S 8714: Regulates the practice of naturopathic medicine; establishes a state board for naturopathic medicine; establishes requirements to receive a limited permit in naturopathic medicine; establishes mandatory continuing education for the practice of naturopathic medicine; requires licensed naturopathic doctors to report suspected child abuse.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8714  IN SENATE January 7, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, the limited liability company law, the partnership law and the public health law, in relation to the practice of naturopathy; and to amend the social services law, in relation to the reporting of child abuse The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new article 138 to 2 read as follows: 3 ARTICLE 138 4 NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE 5 Section 6850. Introduction. 6 6851. Definition of the practice of naturopathic medicine. 7 6852. Practice of naturopathic medicine and use of title "Natu- 8 ropathic Doctor". 9 6853. Boundaries of professional competence. 10 6854. State board for naturopathic medicine. 11 6855. Qualifications for licensure. 12 6856. Special provisions. 13 6857. Exempt persons and exemptions. 14 6858. Limited residency permits. 15 6859. Limited permits. 16 6860. Mandatory continuing education. 17 § 6850. Introduction. This article applies to the licensure and regu- 18 lation of naturopathic doctors to practice naturopathic medicine in this 19 state. The general provisions for all professions contained in article 20 one hundred thirty of this title apply to this article. 21 § 6851. Definition of the practice of naturopathic medicine. 1. The 22 practice of naturopathic medicine means a distinct and comprehensive 23 system of primary health care that involves diagnosis, treating, and 24 preventing human health conditions, injuries, and diseases using a range 25 of methods and therapies, including but not limited to, educational, EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13819-02-5 
 S. 8714 2 1 natural medicines and therapies, and manual therapy, to support and 2 stimulate the body's inherent self-healing processes. 3 2. a. In the practice of naturopathic medicine, a naturopathic doctor 4 shall have the authority to practice injection therapy as established by 5 the state board for naturopathic medicine in accordance with the commis- 6 sioner's regulations. For the purposes of this article "injection ther- 7 apy" shall mean administering and prescribing the following medications 8 and other substances by intradermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular, 9 intra-articular and intravenous routes: 10 (i) sterile parenteral products that are chemically identical to 11 substances available without a prescription, limited to vitamins, 12 minerals, amino acids, electrolytes, sugars and diluents; 13 (ii) lidocaine for local infiltration or trigger-point anesthesia, but 14 not regional nerve blocks, neuraxial anesthesia, deep sedation or gener- 15 al anesthesia; 16 (iii) autologous platelet-rich plasma; 17 (iv) drugs authorized in subdivision four of this section; and 18 (v) other substances authorized by the state board for naturopathic 19 medicine in accordance with the commissioner's regulations. 20 b. Nothing in this subdivision authorizes a naturopathic doctor to 21 compound sterile preparations. 22 3. In the practice of naturopathic medicine, a naturopathic doctor may 23 administer and prescribe the following drugs for which a prescription is 24 required under the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. § 301 25 et seq.): 26 a. epinephrine to treat anaphylaxis; 27 b. non-controlled bioidentical endocrine hormones; and 28 c. other drugs authorized by the state board for naturopathic medicine 29 in accordance with the commissioner's regulations. 30 4. In the practice of naturopathic medicine a naturopathic doctor may 31 use medical devices that are exempt or are class i or class ii devices 32 identified under title twenty-one of the code of federal regulations. 33 § 6852. Practice of naturopathic medicine and use of title "Naturo- 34 pathic Doctor". 1. Only a person licensed under this article may use the 35 title "naturopathic doctor", "licensed naturopath" or "professional 36 naturopath" and hold themselves out as practicing naturopathic medicine. 37 2. No person licensed under this article shall hold themselves out as 38 practicing any other profession regulated by this title, or use a title 39 of any other profession, unless otherwise authorized under this title. 40 § 6853. Boundaries of professional competence. The activities encom- 41 passed within the definition of the practice of naturopathic medicine 42 shall not include: 43 1. administering or prescribing controlled substances; 44 2. diagnostic and therapeutic methods in which bone, viscera, the 45 eyeball, the inner ear, the dorsal body cavity, or the ventral body 46 cavity is penetrated by a physical device; 47 3. surgery as a medical procedure for structurally altering the human 48 body by cutting into live human tissue for the purpose of localized 49 alteration, transportation, or destruction of live human tissue using 50 ionizing radiation or an instrument, such as a laser, scalpel or probe. 51 Nothing in this delimitation of surgery shall preclude injection; 52 4. administering radiological procedures using ionizing radiation 53 above background levels; 54 5. administering or prescribing general or spinal anesthetic drugs; 
 S. 8714 3 1 6. obstetric services other than prenatal wellness care and prescrib- 2 ing, ordering, installing, removing or adjusting barrier contraceptive 3 devices; 4 7. acupuncture; 5 8. setting fractures; 6 9. treatment for malignancies other than ancillary therapies provided 7 in collaboration with an oncologist; 8 10. emergency care services for treating injuries or trauma from a 9 serious accident or a violent crime, except as permitted by article 10 thirty of the public health law; 11 11. marital and family therapy, psychoanalysis and creative arts ther- 12 apy; and 13 12. compounding drugs. 14 § 6854. State board for naturopathic medicine. 1. A state board for 15 naturopathic medicine shall be appointed by the board of regents on the 16 recommendation of the commissioner for the purpose of assisting the 17 board of regents and the department on matters of professional licensing 18 and professional conduct in accordance with section sixty-five hundred 19 eight of this title. The board shall be composed of two members of the 20 public who are consumers of naturopathic medicine and not employed by 21 nor practitioners of naturopathic medicine under this article, two 22 licensed physicians who are a doctor of medicine or a doctor of osteopa- 23 thy, and not less than six persons licensed under this article. A 24 naturopathic doctor member of the board shall have been licensed under 25 this article for at least two years prior to being appointed, which two 26 year license requirement is waived for the initial board and replaced 27 with a requirement that the naturopathic doctor obtain a license under 28 this article within one year of appointment or one year of the effective 29 date of this article, whichever comes later. The terms of the first 30 appointed members shall be staggered so that three are appointed for 31 three years, three are appointed for four years, and four are appointed 32 for five years. An executive secretary of the board shall be appointed 33 by the board of regents on the recommendation of the commissioner. 34 2. Examinations selected or prepared by the board pursuant to subdivi- 35 sion two of section sixty-five hundred eight of this title shall conform 36 whenever possible to nationally recognized test development standards 37 and test competencies for naturopathic medicine. 38 § 6855. Qualifications for licensure. To qualify for a license to 39 practice the profession of naturopathic medicine, an applicant shall 40 fulfill the following requirements: 41 1. Application: file an application with the department; 42 2. Education: have received an education, including a doctoral degree 43 in naturopathic medicine, granted on the basis of completion of a 44 program of naturopathic medicine registered with the department or the 45 substantial equivalent thereof, in accordance with the commissioner's 46 regulations; 47 3. Experience: have satisfactorily completed a post-graduate residen- 48 cy program of naturopathic medicine of at least twelve months duration 49 approved by the department, or the substantial equivalent thereof, and 50 in accordance with the commissioner's regulations; 51 4. Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in 52 accordance with the commissioner's regulations; 53 5. Age: be at least twenty-one years of age; 54 6. Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- 55 ment; and 
