Meeting of the Board of Regents | October 2010

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

TO:	The Honorable the Members of the Board of Regents
FROM:	Frank Muñoz
SUBJECT:	Report of the Committee on the Professions Regarding Licensing Petitions
DATE:	October 5, 2010
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 2010 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 7 licensing petitions and 13 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 19, 2010.

Board of Regents:  October 19, 2010

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY
10-07-07

Gary Gurevich

Brooklyn, New York

(SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, New York, Bachelor of Science, May 2007)
Petition for: Acceptance of passing grades on the Uniform Certified Public Accountancy (CPA) Examination.

Statement of Problem: Gary Gurevich, an applicant for licensure as a CPA, recently passed the four parts of the Uniform CPA Examination, but exceeded the 18-month conditioning requirement.  

            Mr. Gurevich passed the Auditing and Attestation (AUD) section of the Examination in July 2008 and needed to pass the remaining three sections of the Examination by March 31, 2010 to retain credit for the AUD section.  He passed the Regulation (REG) section in August 2009 and the Business Environment and Concepts (BEC) section in November 2009, both within the 18-month conditioning period. He did not sit for the Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR) section until April 2010, one month outside of the 18-month conditioning period. 

            Mr. Gurevich’s efforts to prepare for and pass the FAR section within the 18-month conditioning period were interrupted by personal factors during the period from November 2009 – February 2010. Mr. Gurevich scheduled his last section of the Examination in the window immediately following resolution of the medical care requirements.  

Based on the documentation of personal factors and his rapid preparation and passage of the final section of the Examination, the Executive Secretary of the State Board for Public Accountancy supports Mr. Gurevich’s petition to waive the 18-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.	SUNY New Paltz, Bachelor of Science, May 2007.
(2) Passing scores on the Uniform CPA Examination.	(2) (a) July 2008: Auditing and Attestation (passing score).  (b) April and May 2008: Regulation and Business Environment and Concepts (failing scores). (c) November 2008: Regulation (failing score). (d) January 2009: Business Environment and Concepts (failing score). (e) May 2009: Regulation (failing score). (f) August 2009: Regulation (passing score). (g) November 2009: Business Environment and Concepts (passing score). (h) April 2010: Financial Accounting and Reporting (passing score)
(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:  October 19, 2010

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY
10-08-07

Manuel Mendez

Astoria, New York

(Queens College, Flushing, New York, Bachelor of Arts in Accounting, May 2008)
Petition for: Acceptance of passing grades on the Uniform Certified Public Accountancy (CPA) Examination.

Statement of Problem: Manuel Mendez, an applicant for licensure as a CPA, recently passed the four parts of the Uniform CPA Examination, but exceeded the 18-month conditioning requirement.   

            During the heavy snow in downstate New York and New Jersey in late February 2010, many testing sites for the CPA Examination were closed on days when examination sittings had been scheduled.  Applicants who were prevented from sitting for a section because of these weather closings were not able to reschedule the canceled section until the next testing window (April/May 2010), as there is no testing in the month of March. 

            Mr. Mendez is one of the applicants affected by these weather-related closures. He passed the Business Environment and Concepts (BEC) section of the Examination in August 2008 and needed to pass the remaining three sections of the Examination by March 31, 2010. He passed the Regulation (REG) section in October 2009 and the Auditing and Attestation (AUD) section in January 2010.  He was scheduled to take the Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR) section on February 26, 2010, within his 18-month conditioning period, but his testing site was closed due to snow.  He scheduled to sit for, and passed, the FAR section in May 2010, during the next available testing window, two months, or one testing window outside of his conditional period.

Based on the documentation that Mr. Mendez was prevented by circumstances that were not within his control from sitting for his final section within the 18-month conditioning period, the Executive Secretary of the State Board for Public Accountancy supports his petition to waive the 18-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.	(1) Queens College, Bachelor of Arts in Accounting, May 2008.
(2) Passing scores on the Uniform CPA Examination.	(2) (a) August 2008: Business Environment and Concepts (passing score). (b) August 2009: Auditing and Attestation (failing score). (c) October 2009: Regulation (passing score). (d) January 2010: Auditing (passing score). (e) May 2010: Financial Accounting and Reporting (passing score).
(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:  October 19, 2010

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANCY
10-09-07

C. Tatliadim

Jersey City, New Jersey

(Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and Finance and MBA in Finance, May 2006)
Petition for: Acceptance of passing grades on the Uniform Certified Public Accountancy (CPA) Examination.

