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Meeting of the Board of Regents | October 2009

Thursday, October 1, 2009 - 8:25am

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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:

October 13, 2009

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 full board at its October 2009 meeting where it will be voted on and action taken. 

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 6 licensing petitions and 4 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 October 20, 2009.

 


 

Cases Presented to Board of Regents on:  October 20, 2009                                                                                 SUMMARY REPORT

PROFESSION

 

EDUCATION

EXAMINATION

 

Experience

Confer Degree Doctor of Medicine

Three-Year

Limited License

Pre-Professional

Professional

Post-Graduate

Proficiency

Licensing

Medicine

 

 

 

09-81-60*

09-81-60*

09-81-60*

09-127-60C

to

09-130-60C

 

Veterinary Medicine

             

09-01-74

To

09-05-74

OTHER: *Endorsement of medical license from France

 

Total for fiscal year to date:           131

Total for calendar year to date:      176

 

 

 


Board of Regents:  October 20, 2009

 

 

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

09-01-74

Laura Ruth Brisbane-Cohen

New York, NY 10016

09-02-74

Victoria Louise Byfield

Massapequa, NY 11758

09-03-74 

Peter James Alexander Burnett

Sound Beach, NY  11789

09-04-74 

David D. Gunzburg

Schuylerville, NY 12871

09-05-74 

Sarah Elizabeth Jay-Atherton

New York, NY 10022

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:  October 20, 2009

MEDICINE

09-81-60

Jean-Laurent Casanova

New York, New York 10065

(Universite Paris V Rene Descartes, Paris, France, Doctor of Medicine, 1995)

Petition for:  Satisfaction of the postgraduate hospital training requirement, proficiency examination requirement and endorsement of his medical license from France.

Statement of Problem:  Commissioner’s Regulations allow for endorsement of an applicant’s license from another jurisdiction if appropriate requirements are met, and if the applicant has not failed any part of New York State’s licensing examination.  A license granted in a country outside the United States can be endorsed if licensure in that country is regulated by an organization designated as responsible for quality assurance and acceptable to the Board of Regents.  Additionally, the applicant must satisfactorily demonstrate completion of an acceptable proficiency examination, clinical competency examination, three years of ACGME-accredited postgraduate training or the equivalent, and five years of satisfactory professional experience.

              The Executive Secretary of the State Board for Medicine has reviewed the documentation submitted in support of Dr. Casanova’s application. He recommends that Dr. Casanova’s postgraduate training in France in general pediatrics and pediatric specialties be accepted as the substantial equivalent of the required three years of ACGME-accredited postgraduate training.  Commissioner’s Regulations allow the Board of Regents to accept appropriate foreign medical licenses and diplomate certificates to fulfill the licensure and proficiency examination requirements as well as the clinical competency requirements for endorsement.   Dr. Casanova has been licensed in France since 1987.  His license is active and in good standing.  Additionally, Dr. Casanova earned a Specialist Certificate in Pediatrics from the French Ordre des Medecins in 1995.  Subsequent to receipt of the French Specialist Certificate, Dr. Casanova was conferred a Doctorat Sciences (1992) from the Universite Paris VI.  The Executive Secretary of the State Board for Medicine recommends that Dr. Casanova’s Doctorat Sciences and four-year pediatric immunology/hematology fellowship be accepted to fulfill the proficiency examination requirement. The Executive Secretary further recommends that Dr. Casanova’s Specialist Certificate in Pediatrics be accepted to fulfill the clinical competency requirement for endorsement. 

APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS:

QUALIFICATIONS:

Sections 60.1 and 60.5 of the Commissioner’s Regulations require:

 

(1) Six years of postsecondary education, including at least 32 months of medical

(1) Universite Paris V Rene Descartes, Paris, France, Doctor of Medicine, 1995.

(2) Proficiency examination.

(2)(a)  Universite Paris VI, Doctorat Sciences, 1992.

(2)(b)  Fellowship in pediatric hematology-immunology, Necker Hospital, Paris, France, 1995-1999.    

(3) Three years of approved postgraduate hospital training.

(3)(a)  Residencies in pediatrics and pediatric-immunology-hematology from 1992-1995 at the following Paris hospitals: Hospital Robert Debre, Saint Michele Hospital, and Necker Hospital.   

(3)(b) Fellowship in pediatric hematology-immunology, Necker Hospital, Paris, France, 1995-1999.

(4) Appropriate medical license or certificate. 

(4) French medical license, Ordre des Medecins, 1995.

(5) Acceptable scores on a clinical competency examination acceptable to the Department.

(5)  Specialist Certificate in Pediatrics, French Ordre des Medecins, 1995.

(6) Not less than five years of satisfactory professional experience.

(6) Ten years of satisfactory professional experience.

(7) United States citizen or alien lawfully admitted for permanent resident status in the United States.

(7)

(8) Evidence of good moral character.

(8) Good moral character.

(9) Evidence of the required course in the identification and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment.

(9)  Completed the required course in the identification and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment.

RECOMMENDATION:   The Committee on the Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the State Board for Medicine, recommends that the applicant’s proficiency examination and postgraduate hospital training requirements be considered satisfied and that he has fulfilled the licensure and clinical competency requirements for endorsement of his medical license from France.


Board of Regents:  October 20, 2009

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

09-127-60C

Shahzad Iqbal

Brooklyn, NY  11238

  • Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 03/26/97.
  • License #002011, issued on 10/2/03.

09-128-60C

Pratibha Kaul

Fayetteville, NY 13066

  • University of Jammu, Kashmir, Pakistan, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 10/30/85.
  • License #184211, issued on 10/11/90.

09-129-60C

Gopal Ramaraju

Rochester, NY 14642

  • Guntur Medical College, Guntur, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 1/11/88.
  • License #220859, issued on 4/12/01.

09-130-60C

Richard Sartori

Glen Cove, NY 11542

(1University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, 7/23/87.

(2) License #184786, issued on 1/17/91.

RECOMMENDATION: The Committee on the Professions, in concurrence with the State Board for Medicine, recommends that the petitioners be awarded the degree Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) in accordance with provisions of Section 6529 of the Education Law.