What's happening
This bill reduces the biennial registration fee for medical physicists in New York from $300 to $125.
Why it matters
Reduces financial barriers for medical physicists. by lowering the recurring cost of maintaining licensure, which could make it easier for professionals to stay in the field, especially those early in their careers or working in lower-paying positions.
May help address workforce shortages. in medical physics by making New York a more attractive state for practitioners, potentially improving access to qualified professionals in hospitals and clinics.
Signals a recognition of the importance of medical physicists. in healthcare by making licensure more affordable, which may enhance the profession’s stability and encourage ongoing professional development.
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Lower Medical Physics License Fee
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STATE OF NEW YORK
125
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to biennial registration fees for the profession of medical physics
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 8705 of the education law, as added by chapter 495 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
6. Fee: pay a fee of three hundred dollars to the department for admission to a department conducted examination for licensure, a fee of one hundred fifty dollars for licensure with special competency in the first specialty and twenty-five dollars for each additional specialty, and a fee of [three hundred] one hundred twenty-five dollars for each biennial registration period.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01956-01-9
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