Statement of Problem: C. Tatliadim, an applicant for licensure as a CPA, recently passed the four parts of the Uniform CPA Examination, but exceeded the 18-month conditioning requirement.   

            During the heavy snow in downstate New York and New Jersey in late February 2010, many testing sites for the CPA Examination were closed on days when examination sittings had been scheduled.  Applicants who were prevented from sitting for a section because of these weather closings were not able to reschedule the canceled section until the next testing window (April/May 2010), as there is no testing in the month of March. 

            Mr. Tatliadim is one of the applicants affected by these weather related closures.  He passed the Business Environment and Concepts (BEC) section of the Examination in August 2008 and needed to pass the remaining three sections of the Examination by March 31, 2010.  He passed the Auditing and Attestation (AUD) section in October 2009 and the Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR) section in January 2010.  He was scheduled to take the Regulation (REG) section on February 27, 2010, within his 18-month conditioning period, but his testing site was closed due to snow.  He scheduled to sit for, and passed, the REG section in May 2010, during the next available testing window, two months, or one testing window outside of his conditional period.

            Based on the documentation that Mr. Tatliadim was prevented by circumstances that were not within his control from sitting for his final section within the 18-month conditioning period, the Executive Secretary of the State Board for Public Accountancy supports his petition to waive the 18-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.	Indiana University, Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and Finance and Business Administration and MBA in Finance, May 2006.
(2) Passing scores on the Uniform CPA Examination.	(2) (a) August 2008: Business Environment and Concepts (passing score). (b) October and November 2008: Financial Accounting and Reporting and Regulation (failing scores). (c) October 2009: Auditing (passing score). (d) January 2010: Financial Accounting and Reporting (passing score). (e) May 2010: Regulation (passing score).
(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:  October 19, 2010

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 applicants listed below have 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.

            Each 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. Each applicant must sign an affidavit stating the exact location of the shortage area where he/she 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.

ACTION: The Department shall issue a three-year limited license to each 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:  October 19, 2010

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
10-124-60C Rahila Bilal Syacuse, NY 13210	Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 10/1/90. License #257528, issued on 6/24/10.
10-125-60C Muhammad Chaudhry Brooklyn, NY 11209	Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, Pakistan, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 1/11/99. License #254087, issued on 7/16/09.
10-126-60C Chen Huang Chester, NJ 07930	China Medical College, Taichung, Taiwan, Bachelor of Medicine, 7/5/65. License #118353, issued on 10/18/73.
10-127-60C Ashly Joseph New Hartford, NY 13413	Medical College Kottayam, Kottayam, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 7/8/02. License #003609, issued on 7/1/10.
10-128-60C Prashant Kaul Manlius, NY 13104	(1) Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 2/22/03. (2) License #258246 issued on 8/13/10.
10-129-60C Lionel Lazaro-Collazo Brooklyn, NY 11201	Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, Physician and Surgeon, 6/9/06. License #258360, issued on 8/25/10.

 

10-130-60C Yupo Ma Setauket, NY 11733	Jinan University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China, Bachelor of Medicine, 7/5/86. License #257066, issued on 5/12/10.
10-131-60C Mark Marzouk East Setauket, NY 11733	(1) Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, Bachelor of Medicine, Surgery & Obstetrics, 12/1/00. (2) License #255896, issued on 1/12/10.
10-132-60C Priya Mohanty Allegany, NY 14706	Sriram Chandra Bhanja Medical College, Orissa, India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 2/1/75. License #224111, issued on 3/6/02.
10-133-60C Diane Monford Galveston, TX 77551	Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico, Physician and Surgeon, 6/30/01. License #258373, issued on 8/26/10.
10-134-60C Vadim Nakhamiyayev Brooklyn, NY 11214	Azerbaijan State University, Baku, Azerbaijan, Physician, 6/30/89. License #250235, issued on 9/4/08.
10-135-60C Monisankar Roy Woodside, NY 11377	Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, 12/20/99. License #251248, issued on 12/1/08.
10-136-60C Xiaoshuang Yin New York, NY 10128	(1) Beijing Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Bachelor of Medicine, 7/6/86. (2) License #211135 issued on 7/3/98.

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.