A 4219: Extends the utilization of limited permit practice of medicine to private offices or clinics in urgent care settings, prisons, schools, and universities; extends the duration of such limited permits to three years.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4219 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 31, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to extending the utiliza- tion of limited permit practice of medicine to private offices or clinics in urgent care settings, prisons, schools, and universities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 6525 of the education law, as added by chapter 987 2 of the laws of 1971, paragraph 1 of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 3 133 of the laws of 1982, and subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 62 of 4 the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows: 5 § 6525. Limited permits. Permits limited as to eligibility, practice 6 and duration, shall be issued by the department to eligible applicants, 7 as follows: 8 1. Eligibility[:]. The following persons shall be eligible for a 9 limited permit: 10 [(1)] (a) A person who fulfills all requirements for a license as a 11 physician except those relating to the examination and citizenship or 12 permanent residence in the United States; 13 [(2)] (b) A foreign physician who holds a standard certificate from 14 the educational council for foreign medical graduates or who has passed 15 an examination satisfactory to the state board for medicine and in 16 accordance with the commissioner's regulations; or 17 [(3)] (c) A foreign physician or a foreign intern who is in this coun- 18 try on a non-immigration visa for the continuation of medical study, 19 pursuant to the exchange student program of the United States department 20 of state. 21 2. Limit of practice. A permittee shall be authorized to practice 22 medicine only under the supervision of a licensed physician and only in 23 a public, voluntary, or proprietary hospital or a private office or 24 clinic in an urgent care setting, prison, school, or university. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06606-01-5 
 A. 4219 2 1 3. Duration. A limited permit shall be valid for [two] three years. 2 It may be renewed [biennially] once every three years at the discretion 3 of the department. 4 4. Fees. The fee for each limited permit and for each renewal shall be 5 one hundred five dollars. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 7 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 8 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 9 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 10 on or before such effective date.