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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06-01-03
Louis E. Krause
Manchester, NH
03104 |
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06-02-03
Donald R. Small
Austin, TX
78746 |
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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 through the endorsement route.
CERTIFIED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTANCY
06-01-07
John W. Gunn
Westlake, Ohio
44145
(Mr. Gunn is applying under the 15 years of
experience route)
Petition for: Acceptance of passing
grades on the Uniform Certified Public Accountancy
Examination.
Statement of
Problem:
Mr. Gunn has applied for licensure based on more than 24 years of experience
acceptable to the State Board for Public Accountancy. Mr. Gunn sat for the Uniform CPA
Examination in Texas in 1975 and 1976 and was
exempted from the Law subtest based on his licensure as an attorney in
Texas at that
time. His license in
Texas is current, and
there are no disciplinary actions on file.
Mr. Gunn was licensed in Ohio in 1986 by
endorsement of his Texas license. His Ohio license is also current and without
disciplinary action.
Mr. Gunn 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: |
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Section 7404 of Education Law and Part 70 of
the Commissioner’s Regulations: |
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(1) 15 years of experience acceptable to the
State Board for Public Accountancy. |
More than 24 years of acceptable
experience. |
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(2) Passing scores on the Uniform CPA
Examination. |
May 1975: Auditing, 75; Law, Exempt;
Accounting Theory, 79 (passing scores); Accounting Practice, 59
(failure).
November 1975: Accounting Practice, 75 (passing
score). |
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 the Uniform CPA
Examination be accepted.
PHARMACY
06-01-20
Timothy
Sweeney
Clinical Encapsulation
Services, Inc.
920 Albany
St.
Schenectady, New York 12307-0000
Petition
for: Waiver
of the requirement that a pharmacist or chemist supervise regulated activities
as a manufacturer or wholesaler registered under Section 6808.4 of Education
Law.
Statement of
Problem: Section 63.6(c) of Commissioner’s
Regulations requires that a manufacturer or wholesaler registered by the New
York State Board of Pharmacy under Section 6808.4 of the Education Law have a
pharmacist present during all business hours or be under the supervision of a
chemist who holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and who has at least two
years of experience in the manufacturing, repacking and/or wholesaling of drugs
satisfactory to the State Board of Pharmacy. Mr. Sweeney is not a pharmacist and
does not have a degree in chemistry.
Mr. Sweeney is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Clinical
Encapsulation Services, Inc. He reports that the current pharmacist for his
business is retiring and moving to Florida and requests that he be approved as
the supervisor. In his application, Mr. Sweeney’s indicates that he has an
Associate’s Degree in Humanities at the State University of New York at
Cobleskill and two additional years of study at the State University of New York
at Stony Brook. The Department has received no documentation that Mr. Sweeney
completed either a bachelor’s degree in chemistry or significant coursework in
chemistry or related sciences. His resume reflects 14 years of experience in
regulatory affairs, cost accounting and human resource issues. He also reports nine years of experience
in the manufacturing process.
Mr. Sweeney asks for a waiver of this regulation requiring the presence
of a pharmacist or approved supervisor at his business. He reports that his is a
small company and it is not an option to replace the existing pharmacist. He
questions the necessity for the regulation and reports that surrounding states
have different requirements. The Executive Committee of the State Board of
Pharmacy unanimously recommends that Timothy Sweeney be denied the supervisor
position at Clinical Encapsulation Services, Inc. The Committee determined that
Mr. Sweeney provided no documentation that he had education equivalent to that
of a chemist or pharmacist and found no basis for waiving the regulatory
requirement.
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APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS: |
QUALIFICATIONS: |
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Section 6808.4 of
Education Law and Section 63.6(c) of the Commissioner's
Regulations
requires: |
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A manufacturer or
wholesaler registered by the State Board of Pharmacy must have a
pharmacist present during all business hours or (1) be under the
supervision of a chemist who holds a bachelor's degree with a major in
chemistry and (2) has at least two years of experience in manufacturing,
repacking and/or wholesaling of drugs which is satisfactory to the
Board. |
(1) Reports an
Associate’s degree in Humanities from SUNY at Cobleskill and two years of
additional education at SUNY at Stony Brook.
(2)(a) Present
employment is with Clinical Encapsulation Services, Inc., Schenectady,
N.Y., 1996 to present; currently,
President and Chief Executive Officer.
(2)(b) DM Graham Laboratories,
Inc., Pearl St.,
Hobart, N.Y.,1992 to 1996, Regulatory Affairs
Manager.
