Title EDN, Education

§ 6733. State board for physical therapy. A state board for physical\ntherapy shall be appointed by the board of regents on recommendation of\nthe commissioner for the purpose of assisting the board of regents and\nthe department on matters of professional licensing and professi…

§ 6734. Requirements for a professional license. To qualify for a\nlicense as a physical therapist, an applicant shall fulfill the\nfollowing requirements:\n a. Application: file an application with the department;\n b. Education: have received an education, including a doctoral…

§ 6735. Limited permits. a. The department of education shall issue a\nlimited permit to an applicant who meets all requirements for admission\nto the licensing examination.\n b. All practice under a limited permit shall be under the supervision\nof a licensed physical therapist…

§ 6736. Exempt persons. a. This article shall not be construed to\naffect or prevent the administration of physical therapy or the use of\nmodalities by a person employed by a licensed physician or physical\ntherapist in his office, or in the civil service of the state or any\np…

§ 6737. Non-liability of licensed physical therapists for first aid\nor emergency treatment. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of\nany general, special or local law, any licensed physical therapist who\nvoluntarily and without the expectation of monetary compensation re…

§ 6738. Definition of physical therapist assistant. * a. A "physical\ntherapist assistant" means a person licensed in accordance with this\narticle who works under the supervision of a licensed physical therapist\nperforming such patient related activities as are assigned by the…

§ 6739. Duties of licensed physical therapist assistants and the use\nof title "physical therapist assistant". Only a person licensed or\notherwise authorized under this article shall participate in the\npractice of physical therapy as a licensed physical therapist assistant\nan…

§ 674. Regents veterans with war service scholarships. 1. Number and\ncertification. Six hundred regents veterans with war service\nscholarships shall be awarded for study beginning with the college year\nnineteen hundred seventy-five--nineteen hundred seventy-six, to eligible\n…

§ 6740. Requirements for license as a physical therapist assistant. a.\nApplication: file an application with the department;\n b. Education: have received an education including completion of a\ntwo-year college program in a physical therapist assistant program or\nequivalent i…

§ 6741. Exemption. a. This article shall not be construed to affect or\nprevent a physical therapist assistant student from engaging in clinical\nassisting under the supervision of a licensed physical therapist as part\nof a program conducted in an approved program for physical …

§ 6741-a. Limited permits. a. The department shall issue a limited\npermit to an applicant who meets all requirements for admission to the\ncertification examination.\n b. All practice under a limited permit shall be under the supervision\nof a licensed physical therapist in a p…

§ 6742. Special provision. 1. Any person who is employed as a\nphysical therapist assistant in a facility satisfactory to the state\nboard for a period of not less than two years prior to the effective\ndate of this article and who does not qualify for certification under\nsubdi…

§ 6742-a. Mandatory continuing education. 1. (a) Each licensed\nphysical therapist and licensed physical therapist assistant required\nunder this article to register triennially with the department to\npractice in the state shall comply with the provisions of the mandatory\ncont…

§ 6743. Validity of existing licenses. 1. This article shall not be\nconstrued to affect the validity of existing licenses and permits or the\ncontinuation of any administrative actions or proceedings commenced\nprior to the effective date of this article.\n 2. Amendments made t…

§ 675. Empire state challenger scholarships for teachers. 1. Number\nand certification. Three hundred twelve Empire state challenger\nscholarships for teachers shall be awarded each year. Such scholarships\nshall be allocated as provided in article thirteen of this chapter to\ne…

§ 676. Empire state challenger fellowships for teachers. 1. Number\nand certification. Two hundred full-time academic study fellowships and\ntwo hundred part-time academic study fellowships shall be awarded each\nyear. All such fellowships shall be awarded to eligible students\n…

§ 677. Regents physician loan forgiveness program. 1. Number and\ncertification. Eighty regents physician loan forgiveness awards shall be\nawarded each year. Such awards shall be allocated as provided in article\nthirteen of this chapter to eligible physicians as certified to t…

