Certified Public Accountancy
Examination.
Statement
of Problem:
Mr. Brescio applied for licensure and admission to the Uniform CPA Examination
in 2000. His education at
Boston
College satisfied all the
educational requirements for licensure.
Commissioner's Regulations require that an applicant must pass all parts
of the Uniform CPA examination within 36 months and must pass each section in no
more than six attempts. Mr. Brescio
originally received conditional credit on the Law and Professional
Responsibility (LPR) and the Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR) sections
of the examination in November 2002.
Mr. Brescio passed the Auditing (AUD) section of the examination in May
2003. In passing the Regulation
(REG) section of the examination during February 2006, Mr. Brescio exceeded the
36-month requirement by three months.
After receiving conditional credit for passing two sections of the
examination in November 2002, Mr. Brescio was placed on international assignment
by his employer for nine months.
The Uniform CPA Examination is not administered in any foreign
jurisdiction and requiring Mr. Brescio to travel back to the United
States during the time of his international
assignment would represent an unnecessary burden. Mr. Brescio informs the State Board that
he has already met the experience requirement for licensure and has provided
documentation to support his assertion.
The State board will evaluate this experience once his employer certifies
it. Completion of the Uniform CPA
Examination is potentially the last requirement for licensure.
Mr. Brescio asks that his passing scores be accepted as the equivalent of
passing scores earned within the 36 months allowed in regulation. Based on the unusual circumstances
caused by Mr. Brescio’s international assignment, the Executive Secretary of the
State Board for Public Accountancy supports his request.
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APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS: |
QUALIFICATIONS: |
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Section
7404 of Education Law and Part 70 of the Commissioner’s Regulations
require: |
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(1) A
bachelor’s or higher degree based on a program in
accountancy. |
(1)
Boston
College,
Bachelor of Science, May 2000. |
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(2)
Passing scores on the Uniform CPA Examination. |
(2)
(a) May 2000: Law (failure); Financial
Accounting and Reporting, 83
(passing score).
(b) November
2000: Law (failure);
Financial Accounting and
Reporting, 78 (passing score).
(c) November
2002: Law, 85;
Financial Accounting
and
Reporting, 80 (passing scores with
retention of credit for both).
(d) May 2003:
Auditing, 79 (passing
score).
(e) February
2005: Regulation
(failure).
(f)
October 2005: Regulation (failure).
(g)
February 2006: Regulation
(passing score).
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(3)
Two years of satisfactory experience. |
(3) |
RECOMMENDATION: The
Committee on the Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the
State Board for Public Accountancy, recommends that the applicant’s petition for
acceptance of passing grades on the Uniform CPA Examination be
accepted.
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.
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 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.
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NAME OF
PETITIONER |
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06-08-21
Nittal K.
Lodha
Bryn
Mawr,
PA
19010 |
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06-09-21
Mutombo
Matungulu
Albany,
NY
12206 |
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06-10-21
Waheed
Afzal
Brooklyn,
NY
11218 |
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06-11-21
Madan S.
Aheer
Canton,
MI
48187 |
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06-12-21
Sara Z.
Dadayan
Brooklyn,
NY
11209 |
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06-13-21
April Corre L.
Castillo
Woodside,
NY
11377 |
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06-14-21
Syed R. T.
Rezwi
Poughkeepsie,
NY
12603 |
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06-15-21
Rama K.
Talluri
West
Chester,
PA
19382 |
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06-16-21
Sylvia
Tham
New
York,
NY
10069 |
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06-17-21
Sireesh K.
Thummalapally
Maple
Shade,
NJ
08052 |
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06-18-21
Rebecca
Belmonte
Rochester,
NY
14623 |
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06-19-21
Muhammad A.
Javaid
Rego
Park,
NY
11374 |
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06-20-21
Alanna K.
Farrell
Forest
Hills,
NY
11375 |
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06-21-21
Ravi K.
Chenna
Manchester,
NH
03102 |
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06-22-21
Hareen
Karra
Keene,
NH
03431 |
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06-23-21
Neeraj K.
Tirunagari
Manchester,
NH
03102 |
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06-24-21
Youjin
Wang
Ithaca,
NY
14850 |
ACTION: The Department shall
issue a limited license for a maximum of three years to practice pharmacy in
New York
State to each applicant,
conditional upon approval by the Department of all documentation needed to
verify satisfaction of all pharmacy licensure requirements other than
citizenship. The limited license may be renewed, if appropriate, for one
year.
REGISTERED
PROFESSIONAL NURSING
06-01-22
Danhong
Lin
New
Milford,
CT 06776
(Fujian
Health School, Fujian, People’s Republic of China, Midwife,
1989)
Petition
for: Acceptance
of education.
Statement
of Problem: Ms.
Lin completed a three-year nurse midwife program at the
Fujian Health
School, Fujian, People’s Republic of China, in July
1989. Ms. Lin asks that her
education be accepted as satisfying the professional educational requirements
for licensure as a registered professional nurse.
