What's happening
Writing a plain-English summary… Track this bill to get it by email.
Why it matters
Albany, before your first meeting.
Every bill that moved yesterday, summarized in a sentence and ranked by impact. The Albany Scorecard follows on Sundays.
Free. Unsubscribe in one click. Want alerts on specific bills? Create an account.
Who cares
Headline styles
Sponsors
History
- Referred to higher education
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Allows dental residents to satisfy the ethics and jurisprudence educational course requirement during their dental residency
In Senate Committee · Higher Education · Sponsor Suzi Oppenheimer
Full text
The text isn't available here yet. Check nysenate.gov.
Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:A10868
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to limit- ed permits in dentistry
Purpose or general idea of bill
This legislation will remove excess barriers to dental residencies and permit dental residents to take the mandated dental ethics training course during the period of their resi- dency
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 would-amend Section 6604-a of Article 133 of the Education Law to allow dental residents to take the mandatory dental ethics training course during the period of their resi- dency.
Section 2 would amend Section 6605 of Article 133 of the Education Law to exempt graduates of dental schools who are in approved residency programs from having to obtain limited permits.
Section 2 would provide that the law take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall. have become law, provided that Section 1 of the bill would take effect immediately.
Justification
Dental school graduates enrolled in approved residencies under the State Education Department requirements should not be required to obtain limited permits, which require applications and time-consuming waits for approval. Medical school graduates are not required to have limited permits. Once a dental school graduate is enrolled in a residen- cy approved by the Department, there are sufficient institutional safe- guards to protect the public. With respect to the mandatory dental ethics training, all other mandatory educational courses for dentists infection control training, child abuse reporting training, cardiopulmo- nary resuscitation training and tobacco risks training - are able to be satisfied by dental residents during the period of their residency. however, due to a flaw in the law, only ethics training does not permit dental residents to take the required coursework during their residency period. Since the mandatory ethics course is one-time training that must be a specific curriculum approved by the Education Department, it makes the least sense to have that as the only continuing education require- ment that cannot be taken by dental residents during the period of their residency program. This bill fixes that problem by allowing dental resi- dents to take that mandatory course, just like all the other mandatory course requirements can be taken, during the period of the dental resi- dency.
Prior legislative history
None.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
Summaries, headlines and scores are AI-generated from the official bill text. How we score bills. Source: NYS Open Legislation.