 S. 8714 4 1 7. Fee: pay a fee of three hundred fifty dollars to the department for 2 an initial license and a fee of five hundred dollars for each triennial 3 registration period. 4 § 6856. Special provisions. 1. Post-effective date graduates. A person 5 shall qualify for a license to practice the profession of naturopathic 6 medicine without residency experience, provided that within ten years of 7 the effective date of this article, the person meets the following 8 requirements: 9 a. as per section sixty-eight hundred fifty-five of this article, 10 files an application, meets the education, examination, age and charac- 11 ter requirements, and pays the appropriate fees; and 12 b. establishes proof of practice by :(i) providing satisfactory 13 evidence of practice of naturopathic medicine to the department of not 14 less than three years during the five years preceding the filing of the 15 application; or (ii) practicing under a limited permit in the state for 16 at least two of the three years preceding the filing of the application. 17 2. Pre-nineteen hundred eighty-eight graduates. A person shall qualify 18 for a license to practice the profession of naturopathic medicine with- 19 out residency experience or examination, provided that within ten years 20 of the effective date of this article, the person meets the following 21 requirements: 22 a. as per section sixty-eight hundred fifty-five of this article, 23 files an application, meets the age and character requirements, and pays 24 the appropriate fees; and 25 b. has graduated prior to January first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight 26 from a doctoral degree program of naturopathic medical education from 27 John Bastyr College of Naturopathic Medicine, later renamed Bastyr 28 University, or National College of Naturopathic Medicine, later renamed 29 National University of Natural Medicine; and 30 c. establishes proof of practice by: (i) providing satisfactory 31 evidence of practice of naturopathic medicine to the department of not 32 less than three years during the five years preceding the filing of the 33 application; or (ii) practicing under a limited permit in the state for 34 at least two of the three years preceding the filing of the application. 35 3. Post-nineteen hundred eighty-seven pre-effective date graduates. A 36 person shall qualify for a license to practice the profession of naturo- 37 pathic medicine with or without residency experience, provided that 38 within ten years of the effective date of this article, the person meets 39 the following requirements: 40 a. as per section sixty-eight hundred fifty-five of this article, 41 files an application, meets the age and character requirements, and pays 42 the appropriate fees; and 43 b. have graduated from a doctoral degree program of naturopathic 44 medical education that at the time of graduation was accredited by the 45 council on naturopathic medical education; and 46 c. establish proof of practice by: (i) having successfully completed, 47 no more than three years prior to filing the application, a post-gradu- 48 ate residency program of naturopathic medicine of at least twelve months 49 duration sponsored by an institution approved by the council on naturo- 50 pathic medical education to sponsor residency programs; (ii) providing 51 satisfactory evidence of practice of naturopathic medicine to the 52 department of not less than three years during the five years preceding 53 the filing of the application; or (iii) practicing under a limited 54 permit in the state for at least two of the three years preceding the 55 filing of the application; and 
 S. 8714 5 1 d. have passed the naturopathic physicians licensing examinations 2 (NPLEX) administered by the North American board of naturopathic examin- 3 ers. 4 4. The "practice of naturopathic medicine" as used in this section 5 includes the practice of naturopathy or naturopathic medicine in a state 6 or territory of the United States, including New York state, or a Cana- 7 dian province, while maintaining a professional license in naturopathy 8 or naturopathic medicine issued by the same or another state or territo- 9 ry or a Canadian province; and includes practice performed before and 10 after the effective date of this article. 11 § 6857. Exempt persons and exemptions. Nothing contained in this arti- 12 cle shall be construed to affect or prevent the following: 13 1. The practice, conduct, activities or services of any person 14 licensed under this title performed incidental to the practice of the 15 person's profession, provided, however, that no such person may use the 16 title naturopathic doctor nor use the words "naturopathic medicine" to 17 describe such person's services, unless licensed under this article. 18 2. A student, intern or resident from engaging in the practice of 19 naturopathic medicine while participating in the education or experience 20 requirements defined in subdivisions two and three of section sixty- 21 eight hundred fifty-five of this article. 22 3. The practice of naturopathic medicine by a salaried employee of the 23 government of the United States while the individual is engaged in the 24 performance of duties prescribed by the laws and regulations of the 25 United States. 26 4. The domestic care of the sick, disabled or injured by any family 27 member, household member or friend, or person employed primarily in a 28 domestic capacity who does not hold themselves out, or accept employment 29 as a person licensed to practice naturopathic medicine under the 30 provisions of this article. 31 5. The care of the sick when done in connection with the practice of 32 the religious tenets of any church. 33 6. The marketing, sale or use of substances or devices governed by the 34 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act that do not require a prescription 35 from a qualified healthcare provider. 36 7. The conduct, activities, or services of individuals, churches, 37 schools, teachers, organizations, or not-for-profit businesses in 38 providing instruction, advice, support, encouragement, or information to 39 individuals, families, and relational groups. 40 8. A person who does not hold themself out to be a licensed naturo- 41 pathic doctor from providing general non-medical applications of air, 42 light, water, food and herbs to the body. 43 § 6858. Limited residency permits. 1. Eligibility: For issuance of a 44 limited residency permit, the applicant shall fulfill the following 45 requirements: 46 a. Application: file an application with the department for a limited 47 residency permit; 48 b. Education: have received an education, including a doctoral degree 49 in naturopathic medicine, granted on the basis of completion of a 50 program of naturopathic medicine registered with the department or the 51 substantial equivalent thereof; 52 c. Acceptance: have been accepted into a post-graduate residency 53 program of naturopathic medicine approved by the department; 54 d. Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- 55 ment; and 56 e. Age: be at least twenty-one years of age. 
