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

 

TO:

Higher Education and Professional Practice Committee

FROM:

Johanna Duncan-Poitier

 

 

SUBJECT:

Report of the Committee on the Professions Regarding Licensing Petitions

DATE:

December 19, 2006

 

STRATEGIC GOAL:

Goal 3

AUTHORIZATION(S):

 

 

Executive Summary

 

Issue for Decision (Consent Agenda)

 

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

 

Proposed Handling

 

The question will come before the Higher Education and Professional Practice Committee at its January 2007 meeting where it will be voted on and action taken.  It will then come before the full Board at its January 2007 meeting for final action.

 

Procedural History

 

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

 

Background Information

 

There are 8 licensing petitions and 13 requests for the conferral of the degree Doctor of Medicine for review and approval.

 

Recommendation

 

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


Timetable for Implementation

 

Approval of the Committee on the Professions’ recommendations will be effective January 9, 2007.


 

 

Cases Presented to Board of Regents on:  January 9, 2006                                                                                 SUMMARY REPORT

 

 

PROFESSION

 

 

EDUCATION

EXAMINATION

 

 

Experience

Confer Degree Doctor of Medicine

Three-Year

Limited License

Pre-Professional

 

Professional

Post-Graduate

 

Proficiency

 

Licensing

Architecture

 

 

 

 

07-01-03

07-02-03

 

 

 

 

Dentistry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

07-01-59

 

Medicine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

07-01-60C

to

07-13-60C

 

Psychology

 

 

 

 

07-01-68

 

 

 

 

Veterinary Medicine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

07-01-74

to

07-04-74

 

 

OTHER:   

 

 

 

 

Total for fiscal year to date:           244

 

Total for calendar year to date:        21

 


 

ARCHITECTURE

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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


 

 

NAME OF PETITIONER

LICENSURE

07-01-03

Daniel Joseph DeBettencourt

McLean, VA 22101

(1) Virginia, 1982; also licensed in District of Columbia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

 

07-02-03

Mark August Lippi

Edison, NJ 08820

(1) Pennsylvania, 1980.

 

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


 

 

Board of Regents: January 9, 2007

 

THREE-YEAR LIMITED LICENSE IN DENTISTRY

 

Petition for: Three-year limited license to practice Dentistry under Section 6604(6) of the Education Law.

 

Statement of Problem: The applicant listed below has 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.

 

            The 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. The 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

07-01-59

Mark S. Nalbandian

Union City, NJ  07087

 

 

ACTION: The Department shall issue a three-year limited license to the applicant 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.


 

 

Board of Regents: January 9, 2007

 

PSYCHOLOGY

 

07-01- 68 

Peter M. Vietze

South Hackensack, NJ 07606

 

(Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, Ph.D., 1969)

 

Petition for:  Acceptance of an examination taken prior to its approval for use in New York State as the substantial equivalent of a satisfactory licensing examination.

 

Statement of Problem:  Dr. Vietze passed the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) that was administered in October 1974, prior to the adoption of that examination in New York State in October 1977.  The applicant has satisfied all requirements for the current licensing examination and is now eligible to take it.  He is, however, requesting that his score on the October 1974 EPPP examination be accepted as meeting the examination requirement in New York State.  While New York State has not established a passing score for that form of the examination, his score of 133 would have met the commonly accepted national standard of 70 percent as the minimal score acceptable for professional licensing based on either a total of 150 or 175 items on the examination.  The number of items on the EPPP varied between 125 and 175 until New York State adopted this examination and provided additional items to its bank of questions in 1977.

 

            Dr. Vietze was licensed in Tennessee from July 1, 1975 until December 31, 1979 when his license expired because it was not renewed.  There was no derogatory information in the licensure files of the State of Tennessee.  He was licensed in the State of Maryland on May 24, 1977 based on his performance on the 1974 EPPP examination and is currently licensed there.  The Department has no knowledge of any disciplinary action against him in the state of Maryland.

 

            The Executive Secretary of the State Board for Psychology supports the applicant’s request.

 

 

APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS:

Sections 7603 and 6507 of the Education Law require:

QUALIFICATIONS: 

(1)  Acceptable doctoral degree and program in psychology.

(1)  Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, Ph.D. in Psychology, 1969. 

(2)  Two years satisfactory supervised experience.

(2)  Two years of acceptable experience.

(3)  Acceptable scores on a satisfactory licensing examination.

(3)  See Statement of Problem.

 

 

RECOMMENDATION:  The Committee on the Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the State Board for Psychology, recommends acceptance of the applicant’s performance on the 1974 EPPP examination as satisfying the examination requirement for licensure.

 

 


Board of Regents: January 9, 2007

 

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

07-01-74

Benjamin Luke Davidson

Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

07-02-74

Caroline Victoria Hirst

Ithaca, NY 14850

07-03-74

Franck Jean Ollivier

Tampa, FL 33606

07-04-74

Joseph Austin Rizon

Rego Park, NY 11374

 

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.

 

 


Board of Regents: January 9, 2007

 

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

07-01-60C

Mohammad Ashraf

Buffalo, NY  14209

(1)   University of Dacca, Mymensingh College, Dacca, East Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 4/19/69.

(2)   License #164499, issued on 10/21/88.

07-02-60C

Cecilia Avila

Stony Brook, NY  11794

(1)   National University of Columbia, Bogota, Columbia, Physician & Surgeon, 7/19/82.

(2)   License #207324, issued on 7/8/97.

07-03-60C

Peter Barnett

Fort Smith, AR  72916

(1)   Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, Physician & Surgeon, 6/14/02.

(2)   License #238611, issued on 1/3/06.

07-04-60C

Wendy Van Bellingham

Albany, NY  12203

(1)   Cluj Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Physician, 9/10/83.

(2)   License #167992, issued on 9/23/86.

07-05-60C

Sandra Brennan

New York, NY  10021

(1)   National University of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 6/26/98.

(2)   License #002684, issued on 8/1/06.


07-06-60C

Mohammad Hussain

Wheatly Heights, NY  11798

 

(1)   Patna Medical College Hospital, Patna, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 12/24/95.

(2)   License #230250, issued on 10/21/03.

07-07-60C

Bharat Langer

Clifton Park, NY  12065

(1)   Government Medical College, Jammu, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 5/30/80.

(2)   License #222185, issued on 7/24/01.

07-08-60C

Michael Lewis

East Meadow, NY  11554

(1)   Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, Physician & Surgeon, 6/13/03.

(2)   License #241976, issued on 2/21/06.

07-09-60C

V. Ravishankar

Stony Brook, NY  11794

(1)   University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 2/28/81.

(2)   License #232914, issued on 6/22/04.

07-10-60C

Orestes Sanchez

Franklin Lakes, NJ  07417

(1)   Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, Physician & Surgeon, 12/9/78.

(2)   License #163935, issued on 9/9/85.

07-11-60C

Ashraf Seedhom

Oneonta, NY  13820

(1)   Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 11/30/96.

(2)   License #233746, issued on 8/19/04.

07-12-60C

Clare Smith

New York, NY  10021

(1)   Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dublin, Ireland, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 5/31/96.

(2)   License #002632, issued on 6/23/06.

07-13-60C

Manal Soliman

E. Setauxet, NY  11733

(1)   University of Tanta, Tanta, Egypt, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 2/29/84.

(2)   License #225730, issued on 7/24/02.

 

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.