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Senate Bill S9488

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants to be eligible for a limited permit prior to graduation

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2025-S9488 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10754
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7905, Ed L

2025-S9488 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants to be eligible for a limited permit once they meet all requirements for admission to the licensing examination instead of after graduating.

2025-S9488 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9488 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9488
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 17, 2026
                                ___________
 
 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 the education law, in relation  to  authorizing  occupa-
   tional  therapists  and occupational therapy assistants to be eligible
   for a limited permit prior to graduation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section 7905 of the education law, as
 amended by chapter 460 of the laws of 2011 and paragraph (c) as added by
 chapter 329 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   (1) The following persons shall be eligible for a limited permit:
   (a) An APPLICANT WHO MEETS  ALL  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  ADMISSION  TO  THE
 LICENSING  EXAMINATION  FOR AN occupational therapist [who has graduated
 from an occupational therapy curriculum with a baccalaureate  degree  or
 certificate in occupational therapy which is substantially equivalent to
 a  baccalaureate degree satisfactory to the board of occupational thera-
 py] and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations; or
   (b) A foreign occupational therapist who is in this country on a  non-
 immigration  visa  for  the  continuation of occupational therapy study,
 pursuant to the exchange student program of the United States Department
 of State.
   (c) An APPLICANT WHO MEETS  ALL  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  ADMISSION  TO  THE
 LICENSING  EXAMINATION  FOR  AN  occupational therapy assistant [who has
 graduated from an accredited occupational therapy  assistant  curriculum
 with  an  associate's  degree  satisfactory to the board of occupational
 therapy] and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15268-01-6

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