Meeting of the Board of Regents | April 2008

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

 

TO:
FROM:	Frank Muñoz
SUBJECT:	Report of the Committee on the Professions Regarding Licensing Petitions
DATE:	March 27, 2008
STRATEGIC GOAL:	Goal 3
AUTHORIZATION(S):

 

SUMMARY

 

Issue for Decision (Consent Agenda)

 

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

 

Proposed Handling

 

This question will come before the Professional Practice Committee at its April 2008 meeting where it will be voted on and action taken.  It will then come before the full Board at its April 15, 2008 meeting for final action.

 

Procedural History

 

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

 

Background Information

 

There are 8 licensing petitions and 21 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 April 15, 2008.

 

Cases Presented to Board of Regents on:  April 15, 2008                                                                                 SUMMARY REPORT
PROFESSION	EDUCATION			EXAMINATION		Experience	Confer Degree Doctor of Medicine	Three-Year Limited License
	Pre-Professional	Professional	Post-Graduate	Proficiency	Licensing
Architecture					08-10-03 To 08-13-03
Certified Public Accountancy					08-02-07
Dentistry								08-01-59
Medicine							08-26-60C To 08-46-60C
Veterinary Medicine					08-02-75			08-05-74
OTHER:						Total for fiscal year to date:             29   Total for calendar year to date:        69

 

 

 

Board of Regents:  April 15, 2008

 

 

ARCHITECTURE

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

NAME OF PETITIONER	LICENSURE
08-10-03   S. Michael Evans Norfolk, VA  23510	Virginia, 12/75;  also licensed in Illinois, Connecticut, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Ohio, Utah, Arizona, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Hawaii, North Dakota, Missouri, Colorado, Louisiana,  Mississippi, Michigan, Idaho and Iowa and was licensed with good standing in Georgia.
08-11-03 Gregory Lukmire Arlington, VA  22206	Virginia, 12/74; also licensed in Maryland, District of Columbia, and West Virginia, and was licensed with good standing in Connecticut.
08-12-03 Peter Rogers Framingham, MA  01702	Massachusetts, 2/81; also licensed in New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida, Rhode Island, and was licensed with good standing in Georgia and Alabama.
08-13-03 Timothy Twomey Boston, MA  02210	Massachusetts, 9/82; also licensed in Connecticut, New Jersey, New Hampshire, South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia.

 

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:  April 15, 2008

 

 

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY

08-02-07

Barbara Jean Mahon

White Plains, NY 10605

 

(Pace University, Pleasantville, New York, Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, June 1995)

Petition for: Acceptance of passing grades on the Uniform Certified Public Accountancy Examination.

 

Statement of Problem:  Commissioner's Regulations require that an applicant must pass all parts of the Uniform CPA examination within 36 months.  As of November 2007, Barbara Mahon has passed all four sections of the Uniform CPA Examination. However, she did not pass the four sections within the 36-month conditioning period.

 

              Ms. Mahon received conditional credit for the paper-based Audit and Attestation (AUD) section and the Business Law & Professional Responsibility (LPR) section of the examination in May 2002.  Under regulations in effect at that time, she needed to pass the remaining two sections of the exam within 36 months (by May 2005) to retain credit for these two sections.

 

              In August 2004, she was scheduled to sit for both the Regulation (REG) and Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR) sections.  She passed the REG section but experienced significant computer issues that prevented her from completing portions of the FAR section, resulting in a failing score on that section.  She sat for the FAR section three more times, experiencing computer issues each time, before finally passing that section in November 2007.  Ms. Mahon’s problems with the computer software and hardware during these sittings were documented by the test administrator.  On two occasions she was granted free retests and that testing center was shut down due to recurring hardware issues.

 

              The Executive Secretary for the State Board for Accountancy supports Ms. Mahon’s request to waive the 36-month requirement to pass all four parts of the Uniform CPA Examination.

             

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.	Pace University, Pleasantville, New York, Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, June 1995.

 

(2) Passing scores on the Uniform CPA Examination.	(2) (a) May 2002: Audit and Attestation and Business Law & Professional Responsibility (passing scores).           (b) August 2004:   Regulation (passing score) (c) November 2007: 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 New York State Board for Public Accountancy, recommends that the applicant’s petition for acceptance of passing grades on the Uniform CPA Examination be accepted.

Board of Regents:  April 15, 2008

 

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 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

08-01-59 Christopher Allington Hyde Park, VT 05655

 

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:  April 15, 2008

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Name of Petitioner

08-05-74 Ross Doust New York, NY 10003

 

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

 

 

Board of Regents:  April 15, 2008

 

 

VETERINARY MEDICINE  

08-02-75

Joseph Paul Desch II

Topeka, Kansas 66610

 

(Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, D.V.M., 1977)

 

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

 

Statement of Problem:  Dr. Desch graduated from an accredited college of veterinary medicine in 1977 and passed the National Board (NBE) examination in that year.  Dr. Desch has not taken the Clinical Competency Test (CCT), which was offered only from 1984 to 2000.  For New York State licensure, applicants who passed the NBE must also take the CCT.  Both the NBE and the CCT have been replaced by the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE).

