What's happening
This bill changes the effective date for licensure requirements of pathologists' assistants to July 1, 2018.
Why it matters
Provides clarity and certainty. for current and aspiring pathologists' assistants by setting a fixed date (July 1, 2018) for when licensure requirements begin, rather than a floating date based on when the original law was passed.
Allows regulatory groundwork to start sooner. by explicitly authorizing the Department of Education to set up necessary regulations and begin licensing processes (including forming the state committee and processing applications) prior to the new effective date.
May impact career and hiring decisions. for individuals and institutions, as employers and educational programs now have a definitive timeline to prepare for compliance with the licensure requirements.
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Set Date for Pathologist Licensing
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History
- Signed chap.85
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- 3rd reading cal.807
- Substituted for S8088
- Referred to higher education
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Advanced to third reading cal.772
- Reported
- Referred to higher education
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Set Pathologists’ Licensing Date
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Kenneth P. LaValle
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STATE OF NEW YORK
10174
IN ASSEMBLY
March 22, 2018
Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend chapter 497 of the laws of 2016 amending the education law relating to the licensure of pathologists' assistants, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 497 of the laws of 2016 amending the education law relating to the licensure of pathologists' assistants, is amended to read as follows:
§ 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become law, provided, however, that section 8852 of the education law as added by section one of this act shall take effect [two years after this act shall have become law] July 1, 2018; provided, further, that the department of education is authorized to promulgate regulations that may be required and to take other measures necessary to implement this article prior to the effective date of this act, including appointment of the state committee for pathologists' assistants, and acceptance and processing of applications for licensure.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15107-01-8
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