 S. 8714 6 1 2. Limits of practice: All practices under a limited residency permit 2 shall be limited to facilities encompassed by the post-graduate residen- 3 cy program of the permit holder, such as a hospital, an incorporated 4 hospital or clinic, a licensed proprietary hospital, a licensed nursing 5 home, a public health agency, a recognized public or non-public school 6 setting, the office of a licensed naturopathic doctor, the office of a 7 licensed physician, or in the civil service of the state or political 8 subdivision thereof. Practice supervision of a permit holder's practice 9 activities shall be direct supervision by a licensed naturopathic doctor 10 or a licensed physician who is professionally responsible for the 11 performance of the procedure, and is capable of responding to a request 12 for assistance within a timeframe that poses no risk to the patient. 13 3. Duration: A limited residency permit shall be valid for one year 14 and may be renewed at the discretion of the department for up to two 15 years at the discretion of the department. 16 4. Fee: The fee for each limited residency permit shall be one hundred 17 dollars. The fee for each renewal shall be fifty dollars. 18 § 6859. Limited permits. 1. Eligibility: A limited permit is issued 19 for the purpose of permitting an applicant to establish proof of prac- 20 tice for purposes of meeting the requirements for licensure under the 21 special provisions of section sixty-eight hundred fifty-eight of this 22 article. For issuance of a limited permit, the applicant shall fulfill 23 the following requirements: 24 a. Application: file an application with the department for a limited 25 permit within nine years of the effective date of this article; 26 b. Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- 27 ment; 28 c. Age: be at least twenty-one years of age; and 29 d. Special provision applicability: 30 (i) meet the education and examination requirements of section sixty- 31 eight hundred fifty-five of this article; 32 (ii) have graduated prior to January first, nineteen hundred eighty- 33 eight from a doctoral degree program of naturopathic medical education 34 from John Bastyr College of Naturopathic Medicine, later renamed Bastyr 35 University, or National College of Naturopathic Medicine, later renamed 36 National University of Natural Medicine; or 37 (iii) have graduated from a doctoral degree program of naturopathic 38 medical education that at the time of graduation was accredited by the 39 council on naturopathic medical education, and have passed the naturo- 40 pathic physicians licensing examinations (NPLEX) administered by the 41 North American board of naturopathic examiners. 42 2. Limit of practice: Such limited permit shall authorize the practice 43 of naturopathic medicine only under the supervision of a licensed natu- 44 ropathic doctor or a licensed physician. Supervision of the limited 45 permit holder's practice activities shall be on-site supervision by a 46 licensed naturopathic doctor or a licensed physician. 47 3. Duration: A limited permit shall be valid for a period of two 48 years, and may be renewed periodically at the discretion of the depart- 49 ment for one year periods. 50 4. Fee: The fee for each limited permit shall be two hundred dollars. 51 The fee for each renewal shall be one hundred dollars. 52 § 6860. Mandatory continuing education. 1. a. Each naturopathic doctor 53 licensed pursuant to this article, required to register triennially with 54 the department to practice in this state shall comply with the 55 provisions of the mandatory continuing education requirements prescribed 56 in subdivision two of this section, except as provided in paragraphs b 
 S. 8714 7 1 and c of this subdivision. Naturopathic doctors who do not satisfy the 2 mandatory continuing education requirements shall not practice until 3 they have met such requirements, and they have been issued a registra- 4 tion certificate, except that a naturopathic doctor may practice without 5 having met such requirements if such doctor is issued a conditional 6 registration pursuant to subdivision three of this section. 7 b. Naturopathic doctors shall be exempt from the mandatory continuing 8 education requirement for the triennial registration period during which 9 they are first licensed. In accord with the intent of this section, 10 adjustments to the mandatory continuing education requirements may be 11 granted by the department for reasons of health certified by an appro- 12 priate health care professional, for extended active duty with the armed 13 forces of the United States, or for other good cause acceptable to the 14 department, which may prevent compliance. 15 c. A licensed naturopathic doctor not engaged in professional prac- 16 tice, as determined by the department, shall be exempt from the mandato- 17 ry continuing education requirement upon the filing of a statement with 18 the department declaring such status. Any licensee who returns to the 19 practice of naturopathic medicine during the triennial registration 20 period shall notify the department prior to reentering the profession 21 and shall meet such mandatory education requirements as shall be 22 prescribed by regulations of the commissioner. 23 2. During each triennial registration period an applicant for regis- 24 tration shall complete sixty hours of acceptable formal continuing 25 education. Any licensed naturopathic doctor whose first registration 26 date following the effective date of this section occurs less than three 27 years from such effective date, shall complete continuing education 28 hours on a prorated basis at the rate of one and one-half hours per 29 month for the number of months between the effective date and the first 30 registration date. Thereafter, a licensee who has not satisfied the 31 mandatory continuing education requirements shall not be issued a trien- 32 nial registration certificate by the department and shall not practice 33 unless and until a conditional registration certificate is issued as 34 provided in subdivision three of this section. Continuing education 35 hours taken during one triennium may not be carried over or otherwise 36 credited or transferred to a subsequent triennium. 37 3. The department, in its discretion, may issue a conditional regis- 38 tration to a licensee who fails to meet the continuing education 39 requirements established in subdivision two of this section but who 40 agrees to make up any deficiencies and take any additional education 41 which the department may require. The fee for such a conditional regis- 42 tration shall be the same as, and in addition to, the fee for the trien- 43 nial registration. The duration of such conditional registration shall 44 be determined by the department but shall not exceed one year. Any 45 licensee who is notified of the denial of registration for failure to 46 complete the required continued education and who continues to practice 47 naturopathic medicine without such registration, shall be subject to 48 disciplinary proceedings pursuant to section sixty-five hundred ten of 49 this title. 50 4. The mandatory continuing education fee shall be forty-five dollars. 51 Such fee shall be payable on or before the first day of each triennial 52 registration period in addition to the triennial registration fee 53 required by section sixty-eight hundred fifty-five of this article. 54 § 2. Subdivision (a) of section 1203 of the limited liability company 55 law, as amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read 56 as follows: 
 S. 8714 8 1 (a) Notwithstanding the education law or any other provision of law, 2 one or more professionals each of whom is authorized by law to render a 3 professional service within the state, or one or more professionals, at 4 least one of whom is authorized by law to render a professional service 5 within the state, may form, or cause to be formed, a professional 6 service limited liability company for pecuniary profit under this arti- 7 cle for the purpose of rendering the professional service or services as 8 such professionals are authorized to practice. With respect to a 9 professional service limited liability company formed to provide medical 10 services as such services are defined in article 131 of the education 11 law, each member of such limited liability company must be licensed 12 pursuant to article 131 of the education law to practice medicine in 13 this state. With respect to a professional service limited liability 14 company formed to provide naturopathic services as such services are 15 defined in article 138 of the education law, each member of such limited 16 liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 138 of the educa- 17 tion law to practice naturopathy in this state. With respect to a 18 professional service limited liability company formed to provide dental 19 services as such services are defined in article 133 of the education 20 law, each member of such limited liability company must be licensed 21 pursuant to article 133 of the education law to practice dentistry in 22 this state. With respect to a professional service limited liability 23 company formed to provide veterinary services as such services are 24 defined in article 135 of the education law, each member of such limited 25 liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 135 of the educa- 26 tion law to practice veterinary medicine in this state. With respect to 27 a professional service limited liability company formed to provide 28 professional engineering, land surveying, architectural, landscape 29 architectural and/or geological services as such services are defined in 30 article 145, article 147 and article 148 of the education law, each 31 member of such limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to 32 article 145, article 147 and/or article 148 of the education law to 33 practice one or more of such professions in this state. With respect to 34 a professional service limited liability company formed to provide 35 licensed clinical social work services as such services are defined in 36 article 154 of the education law, each member of such limited liability 37 company shall be licensed pursuant to article 154 of the education law 38 to practice licensed clinical social work in this state. With respect to 39 a professional service limited liability company formed to provide crea- 40 tive arts therapy services as such services are defined in article 163 41 of the education law, each member of such limited liability company must 42 be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice 43 creative arts therapy in this state. With respect to a professional 44 service limited liability company formed to provide marriage and family 45 therapy services as such services are defined in article 163 of the 46 education law, each member of such limited liability company must be 47 licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice 48 marriage and family therapy in this state. With respect to a profes- 49 sional service limited liability company formed to provide mental health 50 counseling services as such services are defined in article 163 of the 51 education law, each member of such limited liability company must be 52 licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice mental 53 health counseling in this state. With respect to a professional service 54 limited liability company formed to provide psychoanalysis services as 55 such services are defined in article 163 of the education law, each 56 member of such limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to 
 S. 8714 9 1 article 163 of the education law to practice psychoanalysis in this 2 state. With respect to a professional service limited liability company 3 formed to provide applied behavior analysis services as such services 4 are defined in article 167 of the education law, each member of such 5 limited liability company must be licensed or certified pursuant to 6 article 167 of the education law to practice applied behavior analysis 7 in this state. In addition to engaging in such profession or 8 professions, a professional service limited liability company may engage 9 in any other business or activities as to which a limited liability 10 company may be formed under section two hundred one of this chapter. 11 Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a professional 12 service limited liability company (i) authorized to practice law may 13 only engage in another profession or business or activities or (ii) 14 which is engaged in a profession or other business or activities other 15 than law may only engage in the practice of law, to the extent not 16 prohibited by any other law of this state or any rule adopted by the 17 appropriate appellate division of the supreme court or the court of 18 appeals. 19 § 3. Subdivision (b) of section 1207 of the limited liability company 20 law, as amended by chapter 701 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read 21 as follows: 22 (b) With respect to a professional service limited liability company 23 formed to provide medical services as such services are defined in arti- 24 cle 131 of the education law, each member of such limited liability 25 company must be licensed pursuant to article 131 of the education law to 26 practice medicine in this state. With respect to a professional service 27 limited liability company formed to provide naturopathic services as 28 such services are defined in article 138 of the education law, each 29 member of such limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to 30 article 138 of the education law to practice naturopathy in this state. 31 With respect to a professional service limited liability company formed 32 to provide dental services as such services are defined in article 133 33 of the education law, each member of such limited liability company must 34 be licensed pursuant to article 133 of the education law to practice 35 dentistry in this state. With respect to a professional service limited 36 liability company formed to provide veterinary services as such services 37 are defined in article 135 of the education law, each member of such 38 limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 135 of 39 the education law to practice veterinary medicine in this state. With 40 respect to a professional service limited liability company formed to 41 provide professional engineering, land surveying, architectural, land- 42 scape architectural and/or geological services as such services are 43 defined in article 145, article 147 and article 148 of the education 44 law, each member of such limited liability company must be licensed 45 pursuant to article 145, article 147 and/or article 148 of the education 46 law to practice one or more of such professions in this state. With 47 respect to a professional service limited liability company formed to 48 provide public accountancy services as such services are defined in 49 article 149 of the education law each member of such limited liability 50 company whose principal place of business is in this state and who 51 provides public accountancy services, must be licensed pursuant to arti- 52 cle 149 of the education law to practice public accountancy in this 53 state. With respect to a professional service limited liability company 54 formed to provide licensed clinical social work services as such 55 services are defined in article 154 of the education law, each member of 56 such limited liability company shall be licensed pursuant to article 154 
 S. 8714 10 1 of the education law to practice licensed clinical social work in this 2 state. With respect to a professional service limited liability company 3 formed to provide creative arts therapy services as such services are 4 defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of such limited 5 liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the educa- 6 tion law to practice creative arts therapy in this state. With respect 7 to a professional service limited liability company formed to provide 8 marriage and family therapy services as such services are defined in 9 article 163 of the education law, each member of such limited liability 10 company must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to 11 practice marriage and family therapy in this state. With respect to a 12 professional service limited liability company formed to provide mental 13 health counseling services as such services are defined in article 163 14 of the education law, each member of such limited liability company must 15 be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice 16 mental health counseling in this state. With respect to a professional 17 service limited liability company formed to provide psychoanalysis 18 services as such services are defined in article 163 of the education 19 law, each member of such limited liability company must be licensed 20 pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice psychoanalysis 21 in this state. With respect to a professional service limited liability 22 company formed to provide applied behavior analysis services as such 23 services are defined in article 167 of the education law, each member of 24 such limited liability company must be licensed or certified pursuant to 25 article 167 of the education law to practice applied behavior analysis 26 in this state. A professional service limited liability company formed 27 to lawfully engage in the practice of public accountancy as a firm, as 28 such practice is defined under article 149 of the education law shall be 29 required to show (1) that a simple majority of the ownership of the 30 firm, in terms of financial interests and voting rights held by the 31 firm's owners, belongs to individuals licensed to practice public 32 accountancy in some state, and (2) that all members of a limited profes- 33 sional service limited liability company, whose principal place of busi- 34 ness is in this state, and who are engaged in the practice of public 35 accountancy in this state, hold a valid license issued under section 36 seventy-four hundred four of the education law. For purposes of this 37 subdivision, "financial interest" means capital stock, capital accounts, 38 capital contributions, capital interest, or interest in undistributed 39 earnings of a business entity. Although firms registered with the educa- 40 tion department may include non-licensee owners, a registered firm and 41 its owners must comply with rules promulgated by the state board of 42 regents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a firm registered with the 43 education department may not have non-licensee owners if the firm's name 44 includes the words "certified public accountant," or "certified public 45 accountants," or the abbreviations "CPA" or "CPAs". Each non-licensee 46 owner of a firm that is registered under this section shall be (1) a 47 natural person who actively participates in the business of the firm or 48 its affiliated entities, or (2) an entity, including, but not limited 49 to, a partnership or professional corporation, provided each beneficial 50 owner of an equity interest in such entity is a natural person who 51 actively participates in the business conducted by the firm or its 52 affiliated entities. For purposes of this subdivision, "actively partic- 53 ipate" means to provide services to clients or to otherwise individually 54 take part in the day-to-day business or management of the firm or an 55 affiliated entity. 