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RECOMMENDATION: The Committee on the Professions, in
concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the State Board of Pharmacy,
recommends that the applicant’s request to be approved as the supervising
pharmacist or supervising chemist at Clinical Encapsulation Services, Inc. be
denied.
CHIROPRACTIC
06-01-70
Christopher W.
Baldt
Millsboro, Delaware 19966-0000
(Sherman College of Straight
Chiropractic, Spartanburg, South Carolina, Doctor of Chiropractic,
1988)
Petition
for: Acceptance of
education as the substantial equivalent of a registered program.
Statement of
Problem: Dr. Baldt
completed a chiropractic program in the United States, which was not
accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE), an accrediting
organization acceptable to the Department, at the time of his graduation.
In 1990, the Bureau of Professional Program Review reported the results
of its review of the curricula of schools of chiropractic, which espouse the
mixed philosophy and those which teach straight chiropractic, such as Sherman
College of Straight Chiropractic from which the applicant graduated. Although it was found that the emphasis
on certain subjects was different among the institutions reviewed, the
difference was considered not significant, and in fact, similar to variations
found in programs of other professions such as medicine and dentistry.
The Department’s review of the Sherman
program shows that it is equivalent to a
New York State registered program in chiropractic
in all basic health sciences and professional subjects except for adjunctive
(physical) therapy – a course offered by some but not all chiropractic colleges
accredited by CCE. This review, in
combination with the fact that at the time Dr. Baldt’s degree was conferred
Sherman
College was accredited by
the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, a regional accrediting body
recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, provides the basis for
acceptance of the petitioner’s education as the substantial equivalent of a
registered program.
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APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS: |
QUALIFICATIONS: |
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Sections 6554 and 6507
of the Education Law: |
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(1) Two years of
satisfactory preprofessional college study. |
(1)
University of Delaware,
Newark, Delaware, B.S., 1985. |
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(2) Completion of a
satisfactory chiropractic program of at least four academic
years. |
(2) See Statement of
Problem. |
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(3) Acceptable scores
on satisfactory licensing examinations. |
(3)(a) NBCE Parts I,
II and III, 9/1988.
(3)(b)
Delaware clinical competence examination and two
years satisfactory experience for endorsement of 12/08/1988
Delaware
licensure.
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(4)
United States
citizenship or immigration status as an alien lawfully admitted for
permanent residence in the United
States. |
(4)
United
States
citizen. |
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(5) Evidence of good
moral character. |
(5) Good moral
character. |
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(6) Evidence of
required course in identification and reporting of child abuse and
maltreatment. |
(6) Certificate of
Exemption from this requirement. |
RECOMMENDATION: The Committee
on the Professions, in concurrence with the Executive Secretary of the State
Board for Chiropractic, recommends that the applicant’s education be accepted as
the equivalent of a professional program registered by the
Department.
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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06-01-60C
Alexandru Stoian
Potsdam, NY
13676 |
(1)
Bucahrest General Medical School, Physician, 3/18/78.
(2)
License
#161770, issued on 3/25/85. |
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06-02-60C
Afshan Ashfaq
Eastmeadow, NY
11554 |
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06-04-60C
Lei Ding
Flushing, NY
11354 |
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06-05-60C
Amjad Hammad
Saratoga
Springs,
NY 12866 |
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06-06-60C
Raouf Hanna
Brooklyn, NY
11234 |
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06-07-60C
Victor Kolade
Cheektowaga, NY
14227 |
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06-08-60C
Kevin Madden
San
Diego,
CA 92129 |
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06-09-60C
Ashish Mahindra
Albany, NY
12208 |
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06-10-60C
Yongming Mao
Brooklyn, NY
11223 |
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06-11-60C
Nilorar Mir
Latham, NY
12110 |
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06-12-60C
Murli Raghavan
Rochester, NY
14607 |
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06-13-60C
Chinyere Ofonagoro
Bronx, NY
10466 |
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06-14-60C
Snehal Patel
New
York,
NY 10021 |
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06-15-60C
Jan Karrel Schreuder
New
York,
NY 10032 |
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06-16-60C
Rohit Shahani
New
York,
NY 10029 |
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06-17-60C
Saira Shahani
New
York,
NY 10029 |
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06-18-60C
Mei-Heng Tan
New
York,
NY 10021 |
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06-19-60C
Minal Vaidya
Purchase, NY
10577 |
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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.
