Meeting of the Board of Regents | May 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:	May 1, 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 May 2008 meeting where it will be voted on and action taken.  It will then come before the full Board at its May 20, 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 7 licensing petitions and 10 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 May 20, 2008.

 

 

 

Cases Presented to Board of Regents on:  May 20, 2008                                                                                 SUMMARY REPORT
PROFESSION	EDUCATION			EXAMINATION		Experience	Confer Degree Doctor of Medicine	Three-Year Limited License
	Pre-Professional	Professional	Post-Graduate	Proficiency	Licensing
Architecture					08-14-03 To 08-17-03
Medicine							08-47-60C To 08-56-60C
Veterinary Medicine					08-03-75 08-04-75			08-06-74
OTHER:						Total for fiscal year to date:             46   Total for calendar year to date:        86

 

Board of Regents:  May 20, 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
08-14-03 Lawrence Joseph Link Hampstead, MD 21074	Maryland, 1976; also was licensed with good standing in Florida, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia.
08-15-03 Robert H. Quigley Cambridge, MA 02142	Massachusetts, 1975.
08-16-03 Galeno Caban Rivera Miami Beach, FL 33140	Florida, 1979.
08-17-03 Juniper T. Russell Newtown, MA 02458	California, 1980; also licensed in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island and was licensed with good standing in Connecticut.

 

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:  May 20, 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 a veterinarian 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 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

08-06-74 Rina Harun Whitestone, NY 11357

 

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:  May 20, 2008

 

 

VETERINARY MEDICINE  

08-03-75
         

Edward E. Tindall

Stockton, NJ 08559

(Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, D.V.M., 1965)

 

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

 

Statement of Problem:  Dr. Tindall graduated from an accredited college of veterinary medicine in 1965 and took the National Board (NBE) examination in that year.  Dr. Tindall 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. Tindall was licensed in New Jersey based on the NBE.  He has documented 30 years of practice in New Jersey.

 

              In view of Dr. Tindall’s documentation of 30 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 New Jersey 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.	Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, B.S., 1959; Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, D.V.M., June 1965.
(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 1965 NBE examination; did not take the CCT.   (2)(b) Licensed as a veterinarian in New Jersey, August 1965.    (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 New Jersey license.

Board of Regents:  May 20, 2008

 

VETERINARY MEDICINE  

07-04-75

Reginald R. Tschorn

Arlington, VT 05250

(Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, D.V.M., 1976)

 

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

 

Statement of Problem:  Dr. Tschorn graduated from an accredited college of veterinary medicine in 1976 and took the National Board examination (NBE) in that year.  Dr. Tschorn 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. Tschorn was licensed in Vermont based on the NBE and a state-constructed examination.  He has documented over 25 years of practice in Vermont.

 

              In view of Dr. Tschorn’s documentation of more than 25 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 Vermont 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., 1976.
(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 1976 NBE examination; did not take the CCT.   (2)(b) Licensed as a veterinarian in Vermont, 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 Vermont license.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Board of Regents:  May 20, 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
08-47-60C Minakshi Dhalla Cresskill, NJ 07626	Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 2/27/76. License #149507, issued on 4/16/82.
08-48-60C Skender Driza Ridgewood, NY 11385	University of Tirana, Tirana, Albania, Physician, 8/29/97. License #245274, issued on 7/19/07.
08-49-60C Federico Girardi New York, NY 10021	National University of Rosario, Rosario, Argentina, Physician, 7/29/92. License #237741, issued on 9/14/05.
08-50-60C Ishrat Khan East Meadow, NY 11554	(1) Rajendra Medical College, Ranchi, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 3/21/75. (2) License #147087, issued on 7/24/81.
08-51-60C Gopal Kishore Plainview, NY 11803	Sarojini Naidu Hospital, Agra, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 10/1/91. License #240234, issued on 5/22/06.
08-52-60C Syed Naqvi Longbeach, NY 11561	Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 3/26/80. License #212274, issued on 10/1/98.

 

08-53-60C Bogdan Negrea West Hempstead, NY 11552	CLUJ Institute of Medicine & Pharmacy, CLUJ-Napoca, Romania, Physician, 8/9/81. License #206703, issued on 5/19/97.
08-54-60C Alfred Proto New York, NY 10024	Antonomous University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, Physician and Surgeon, 6/13/03. License #242925, issued on 1/24/07.
08-55-60C Manish Upadhyay Williamsville, NY 14221	Government Medical College Vadodara University, Baroda, Gujarat, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 3/5/93. License #237299, issued on 8/15/05.
08-56-60C Imran Zaffer Northport, NY 11768	Government Medical College, Kashmir University, Srinapar, Kashmir, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 7/24/93. License #244910, Issued on 6/27/07.

 

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.