 S. 8714 11 1 § 4. Subdivision (a) of section 1301 of the limited liability company 2 law, as amended by chapter 701 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 (a) "Foreign professional service limited liability company" means a 5 professional service limited liability company, whether or not denomi- 6 nated as such, organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than 7 this state, (i) each of whose members and managers, if any, is a profes- 8 sional authorized by law to render a professional service within this 9 state and who is or has been engaged in the practice of such profession 10 in such professional service limited liability company or a predecessor 11 entity, or will engage in the practice of such profession in the profes- 12 sional service limited liability company within thirty days of the date 13 such professional becomes a member, or each of whose members and manag- 14 ers, if any, is a professional at least one of such members is author- 15 ized by law to render a professional service within this state and who 16 is or has been engaged in the practice of such profession in such 17 professional service limited liability company or a predecessor entity, 18 or will engage in the practice of such profession in the professional 19 service limited liability company within thirty days of the date such 20 professional becomes a member, or (ii) authorized by, or holding a 21 license, certificate, registration or permit issued by the licensing 22 authority pursuant to, the education law to render a professional 23 service within this state; except that all members and managers, if any, 24 of a foreign professional service limited liability company that 25 provides health services in this state shall be licensed in this state. 26 With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability company 27 which provides veterinary services as such services are defined in arti- 28 cle 135 of the education law, each member of such foreign professional 29 service limited liability company shall be licensed pursuant to article 30 135 of the education law to practice veterinary medicine. With respect 31 to a professional service limited liability company formed to provide 32 naturopathic services as such services are defined in article 138 of the 33 education law, each member of such limited liability company must be 34 licensed pursuant to article 138 of the education law to practice natu- 35 ropathy in this state. With respect to a foreign professional service 36 limited liability company which provides medical services as such 37 services are defined in article 131 of the education law, each member of 38 such foreign professional service limited liability company must be 39 licensed pursuant to article 131 of the education law to practice medi- 40 cine in this state. With respect to a foreign professional service 41 limited liability company which provides dental services as such 42 services are defined in article 133 of the education law, each member of 43 such foreign professional service limited liability company must be 44 licensed pursuant to article 133 of the education law to practice 45 dentistry in this state. With respect to a foreign professional service 46 limited liability company which provides professional engineering, land 47 surveying, geologic, architectural and/or landscape architectural 48 services as such services are defined in article 145, article 147 and 49 article 148 of the education law, each member of such foreign profes- 50 sional service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to 51 article 145, article 147 and/or article 148 of the education law to 52 practice one or more of such professions in this state. With respect to 53 a foreign professional service limited liability company which provides 54 public accountancy services as such services are defined in article 149 55 of the education law, each member of such foreign professional service 56 limited liability company whose principal place of business is in this 
 S. 8714 12 1 state and who provides public accountancy services, shall be licensed 2 pursuant to article 149 of the education law to practice public accoun- 3 tancy in this state. With respect to a foreign professional service 4 limited liability company which provides licensed clinical social work 5 services as such services are defined in article 154 of the education 6 law, each member of such foreign professional service limited liability 7 company shall be licensed pursuant to article 154 of the education law 8 to practice clinical social work in this state. With respect to a 9 foreign professional service limited liability company which provides 10 creative arts therapy services as such services are defined in article 11 163 of the education law, each member of such foreign professional 12 service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 13 163 of the education law to practice creative arts therapy in this 14 state. With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability 15 company which provides marriage and family therapy services as such 16 services are defined in article 163 of the education law, each member of 17 such foreign professional service limited liability company must be 18 licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice 19 marriage and family therapy in this state. With respect to a foreign 20 professional service limited liability company which provides mental 21 health counseling services as such services are defined in article 163 22 of the education law, each member of such foreign professional service 23 limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of 24 the education law to practice mental health counseling in this state. 25 With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability company 26 which provides psychoanalysis services as such services are defined in 27 article 163 of the education law, each member of such foreign profes- 28 sional service limited liability company must be licensed pursuant to 29 article 163 of the education law to practice psychoanalysis in this 30 state. With respect to a foreign professional service limited liability 31 company which provides applied behavior analysis services as such 32 services are defined in article 167 of the education law, each member of 33 such foreign professional service limited liability company must be 34 licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the education law to 35 practice applied behavior analysis in this state. A foreign professional 36 service limited liability company formed to lawfully engage in the prac- 37 tice of public accountancy as a firm, as such practice is defined under 38 article 149 of the education law shall be required to show (1) that a 39 simple majority of the ownership of the firm, in terms of financial 40 interests and voting rights held by the firm's owners, belongs to indi- 41 viduals licensed to practice public accountancy in some state, and (2) 42 that all members of a foreign limited professional service limited 43 liability company, whose principal place of business is in this state, 44 and who are engaged in the practice of public accountancy in this state, 45 hold a valid license issued under section seventy-four hundred four of 46 the education law. For purposes of this subdivision, "financial inter- 47 est" means capital stock, capital accounts, capital contributions, capi- 48 tal interest, or interest in undistributed earnings of a business enti- 49 ty. Although firms registered with the education department may include 50 non-licensee owners, a registered firm and its owners must comply with 51 rules promulgated by the state board of regents. Notwithstanding the 52 foregoing, a firm registered with the education department may not have 53 non-licensee owners if the firm's name includes the words "certified 54 public accountant," or "certified public accountants," or the abbrevi- 55 ations "CPA" or "CPAs". Each non-licensee owner of a firm that is regis- 56 tered under this section shall be (1) a natural person who actively 