 

Dr. Desch was licensed in Kansas based on the NBE.  He has documented 30 years of professional practice in Oklahoma and Kansas.

 

In view of Dr. Desch’s documentation of numerous years of practice as evidence of clinical competence, the Executive Secretary of the State Board for Veterinary Medicine recommends that the CCT examination requirement be waived and that the applicant’s Kansas license be accepted for endorsement in New York State.

                           

APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS:	QUALIFICATIONS:
Section 6704 of the Education Law and Section 59.6 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 and graduation with a satisfactory degree in veterinary medicine.	Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, D.V.M., 1977.

 

(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 on May 1977 NBE examination; did not take the CCT.   (2)(b) Licensed as a veterinarian in Oklahoma, May 1977, and Kansas, June 1977.    (2)(c) More than two years of satisfactory professional experience following licensure.
(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 waiver of the CCT examination requirement and endorsement of the applicant's Kansas license.

Board of Regents:  April 15, 2008

 

MEDICINE

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

NAME OF PETITIONER	QUALIFICATIONS
08-26-60C Ahmed Ijaz Floral Park, NY 11001	Allama Labal Medical College, Lahore Pakistan, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 3/28/00. License #002400, issued on 7/1/05.
08-27-60C Khovsheda Ali Paintedpost, NY 14870	Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh, Bangladesh, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 5/12/89. License #242868, issued on 1/16/07.
08-28-60C Ravindra Navinchandra Amin Brooklyn, NY 11201	M.S. University of Baroda, Baroda Medical College, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 10/04/85. License #188679, issued on 3/31/92.
08-29-60C Samuel Apeatu White Plains, NY 10607	University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 3/15/78. License #175341, issued on 7/20/88.
08-30-60C James Callaghan, Jr. Williamsport, PA 17701	Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara,, Mexico, Physician and Surgeon, 6/11/04. License #246894, issued on 11/29/07.

 

08-31-60C Milind Desai Soion, OH 44139	NHL Municiple Medical College, Ahmedabad, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 3/30/94. License #240683, issued on 6/21/06.
08-32-60C Sahar Elezabi Webster, NY 14580	Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 11/1/90. License #225834, issued on 7/30/02.
08-33-60C John Fejes New York, NY 10128-6762	Antonomous University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, Physician and Surgeon, 12/5/03. License #247132, issued on 12/20/07.
08-34-60C Amy Gorczynski New Hartford, NY 13413	University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, Physician and Surgeon, 6/1/93. License #212459, Issued on 10/27/98.
08-35-60C Yazholi Kanikkannan Fishkill, NY 12524	Thanjavor Medical Center, Thanjavor, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 3/21/77. License #247180, issued on 12/31/07.
08-36-60C Vivek Kaul Manlius, NY 13104	(1)University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 5/15/94. (2) License #235837, issued on 4/21/05.
08-37-60C Yuriy Kahnin Baldwin, NY 11510	Leningrad Pediatric Medical Academy, St. Petersburg, Russia, Physician, 6/24/86. License #230941, issued on 1/6/04.
08-38-60C Sandhya Khurana Manlius, NY 13104	University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 5/15/94. License #246989, issued on 12/5/07.
08-39-60C Alexandru Kimel Montvale, NJ 07645	Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, Physician and Surgeon, 6/9/00. License #247233, issued on 1/7/08.
08-40-60C Elizabeth Lee Danbury, CT 06810-6313	Beijing Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Bachelor of Medicine, 7/5/90. License #234164, issued on 10/12/04.
08-41-60C Hersch Orner Flushing, NY 11367	University of Buenos Aires Facility of Medicine, Buenos Aires City, Argentina, Physician, 6/8/84. License #175450, issued on 7/26/88.

 

08-42-60C Armen Ovsepian Smithtown, NY 11787	Kaunas Medical School, Kaunas, Lithuania, Physician, 6/30/89. License #214350, issued on 6/17/99.
08-43-60C Sathya Ramachandran Falls Church, VA 22043	PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 3/23/00. License #247244, issued on 1/8/08.
08-44-60C Vijay Shaw Woodmere, NY 11598	Darbhanga Medical College, Laheriasarqi, Bihar, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 5/31/67. License #142806, issued on 7/1/80.
08-45-60C Sankaran Shrikanthan Cleveland, OH 44195	Bangalore Medical College, Karnataka, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 1/24/91. License #242755, issued on 12/29/06.
08-46-60C Solomon Spector Stony Brook, NY 11794-8460	University of Capetown, South Africa, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 12/14/61. License #173816, issued on 3/1/88.

 

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.