Meeting of the Board of Regents | April 2009

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 - 11:00pm

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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:	April 1, 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 Professional Practice Committee at its April 2009 meeting where it will be voted on and action taken. It will then come before the full Board at its April 2009 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 is 1 licensing petition 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 21, 2009.

Cases Presented to Board of Regents on: April 21, 2009 SUMMARY REPORT
PROFESSION	EDUCATION			EXAMINATION		Experience	Confer Degree Doctor of Medicine	Three-Year Limited License
PROFESSION	Pre-Professional	Professional	Post-Graduate	Proficiency	Licensing	Experience	Confer Degree Doctor of Medicine	Three-Year Limited License
Certified Public Accountancy					09-06-07
Medicine							09-31-60C to 09-51-60C
OTHER:						Total for fiscal year to date: 22 Total for calendar year to date: 67

Board of Regents: April 21, 2009

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY

09-06-07

Beryl Simonson

Philadelphia, PA 19103

(15 years experience in lieu of education requirements)

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

Statement of Problem: Beryl Simonson is applying for licensure as a CPA through the endorsement of a CPA license issued by Pennsylvania in January 1973. Pennsylvania experienced a fire in their archives in 1994 and lost some exam records, including Mr. Simonson’s.

The Pennsylvania Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs has sent a letter explaining that they can confirm that Mr. Simonson successfully passed all sections of the Uniform CPA Examination with a score of 75% or higher, which was the passing score required by New York in 1973. They cannot, however, verify Mr. Simonson’s actual score or date of passing for any individual section. Pennsylvania regulations in effect in 1973 would have allowed Mr. Simonson an unlimited amount of time to pass the final section of the exam once he had passed his initial section. New York regulations in effect at the time would have required Mr. Simonson to pass all four sections of the Examination within a three-year period.

Mr. Simonson applied for licensure under the 120 hour education requirements; however, the Office of the State Board found that he satisfied the alternate requirement of 15 years of acceptable public accounting experience in lieu of meeting New York’s education requirements. Given Pennsylvania’s assurance that he passed all sections of the Examination, the Executive Secretary of the State Board for Public Accountancy supports his petition for acceptance of passing grades on 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.	15 years experience in lieu of education requirements.
(2) Passing scores on the Uniform CPA Examination.	(2) Pennsylvania’s assurance that the applicant passed all sections of the Examination.
(3) One year of satisfactory experience.	(3)

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 passing grades on the Uniform CPA Examination be accepted.

Board of Regents: April 21, 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
09-31-60C Yousaf Ali Pittsford, NY 14534	King Edward Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 2/18/84. License #204051, issued on 8/7/96.
09-32-60C Kartik Ananth Tarrytown, NY 10591	Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, Physician and Surgeon, 12/5/00. License #251740, issued on 1/22/09.
09-33-60C Mikhail Artamonov Brooklyn, NY 11224	Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy, Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Physician, 6/22/94. License #250059, issued on 8/20/08.
09-34-60C Alexander Bangiev Forest Hills, NY 11375	(1) Tashkent Pediatric Medical Institute, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Physician, 7/15/94. (2) License #226004, issued on 8/15/02.
09-35-60C Prabjot Channa Scarsdale, NY 10583	Goa Medical College, Bambolim, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 12/22/89. License #223857, issued on 2/5/02.
09-36-60C Wayne Cohen Lido Beach, NY 11561	University Del Noreste, Tampico, Mexico, Physician and Surgeon, 6/23/84. License #167750, issued on 9/05/86.

09-37-60C Thomas Falco Riverhead, NY 11901	Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, Physician and Surgeon, 6/30/80. License #148169, issued on 10/30/81.
09-38-60C James Foster Amherst, NY 14226	University of London, London, England, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 7/15/85. License #195368, issued on 4/13/94.
09-39-60C Hubert Franke Short Hills, NJ 07078	Ruprecht Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany, Examination in Medicine Certificate, 11/29/96. License #237589, issued on 9/2/05.
09-40-60C Suhail Hameed New York, NY 10065	Deccan College of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 3/28/95. License #244591, issued on 6/12/07.
09-41-60C Jayalakshmi Harid Scarsdale, NY 10583	Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 2/11/84. License #227190, issued on 12/23/02.
09-42-60C David McIlroy New York, NY 10023	Monash University, Clayton, Australia, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 12/8/93. License #003272, issued on 1/16/09.
09-43-60C Dilipkumar Patel Saugerties, NY 12477	Government Medical College, Baroda, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 1/1/86. License #203393, issued on 6/27/96.
09-44-60C Ketul Patel Pittsford, NY 14534	B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 12/17/93. License #229929, issued on 9/17/03.
09-45-60C Sandra Rao Charlottesville, VA 22902	Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, Physician and Surgeon, 6/14/02. License #248491, issued on 5/2/08.
09-46-60C Muhammad Sarfraz Brooklyn, NY 11234	King Edward Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, 5/4/95. License #240783, issued on 6/26/06.
09-47-60C Arkady Sheinin Brooklyn, Ny 11204	Lvov State University, Lvov, Ukraine, Physician, 6/27/70. License #163089, issued on 7/8/85.

09-49-60C

Laura Sirulnik

New York, NY 10023

University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Physician, 4/17/90.
License #002930, issued on 8/23/07.

09-50-60C

Esther Speer

Chicago, IL 60637

University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany, Examination in Medicine Certificate, 11/23/93.
License #003262, issued on 1/2/09.

09-51-60C

Maung Wai

Staten Island, NY 10304

Institute of Medicine 2 Yangon, Myanmar, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, 11/2/91.
License #238056, issued on 10/13/05.

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.