§ 677-a. Physician loan repayment program. 1. Certification.\nPhysician loan repayment awards shall be awarded each year. Such awards\nshall be allocated as provided in article nine of the public health law\nto eligible physicians as certified to the president by the commissione…

* § 678. Regents health care professional opportunity scholarships. 1.\nNumber and certification. One hundred regents health career professional\nopportunity scholarships shall be awarded each year. Such scholarships\nshall be allocated as provided in article thirteen of this ch…

* § 679. Regents professional opportunity scholarships. 1. Number and\ncertification. Two hundred twenty regents professional opportunity\nscholarships shall be awarded each year. Such scholarships shall be\nallocated as provided in article thirteen of this chapter to eligible\n…

§ 679-a. New York state licensed social worker loan forgiveness\nprogram. 1. Purpose. The president shall grant student loan forgiveness\nawards for the purpose of increasing the number of social workers\nserving in critical human service areas. For the purposes of this\nsection…

§ 679-b. Primary care practitioner scholarship program. 1.\nCertification. Primary care practitioner scholarships may be awarded\nannually, subject to the availability of funds therefor. Such awards\nshall be allocated pursuant to section nine hundred four of the public\nhealth …

§ 679-c. Senator Patricia K. McGee nursing faculty scholarship\nprogram. 1. Purpose:\n a. The president shall grant scholarship awards for the purpose of\nincreasing the number of educators and adjunct clinical faculty teaching\nin the field of nursing education in New York stat…

§ 679-d. New York state nursing faculty loan forgiveness incentive\nprogram. a. Purpose. (1) The president shall grant student loan\nforgiveness awards for the purpose of increasing the number of educators\nand adjunct clinical faculty teaching in the field of nursing education\…

§ 679-e. New York state district attorney and indigent legal services\nattorney loan forgiveness program. 1. Purpose. The president shall grant\nstudent loan forgiveness awards for the purpose of increasing the number\nof experienced attorneys serving in the position of district…

§ 679-f. New York state young farmers loan forgiveness incentive\nprogram. 1. Purpose. The president shall grant student loan forgiveness\nawards for the purpose of alleviating the burden of student loan debt\nfor young farmers. Such awards shall be made on a competitive basis, …

§ 679-g. New York state get on your feet loan forgiveness program. 1.\nPurpose. The president shall grant student loan forgiveness awards for\nthe purpose of alleviating the burden of federal student loan debt for\nrecent New York state college graduates.\n 2. Eligibility. To be…

§ 679-h. New York state child welfare worker incentive scholarship\nprogram. 1. Purpose. The president shall grant scholarship awards for\nthe purpose of enhancing the proficiency of current child welfare\nworkers in New York state. Such awards shall be made on a competitive\nba…

§ 679-i. New York state child welfare worker loan forgiveness\nincentive program. 1. Purpose. the president shall grant student loan\nforgiveness awards for the purpose of attracting workers to be employed\nin voluntary not-for-profit child welfare agencies in New York state\nli…

§ 679-j. The New York state teacher loan forgiveness program. 1.\nPurpose. The president shall grant student loan forgiveness awards for\nthe purpose of increasing the number of teachers serving in the state.\n 2. Eligibility. To be eligible for an award pursuant to this\nsubdiv…

§ 680. Powers and duties. 1. In furtherance of the purposes set forth\nin this article, the corporation, acting by and through its board, shall\nhave the following additional powers:\n a. To lend money in compliance with applicable federal law and\nregulation, and upon such term…

§ 6800. Introduction. This article applies to the profession of\npharmacy. The general provisions for all professions contained in\narticle one hundred thirty of this title apply to this article.\n

§ 6801. Definition of practice of pharmacy. 1. The practice of the\nprofession of pharmacy is defined as the administering, preparing,\ncompounding, preserving, or the dispensing of drugs, medicines and\ntherapeutic devices on the basis of prescriptions or other legal\nauthority…

* § 6801-a. Collaborative drug therapy management demonstration\nprogram. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the\nfollowing meanings:\n a. "Board" shall mean the state board of pharmacy as established by\nsection sixty-eight hundred four of this article.\…

