Report of Regents Professional Practice Committee to The Board of Regents

Regents Committee on Professional Practice

Regent Norwood, Chair, Vice Chancellor Chin, Regent Cea, Regent Wills, Regent Catania, Regent Hale, Regent Pratts, and Regent Mannion.

The Professional Practice Committee held its scheduled meeting on May 6, 2025. All members were present except for Regent Christine D. Cea, who was excused. Chancellor Lester W. Young, Jr., Regent Roger Tilles, Regent Susan W. Mittler, Regent Aramina Vega Ferrer, Regent Seema Rivera, Regent Brian Krist, Regent Keith B. Wiley, and Regent Felicia Thomas-Williams, also attended the meeting, but did not vote on any action.

ACTION ITEMS

Professional Discipline Cases [PPC (A) 1 – 3]

The Committee recommends that the reports of the Regents Review Committees, including rulings, findings of fact, determinations as to guilt, and recommendations, by unanimous or majority vote, contained in those reports which have been distributed to you, be accepted in 4 cases.  In addition, your Committee recommends, upon the recommendation of the Committee on the Professions, that 30 consent order applications and 4 surrender applications be granted.

These recommendations are made following the review of 38 cases involving eight licensed practical nurses, six registered professional nurses, two physical therapists, two registered professional nurses who are also nurse practitioners in Adult Health and Family Health, one certified public accountant, one licensed clinical social worker, one licensed master social worker who is also a licensed clinical social worker, one licensed practical nurse who is also a registered professional nurse who is also a nurse practitioner in Family Health who is also a nurse practitioner in Psychiatry, one ophthalmic dispenser, one physical therapist assistant, one physical therapy professional service corporation, one polysomnographic technologist, one professional engineer, one public accountancy professional service corporation, one veterinarian, and one veterinary technician.

Proposed Amendment of Section 74.2 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to the Licensing Examinations and Testing Accommodations in the Social Work Professions [PPC (A) – 1] – Department staff presented, for emergency action, proposed amendments to section 74.2 of the Commissioner’s regulations to conform New York State’s standards to the national testing accommodations standards for the Social Work Licensing Examination by permitting English as a second language accommodations.

The Committee recommends that section 74.2 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education be amended, as submitted, effective May 6, 2025, as an emergency rule upon a finding by the Board of Regents that such action is necessary for the preservation of the general welfare in order to provide these accommodations to anticipated Spring 2025 graduates for upcoming examination dates.

The motion passed unanimously.

MOTION FOR ACTION BY FULL BOARD

The Professional Practice Committee recommends, and we move, that the Board of Regents act affirmatively upon each recommendation in the written report of the Committee's deliberations at its meeting on May 6, 2025.

MATTERS NOT REQUIRING BOARD ACTION

Professional Assistance Program Overview – Department staff presented information on the Professional Assistance Program.

Deputy Commissioner David Hamilton reviewed the items on the Consent Agenda.