 S. 8714 13 1 participates in the business of the firm or its affiliated entities, or 2 (2) an entity, including, but not limited to, a partnership or profes- 3 sional corporation, provided each beneficial owner of an equity interest 4 in such entity is a natural person who actively participates in the 5 business conducted by the firm or its affiliated entities. For purposes 6 of this subdivision, "actively participate" means to provide services to 7 clients or to otherwise individually take part in the day-to-day busi- 8 ness or management of the firm or an affiliated entity. 9 § 5. Subdivision (q) of section 121-1500 of the partnership law, as 10 amended by chapter 701 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as 11 follows: 12 (q) Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed 13 to provide medical services in this state must be licensed pursuant to 14 article 131 of the education law to practice medicine in this state and 15 each partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed to 16 provide dental services in this state must be licensed pursuant to arti- 17 cle 133 of the education law to practice dentistry in this state. Each 18 partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed to provide 19 naturopathic services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 20 138 of the education law to practice naturopathy in this state. Each 21 partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed to provide 22 naturopathic services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 23 138 of the education law to practice naturopathy in this state. Each 24 partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed to provide 25 veterinary services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 26 135 of the education law to practice veterinary medicine in this state. 27 Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed to 28 provide public accountancy services as a firm, whose principal place of 29 business is in this state and who provides public accountancy services, 30 must be licensed pursuant to article 149 of the education law to prac- 31 tice public accountancy in this state. Each partner of a registered 32 limited liability partnership formed to provide professional engineer- 33 ing, land surveying, geological services, architectural and/or landscape 34 architectural services in this state must be licensed pursuant to arti- 35 cle 145, article 147 and/or article 148 of the education law to practice 36 one or more of such professions in this state. Each partner of a regis- 37 tered limited liability partnership formed to provide licensed clinical 38 social work services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 39 154 of the education law to practice clinical social work in this state. 40 Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed to 41 provide creative arts therapy services in this state must be licensed 42 pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice creative arts 43 therapy in this state. Each partner of a registered limited liability 44 partnership formed to provide marriage and family therapy services in 45 this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law 46 to practice marriage and family therapy in this state. Each partner of a 47 registered limited liability partnership formed to provide mental health 48 counseling services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 49 163 of the education law to practice mental health counseling in this 50 state. Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership formed 51 to provide psychoanalysis services in this state must be licensed pursu- 52 ant to article 163 of the education law to practice psychoanalysis in 53 this state. Each partner of a registered limited liability partnership 54 formed to provide applied behavior analysis service in this state must 55 be licensed or certified pursuant to article 167 of the education law to 56 practice applied behavior analysis in this state. A registered limited 
 S. 8714 14 1 liability partnership formed to lawfully engage in the practice of 2 public accountancy as a firm, as such practice is defined under article 3 149 of the education law, shall be required to show (1) that a simple 4 majority of the ownership of the firm, in terms of financial interests 5 and voting rights held by the firm's owners, belongs to individuals 6 licensed to practice public accountancy in some state, and (2) that all 7 partners of a limited liability partnership whose principal place of 8 business is in this state, and who are engaged in the practice of public 9 accountancy in this state, hold a valid license issued under section 10 seventy-four hundred four of the education law. For purposes of this 11 subdivision, "financial interest" means capital stock, capital accounts, 12 capital contributions, capital interest, or interest in undistributed 13 earnings of a business entity. Although firms registered with the educa- 14 tion department may include non-licensee owners, the firm and its owners 15 must comply with rules promulgated by the state board of regents. 16 Notwithstanding the foregoing, a firm registered with the education 17 department may not have non-licensee owners if the firm's name includes 18 the words "certified public accountant," or "certified public accounts," 19 or the abbreviations "CPA" or "CPAs". Each non-licensee owner of a firm 20 that is formed under this section shall be (1) a natural person who 21 actively participates in the business of the firm or its affiliated 22 entities, or (2) an entity, including, but not limited to, a partnership 23 or professional corporation, provided each beneficial owner of an equity 24 interest in such entity is a natural person who actively participates in 25 the business conducted by the firm or its affiliated entities. For 26 purposes of this subdivision, "actively participate" means to provide 27 services to clients or to otherwise individually take part in the day- 28 to-day business or management of the firm or an affiliated entity. 29 § 6. Subdivision (q) of section 121-1502 of the partnership law, as 30 amended by chapter 701 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as 31 follows: 32 (q) Each partner of a foreign limited liability partnership which 33 provides medical services in this state must be licensed pursuant to 34 article 131 of the education law to practice medicine in the state and 35 each partner of a foreign limited liability partnership which provides 36 dental services in the state must be licensed pursuant to article 133 of 37 the education law to practice dentistry in this state. Each partner of 38 a foreign limited liability partnership which provides naturopathic 39 services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 138 of the 40 education law to practice naturopathy in this state. Each partner of a 41 foreign limited liability partnership which provides veterinary service 42 in the state shall be licensed pursuant to article 135 of the education 43 law to practice veterinary medicine in this state. Each partner of a 44 foreign limited liability partnership which provides professional engi- 45 neering, land surveying, geological services, architectural and/or land- 46 scape architectural services in this state must be licensed pursuant to 47 article 145, article 147 and/or article 148 of the education law to 48 practice one or more of such professions. Each partner of a foreign 49 limited liability partnership formed to provide public accountancy 50 services as a firm, whose principal place of business is in this state 51 and who provides public accountancy services, must be licensed pursuant 52 to article 149 of the education law to practice public accountancy in 53 this state. Each partner of a foreign limited liability partnership 54 which provides licensed clinical social work services in this state must 55 be licensed pursuant to article 154 of the education law to practice 56 licensed clinical social work in this state. Each partner of a foreign 
