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S3809Senate2019-2020 SessionSame asA7674

Make Dental Faculty Licenses Permanent

Official title

“Relates to a restricted dental faculty license, makes such provisions permanent”

Sponsor Toby Ann StaviskySD-16+2 co-sponsorsAffects Education
Status
Signed by Governor
Impact
3/10
Low
Outcome
Signed into law

Bill progress

Signed into law

What's happening

This bill makes the restricted dental faculty license in New York permanent by removing its expiration date.

Why it matters

  1. Ensures ongoing access to specialized dental faculty. By making the restricted dental faculty license permanent, New York can continue to recruit and retain dental educators who may not qualify for an unrestricted license, helping address faculty shortages and maintain high-quality dental education.

  2. Supports dental education and training. Permanent licensure allows dental schools to maintain continuity in their teaching staff, which benefits students by ensuring stable mentorship and consistent training from experienced professionals.

  3. Facilitates innovation and diversity in dental programs. Making this pathway permanent may encourage more international or non-traditionally credentialed dental professionals to join New York’s academic institutions, enriching the learning environment with diverse perspectives and expertise.

  4. Removes administrative uncertainty. By eliminating the sunset provision, both institutions and faculty avoid periodic disruptions and uncertainty about the future of their employment status, allowing for better long-term planning and program development.

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Make Dental Faculty Licenses Permanent

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Toby Ann Stavisky

Senator · Senate District 16

Chair, Higher Education

History

  1. Signed chap.401
  2. Delivered to governor
  3. Returned to senate
  4. Passed assembly
  5. Ordered to third reading cal.463
  6. Substituted for A7674
  7. Referred to higher education
  8. Delivered to assembly
  9. Passed senateVote 61–0
  10. Advanced to third reading
  11. 2nd report cal.
  12. 1st report cal.476
Show 1 earlier action
  1. 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.

A7674Assembly

Make Dental Faculty Licenses Permanent

Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Harvey Epstein

Impact 3 · Low0% to pass

Full text

1 pageUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗

STATE OF NEW YORK

3809

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN SENATE

February 15, 2019

Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend chapter 537 of the laws of 2008, amending the education law relating to a restricted dental faculty license, in relation to making such provisions permanent

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 537 of the laws of 2008, amending the education law relating to a restricted dental faculty license, as amended by chapter 301 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:

§ 2. This act shall take effect February 1, 2009 [and shall expire February 1, 2021 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed; provided that the commissioner of education is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act prior to such effective date; and provided further that any restricted dental faculty license awarded prior to February 1, 2021 shall remain valid and effective until the expiration thereof].

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

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Sponsor's memo

Title of bill

An act to amend chapter 537 of the laws of 2008, amending the education law relating to a restricted dental faculty license, in relation to making such provisions permanent

Purpose

To make permanent current provisions of law concerning licensure of foreign-trained dentists who are employed as full-time faculty members at a New York State dental school.

Summary of provisions

Section 2 eliminates the expiration date (currently February 1, 2021) for a restricted dental faculty license.

Justification

Dentists educated outside the United States are eligible for a restricted dental faculty license in New York State, but current law has them set to expire in 2021. The Restricted Dental Faculty Licensure program has been very successful. Dental schools face great difficulty in luring domestically educated dentists into academic dentistry, as compensation for these positions is much lower than dental practice. The high debt loads incurred by American dental school graduates coupled with the salary differential only compounds the difficulty faced by dental schools in filling these positions. Opening up dental faculty positions to more candidates while preserving SED oversight and regu- lations will provide stability to the dental community in New York.

Legislative history

New bill.

Fiscal implications

None.

Effective date

This act shall take effect immediately.

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