Section 6905 of New York State Education Law requires that applicants for
licensure as registered professional nurses must have received a diploma or
degree in general nursing. Since
her diploma indicated midwifery, Ms. Lin does not automatically satisfy the
regulatory requirement. The applicant’s school of midwifery has sent the
Department copies of its nursing and midwifery curriculum, listing courses and
hours for both its general nursing program and its midwifery 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 nursing program has more
hours in fundamentals of nursing, while the midwifery program has more hours in
pediatrics, gynecology and obstetrics, and surgery. Her program led to licensure
as a general nurse in the People’s Republic of China. Department staff recommend that her
nursing education be considered equivalent to the general nursing education
required in Commissioner's Regulations.
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APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS: |
QUALIFICATIONS: |
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Section 6905 of New
York State Education Law and Section 64.1 of the Regulations of the
Commissioner of Education require: |
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(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 nurse midwife program leading to diploma of midwifery at
Fujian Health School,
Fujian, People’s Republic of China,
July 1989.
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(2) Satisfactory scores on
the National Council Licensure Examination. |
(2) |
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(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.
DENTISTRY
06-02-50
Shay
Markovitch
Rochester,
NY
14623
(“Carol
Davila” University of
Medicine and Pharmacy,
Bucharest, Romania, Physician-Stomatologist,
October 1997)
Petition
for: Acceptance
of education.
Statement
of Problem: Dr.
Markovitch 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. Markovitch is enrolled in the two-year advanced program in general
dentistry at the Eastman
Dental Center
of the University
of Rochester and is
expected to complete the program on June 2006. This program is acknowledged by
the State Board for Dentistry as the substantial equivalent of the two-year
program required in regulation.
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APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS: |
QUALIFICATIONS: |
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Section 61 of the
Regulations of the Commissioner of Education requires:
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(1) Not less than
60 semester hours of preprofessional education including courses in
general chemistry, organic chemistry, biology or zoology, and
physics. |
(1) “Carol Davila” University of
Medicine and
Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, 1991-1993. |
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(2) Four
academic years of dental education culminating in a degree in an
acceptable dental school. |
(2) Four years
of acceptable dental education culminating in the degree of
Physician-Stomatologist at “Carol Davila” University of
Medicine and
Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, 1993-1997. |
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(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) Two-year
advanced program in general dentistry at the
University of Rochester, Eastman Dental Center,
Rochester, New
York, to be completed June
2006. |
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(4) Satisfactory
scores on Parts I and II of the National Dental Board Examinations.
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(5) Satisfactory
performance on the clinical examination administered by the Northeast
Regional Board of Dental Examiners. |
(5)
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(6)
United States citizen
or alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the
United
States. |
(6)
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(7) Evidence of the
required course in the identification and reporting of child abuse and
maltreatment. |
(7)
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RECOMMENDATION:
The Committee on the Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of
the State Board for Dentistry, recommends that the applicant's successful
completion of the advanced program in general dentistry at the University of
Rochester be accepted as the substantial equivalent of the required two academic
years of dental study in a registered or accredited dental school
program.
PHYSICAL
THERAPIST ASSISTANT
06-01-66
Jeffrey
Scott Sargent
Bristol,
Vermont 05443
(University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, Burlington, Vermont, B.S., 2001 and graduate studies, 2002
- 2005)
Petition
for: Acceptance
of education as being the substantial equivalent of a registered
program.
Statement
of Problem: Mr.
Sargent did not complete a physical therapist assistant or physical therapy
program as required. While he
successfully completed the academic portion of the M.S. entry-level physical
therapy program at the University of Vermont, he did not complete the final two
clinical practice courses nor a professional abilities assessment seminar. He
did complete three of the required clinical practice courses. The applicant is
requesting that the studies for which the college gave him credit (including 14
full-time weeks of clinical experience at clinical sites) be considered
equivalent to an approved program for physical therapist assistants.
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APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS: |
QUALIFICATIONS: |
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Section
6740 of the Education Law and Part 77 of the Regulations of the
Commissioner of Education requires: |
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(1) Completion of a two-year New York
State registered or American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
accredited college program for physical therapist assistants OR
Completion of a physical therapy program determined by the
department to be the equivalent to a registered physical therapist
assistant program. |
(1) University of Vermont and State
Agricultural College, Burlington, Vermont, B.S. in Biological Sciences;
enrolled fall 2002 – spring 2005 in an approved graduate physical therapy
program and earned 73 semester credits. |
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(2) Evidence of good moral
character. |
(2)
Good moral character. |
RECOMMENDATION: The Committee on the
Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the State Board for
Physical Therapy, recommends that the applicant's education be accepted as the
equivalent of a registered physical therapist assistant program upon
documentation of passing scores on the national physical therapy or physical
therapist assistant examination.
THREE-YEAR LIMITED
LICENSE IN VETERINARY MEDICINE
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 |
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06-02-74
John David
Stack
Harriman,
NY 10926 |
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06-03-74
Michal-Ori
Hess
Jerusalem,
Israel 96263 |
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06-04-74
Stacey L.