 S. 8714 15 1 limited liability partnership which provides creative arts therapy 2 services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the 3 education law to practice creative arts therapy in this state. Each 4 partner of a foreign limited liability partnership which provides 5 marriage and family therapy services in this state must be licensed 6 pursuant to article 163 of the education law to practice marriage and 7 family therapy in this state. Each partner of a foreign limited liabil- 8 ity partnership which provides mental health counseling services in this 9 state must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the education law to 10 practice mental health counseling in this state. Each partner of a 11 foreign limited liability partnership which provides psychoanalysis 12 services in this state must be licensed pursuant to article 163 of the 13 education law to practice psychoanalysis in this state. Each partner of 14 a foreign limited liability partnership which provides applied behavior 15 analysis services in this state must be licensed or certified pursuant 16 to article 167 of the education law to practice applied behavior analy- 17 sis in this state. A foreign limited liability partnership formed to 18 lawfully engage in the practice of public accountancy as a firm, as such 19 practice is defined under article 149 of the education law, shall be 20 required to show (1) that a simple majority of the ownership of the 21 firm, in terms of financial interests and voting rights held by the 22 firm's owners, belongs to individuals licensed to practice public 23 accountancy in some state, and (2) that all partners of the foreign 24 limited liability partnership whose principal place of business is in 25 this state, and who are engaged in the practice of public accountancy in 26 this state, hold a valid license issued under section seventy-four 27 hundred four of the education law. For purposes of this subdivision, 28 "financial interest" means capital stock, capital accounts, capital 29 contributions, capital interest, or interest in undistributed earnings 30 of a business entity. Although firms registered with the education 31 department may include non-licensee owners, a registered firm and its 32 owners must comply with rules promulgated by the state board of regents. 33 Notwithstanding the foregoing, a firm registered with the education 34 department may not have non-licensee owners if the firm's name includes 35 the words "certified public accountant," or "certified public account- 36 ants," or the abbreviations "CPA" or "CPAs". Each non-licensee owner of 37 a firm that is formed under this section shall be (1) a natural person 38 who actively participates in the business of the firm or its affiliated 39 entities, or (2) an entity, including, but not limited to, a partnership 40 or professional corporation, provided that each beneficial owner of an 41 equity interest in such entity is a natural person who actively partic- 42 ipates in the business conducted by the firm or its affiliated entities. 43 For purposes of this subdivision, "actively participate" means to 44 provide services to clients or to otherwise individually take part in 45 the day-to-day business or management of the firm or an affiliated enti- 46 ty. 47 § 7. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 413 of the social 48 services law, as amended by section 7 of part C of chapter 57 of the 49 laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows: 50 (a) The following persons and officials are required to report or 51 cause a report to be made in accordance with this title when they have 52 reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their 53 professional or official capacity is an abused or maltreated child, or 54 when they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child is an abused or 55 maltreated child where the parent, guardian, custodian or other person 56 legally responsible for such child comes before them in their profes- 
 S. 8714 16 1 sional or official capacity and states from personal knowledge facts, 2 conditions or circumstances which, if correct, would render the child an 3 abused or maltreated child: any physician; registered physician assist- 4 ant; surgeon; medical examiner; coroner; dentist; dental hygienist; 5 osteopath; optometrist; chiropractor; podiatrist; naturopathic doctor; 6 resident; intern; psychologist; registered nurse; social worker; emer- 7 gency medical technician; licensed creative arts therapist; licensed 8 marriage and family therapist; licensed mental health counselor; 9 licensed psychoanalyst; licensed behavior analyst; certified behavior 10 analyst assistant; hospital personnel engaged in the admission, examina- 11 tion, care or treatment of persons; a Christian Science practitioner; 12 school official, which includes but is not limited to school teacher, 13 school guidance counselor, school psychologist, school social worker, 14 school nurse, school administrator or other school personnel required to 15 hold a teaching or administrative license or certificate; full or part- 16 time compensated school employee required to hold a temporary coaching 17 license or professional coaching certificate; social services worker; 18 employee of a publicly-funded emergency shelter for families with chil- 19 dren; director of a children's overnight camp, summer day camp or trav- 20 eling summer day camp, as such camps are defined in section thirteen 21 hundred ninety-two of the public health law; day care center worker; 22 school-age child care worker; provider of family or group family day 23 care; employee or volunteer in a residential care facility for children 24 that is licensed, certified or operated by the office of children and 25 family services; or any other child care or foster care worker; mental 26 health professional; substance abuse counselor; alcoholism counselor; 27 all persons credentialed by the office of [alcoholism and substance 28 abuse] addiction services and supports; employees, who are expected to 29 have regular and substantial contact with children, of a health home or 30 health home care management agency contracting with a health home as 31 designated by the department of health and authorized under section 32 three hundred sixty-five-l of this chapter or such employees who provide 33 home and community based services under a demonstration program pursuant 34 to section eleven hundred fifteen of the federal social security act who 35 are expected to have regular and substantial contact with children; 36 peace officer; police officer; district attorney or assistant district 37 attorney; investigator employed in the office of a district attorney; or 38 other law enforcement official. 39 § 7-a. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 413 of the social 40 services law, as amended by chapter 733 of the laws of 2023, is amended 41 to read as follows: 42 (a) The following persons and officials are required to report or 43 cause a report to be made in accordance with this title when they have 44 reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their 45 professional or official capacity is an abused or maltreated child, or 46 when they have reasonable cause to suspect that a child is an abused or 47 maltreated child where the parent, guardian, custodian or other person 48 legally responsible for such child comes before them in their profes- 49 sional or official capacity and states from personal knowledge facts, 50 conditions or circumstances which, if correct, would render the child an 51 abused or maltreated child: any physician; registered physician assist- 52 ant; surgeon; medical examiner; coroner; dentist; dental hygienist; 53 osteopath; optometrist; chiropractor; podiatrist; naturopathic doctor; 54 resident; intern; athletic trainer; psychologist; registered nurse; 55 social worker; emergency medical technician; licensed creative arts 56 therapist; licensed marriage and family therapist; licensed mental 
 S. 8714 17 1 health counselor; licensed psychoanalyst; licensed behavior analyst; 2 certified behavior analyst assistant; hospital personnel engaged in the 3 admission, examination, care or treatment of persons; a Christian 4 Science practitioner; school official, which includes but is not limited 5 to school teacher, school guidance counselor, school psychologist, 6 school social worker, school nurse, school administrator or other school 7 personnel required to hold a teaching or administrative license or 8 certificate; full or part-time compensated school employee required to 9 hold a temporary coaching license or professional coaching certificate; 10 social services worker; employee of a publicly-funded emergency shelter 11 for families with children; director of a children's overnight camp, 12 summer day camp or traveling summer day camp, as such camps are defined 13 in section thirteen hundred ninety-two of the public health law; day 14 care center worker; school-age child care worker; provider of family or 15 group family day care; employee or volunteer in a residential care 16 facility for children that is licensed, certified or operated by the 17 office of children and family services; or any other child care or 18 foster care worker; mental health professional; substance abuse counse- 19 lor; alcoholism counselor; all persons credentialed by the office of 20 [alcoholism and substance abuse] addiction services and supports; 21 employees, who are expected to have regular and substantial contact with 22 children, of a health home or health home care management agency 23 contracting with a health home as designated by the department of health 24 and authorized under section three hundred sixty-five-l of this chapter 25 or such employees who provide home and community based services under a 26 demonstration program pursuant to section eleven hundred fifteen of the 27 federal social security act who are expected to have regular and 28 substantial contact with children; peace officer; police officer; 29 district attorney or assistant district attorney; investigator employed 30 in the office of a district attorney; or other law enforcement official. 