§ 6802. Definitions. 1. "Pharmacy" means any place in which drugs,\nprescriptions or poisons are possessed for the purpose of compounding,\npreserving, dispensing or retailing, or in which drugs, prescriptions or\npoisons are compounded, preserved, dispensed or retailed, or in w…

§ 6803. Practice of pharmacy and use of title "pharmacist". Only a\nperson licensed or otherwise authorized under this article shall\npractice pharmacy or use the title "pharmacist" or any derivative.\n

§ 6804. State board of pharmacy. A state board of pharmacy shall be\nappointed by the regents on recommendation of the commissioner for the\npurpose of assisting the regents and the department on matters of\nprofessional licensing and professional conduct in accordance with\nsec…

§ 6805. Requirements for a professional license. 1. To qualify for a\npharmacist's license, an applicant shall fulfill the following\nrequirements:\n (1) Application: file an application with the department;\n (2) Education: have received an education, including a bachelor's or\…

§ 6806. Limited permits. 1. The department may issue a limited permit\nfor employment as a "pharmacy intern" to:\n a. A student enrolled in the last two years of a registered program in\npharmacy, or\n b. A graduate of a program in pharmacy which meets standards\nestablished by …

§ 6807. Exempt persons; special provisions. 1. This article shall not\nbe construed to affect or prevent:\n a. Unlicensed assistants from being employed in licensed pharmacies\nfor purposes other than the practice of pharmacy;\n b. Any physician, dentist, veterinarian or other l…

§ 6808. Registering and operating establishments. 1. No person, firm,\ncorporation or association shall possess drugs, prescriptions or poisons\nfor the purpose of compounding, dispensing, retailing, wholesaling, or\nmanufacturing, or shall offer drugs, prescriptions or poisons …

§ 6808-a. Identification of Pharmacists. Every pharmacist on duty\nshall be identified by a badge designed by the state board of pharmacy,\nwhich shall contain his name and title.\n

§ 6808-b. Registration of nonresident establishments. 1. Definition.\nThe term "nonresident establishment" shall mean any pharmacy located\noutside of the state that participates in shared pharmacy services for\nregistered pharmacies and/or patients residing in this state or\nph…

§ 6809. Shared pharmacy services. 1. General requirements. No\npharmacist or pharmacy shall provide shared pharmacy services unless\nthey are registered in accordance with sections sixty-eight hundred\nfive, sixty-eight hundred eight, or sixty-eight hundred eight-b of this\narti…

§ 681. Capacity of minors. Any person otherwise qualifying for a loan\nfrom the corporation, or qualifying for a loan guaranteed by the\ncorporation, shall not be disqualified by reason of his being under the\nage of eighteen years and for the purposes of applying for, receiving…

§ 681-a. Guaranteed student loans; special requirements. 1. As used in\nthis section:\n (a) "Federal guaranteed student loan program" shall mean the program\nof the United States government making low interest loans available to\nstudents or parents of students to pay for their …

§ 6810. Prescriptions. 1. No drug for which a prescription is required\nby the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act or by the\ncommissioner of health shall be distributed or dispensed to any person\nexcept upon a prescription written by a person legally authoriz…

§ 6811. Misdemeanors. It shall be a class A misdemeanor for:\n 1. Any person knowingly or intentionally to prevent or refuse to\npermit any board member or department representative to enter a pharmacy\nor any other establishment for the purpose of lawful inspection;\n 2. Any pe…

§ 6811-a. Certain drugs to be clearly marked or labeled. 1. Except as\notherwise authorized in the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, no drug\nfor which a prescription is required by the provisions of the Federal\nFood, Drug and Cosmetic Act or by the commissioner of health ma…

§ 6811-b. Door-to-door distribution of drugs prohibited. It shall be\na violation, punishable by a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty\ndollars, for a manufacturer, distributor, or seller of drugs or an\nemployee or agent thereof to distribute a free sample of any drug, other\n…