Oke
Garden
City,
NY 11530 |
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06-05-74
Elizabeth Jane
Pathak
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada M65
3S1 |
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06-06-74
Ramesh Kumar
Sivacolundhu
New
York,
NY 10010 |
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06-07-74
Merrin
Hicks
Baton
Rouge,
LA 70808 |
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
06-07-75
Allen G.
Rich
Holmdel,
NJ 07733
(University
of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
V.M.D., 1976)
Petition
for: Waiver
of New York
State requirements
pertaining to acceptability of licensing examinations for licensure.
Statement of
Problem: Dr. Rich
graduated from an accredited college of veterinary medicine in the
United States in 1976 and was
licensed in New
Jersey in 1977.
He received satisfactory results on the National Board Examination (NBE)
on April 1, 1980 in New
Jersey.
While Dr. Rich passed the NBE in 1980, he has not taken the Clinical
Competency Test (CCT), which was offered only from 1984 until 2000. For
New York State licensure, applicants who passed the
NBE must also pass the CCT. When
Dr. Rich sat for the examination in 1980 the CCT was not offered. Both the CCT and the NBE have been
replaced by the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE).
Dr. Rich has
documented over 23 years of professional practice in New Jersey following
licensure. In view of Dr. Rich’s
documentation of numerous years of licensed practice as evidence of clinical
competence, the Executive Secretary of the State Board for Veterinary Medicine
recommends that the applicant’s decades of licensed practice be accepted to
satisfy the clinical competency test requirement.
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APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS:
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QUALIFICATIONS: |
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Section
6704 of the Education Law and Section 59.6 and Part 62 of the Regulations
of the Commissioner of Education require: |
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(1)
Completion of six years of preprofessional and professional postsecondary
studies satisfactory to the department and graduation with a satisfactory
degree in veterinary medicine. |
(1)
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, May 1976. |
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(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 of
satisfactory professional experience following
licensure. |
(2)(a)
Passing score reported on April 1980 NBE examination; did not take the
CCT.
(2)(b)
Licensed as a veterinarian in New Jersey, February 1977.
(2)(c)
More than two years of satisfactory professional experience following
licensure. |
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(3)
United States
citizenship or immigration status as an alien lawfully admitted for
permanent resident status in the United
States. |
(3)
United
States
citizen. |
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(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 waiver of the CCT examination
requirement.
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 |
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06-51-6-0C
Jamil
Ahmed
East
Amherst,
NY 14051
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(1)
Sind
Medical College,
Karachi, Pakistan, Bachelor of Medicine
& Bachelor of Surgery, 1/25/89.
(2)
License #224452,
issued on 4/12/02. |
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06-52-60C
Mohamed Amr Ahmed
Hosny
New
York,
NY 10003
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06-54-60C
Giuseppina
Benincasa-Feingold
Suffern,
NY 10901 |
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06-55-60C
Margarita Bobonis
Babilonia
Valhalla,
NY 10595 |
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06-56-60C
Norberto
Gonzalez
Carolina, PR
00979 |
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06-57-60C
Adrianna
Marrese
Grovetown,
GA 10813 |
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06-58-60C
Timothy
Lacy
Holyoke,
MA 01040 |
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06-59-60C
Charles
Jin
Great Neck,
NY 11020 |
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06-60-60C
Ferdous
Khandker
New Hyde Park,
NY 11040 |
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06-61-60C
Matthew
Kwiatek
North Hills-Roslyn,
NY 11576 |
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06-62-60C
Qiuxia
Lan
North
Hills,
NY 11040 |
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06-63-60C
A.
Lewin
Buffalo,
NY 14209 |
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06-64-60C
Myat Myat
Mon
New
York,
NY 10019 |
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06-65-60C
Usha
Raghavan
Pittsford,
NY 14534 |
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06-66-60C
Chirag
Vyas
Fairport,
NY 14450 |
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06-67-60C
Rajashree
Vyas
Rochester,
NY 14648 |
(1)
K.
J. Somaiya Medical College,
Mumbai, India, Bachelor of Medicine
& Bachelor of Surgery, 12/27/99.
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06-68-6-0C
Theodore
Felderman
Syosset,
NY 11791
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(1)
Autonomous
University of
Guadalajara,
Guadalajara, Mexico, Physician &
Surgeon, 12/12/77.
(2)
License #148173,
issued on 10/30/81. |
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06-69-60C
Wajdy
Hailoo
Stony Brook,
NY 11794
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(1)
Mosul University Medical College,
Nineva, Iraq, Bachelor of Medicine,
Bachelor of Surgery, 12/25/69,
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06-71-60C
Vinod
Mungalpara
Lexington,
NC 27295 |
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06-72-60C
Ajay
Kumar
Mineola,
NY 11501 |
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06-73-60C
Michael
Mutone
New
Rochelle,
NY 10801 |
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06-74-60C
Grigory
Rozenblit
Eastchester,
NY 10709 |
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06-75-60C
Ratna
Sabnis
Middletown,
NY 10940 |
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06-76-60C
Alexander
Veder
New
York,
NY 10005 |
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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.