31 § 8. Subdivision 6 of section 571 of the public health law, as amended 32 by section 1 of part C of chapter 57 of the laws of 2022, is amended to 33 read as follows: 34 6. "Qualified health care professional" means a physician, dentist, 35 podiatrist, naturopathic doctor, optometrist performing a clinical labo- 36 ratory test that does not use an invasive modality as defined in section 37 seventy-one hundred one of the education law, pharmacist administering 38 COVID-19 and influenza tests pursuant to subdivision seven of section 39 sixty-eight hundred one of the education law, physician assistant, 40 specialist assistant, nurse practitioner, or midwife, who is licensed 41 and registered with the state education department. 42 § 8-a. Subdivision 6 of section 571 of the public health law, as 43 amended by chapter 444 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as 44 follows: 45 6. "Qualified health care professional" means a physician, dentist, 46 podiatrist, naturopathic doctor, optometrist performing a clinical labo- 47 ratory test that does not use an invasive modality as defined in section 48 seventy-one hundred one of the education law, physician assistant, 49 specialist assistant, nurse practitioner, or midwife, who is licensed 50 and registered with the state education department. 51 § 9. Subdivision 1 of section 585 of the public health law, as added 52 by chapter 803 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows: 53 1. "Health services purveyor" means any person, firm, partnership, 54 group, association, corporation or professional corporation, or any 55 agent, employee, fiduciary, employer or representative thereof, includ- 56 ing but not limited to a physician, dentist, podiatrist, naturopathic 
 S. 8714 18 1 doctor or chiropractor, either in individual practice, group practice or 2 employed in a facility owned by any person, group, association, firm, 3 partnership or corporation hiring any of the aforementioned practition- 4 ers, who provide health or health related services. 5 § 10. Subdivision 4 of section 7605 of the education law, as amended 6 by chapter 554 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: 7 4. The practice, conduct, activities, or services by any person 8 licensed or otherwise authorized to practice nursing as a registered 9 professional nurse or nurse practitioner within the state pursuant to 10 article one hundred thirty-nine of this title, or by any person licensed 11 to practice naturopathic medicine within the state pursuant to article 12 one hundred thirty-eight of this title or by any person licensed or 13 otherwise authorized to practice social work within the state pursuant 14 to article one hundred fifty-four of this title, or by any person 15 licensed or otherwise authorized to practice mental health counseling, 16 marriage and family therapy, creative arts therapy, or psychoanalysis 17 within the state pursuant to article one hundred sixty-three of this 18 title, or any person licensed or otherwise authorized to practice 19 applied behavior analysis within the state pursuant to article one 20 hundred sixty-seven of this title or any individual who is credentialed 21 under any law, including attorneys, rape crisis counselors, certified 22 alcoholism counselors, and certified substance abuse counselors from 23 providing mental health services within their respective established 24 authorities. 25 § 11. Subdivision 1 of section 8410 of the education law, as amended 26 by chapter 554 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: 27 1. Apply to the practice, conduct, activities, services or use of any 28 title by any person licensed or otherwise authorized to practice medi- 29 cine within the state pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one of this 30 title or by any person registered to perform services as a physician 31 assistant within the state pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one-B 32 of this title or by any person licensed or otherwise authorized to prac- 33 tice psychology within this state pursuant to article one hundred 34 fifty-three of this title or by any person licensed or otherwise author- 35 ized to practice social work within this state pursuant to article one 36 hundred fifty-four of this title, or by any person licensed or otherwise 37 authorized to practice naturopathic medicine care within this state 38 pursuant to article one hundred thirty-eight of this title, or by any 39 person licensed or otherwise authorized to practice nursing as a regis- 40 tered professional nurse or nurse practitioner within this state pursu- 41 ant to article one hundred thirty-nine of this title or by any person 42 licensed or otherwise authorized to practice applied behavior analysis 43 within the state pursuant to article one hundred sixty-seven of this 44 title; provided, however, that no physician, physician's assistant, 45 naturopathic doctor, registered professional nurse, nurse practitioner, 46 psychologist, licensed master social worker, licensed clinical social 47 worker, licensed behavior analyst or certified behavior analyst assist- 48 ant may use the titles "licensed mental health counselor", "licensed 49 marriage and family therapist", "licensed creative arts therapist", or 50 "licensed psychoanalyst", unless licensed under this article. 51 § 12. Subdivision 1 of section 7805 of the education law, as amended 52 by chapter 230 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows: 53 1. The practice of massage therapy by any person who is authorized to 54 practice medicine, nursing, osteopathy, naturopathic medicine, physioth- 55 erapy, chiropractic, or podiatry in accordance with the provisions of 56 this title. 
 S. 8714 19 1 § 13. Subdivision 1 of section 579 of the public health law, as 2 amended by chapter 376 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 1. This title is applicable to all clinical laboratories and blood 5 banks operating within the state, except clinical laboratories and blood 6 banks operated by the federal government and clinical laboratories oper- 7 ated by a licensed physician, osteopath, dentist, midwife, nurse practi- 8 tioner, naturopathic doctor solely as an adjunct to the treatment of 9 such person's own patients, optometrist performing a clinical laboratory 10 test that does not use an invasive modality as defined in section seven- 11 ty-one hundred one of the education law or podiatrist who performs labo- 12 ratory tests or procedures, personally or through [his or her] such 13 person's employees, solely as an adjunct to the treatment of [his or 14 her] such person's own patients; to the extent authorized by federal and 15 state law, including the education law. 16 § 14. This act shall take effect on the five hundred fortieth day 17 after it shall have become a law; provided, however, that the amendments 18 to paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 413 of the social services 19 law made by section seven-a of this act shall take effect on the later 20 of the effective date of this act or the date section 12 of chapter 733 21 of the laws of 2023 takes effect; and provided further, that the amend- 22 ments to subdivision 6 of section 571 of the public health law made by 23 section eight of this act shall be subject to the expiration and rever- 24 sion of such subdivision pursuant to section 8 of part C of chapter 57 25 of the laws of 2022, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of 26 section eight-a of this act shall take effect. Effective immediately, 27 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces- 28 sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are 29 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.