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S8401 • 2025

Expands how applicants may qualify for a license to be a dentist

Expands how applicants may qualify for a license to be a dentist

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Luis R. Sepúlveda
Last action
2026-06-04
Official status
Passed Assembly
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Expands how applicants may qualify for a license to be a dentist

Expands how applicants may qualify for a license to be a dentist Expands how applicants may qualify for a license to be a dentist to include postdoctoral specialty programs and advanced education programs in general dentistry.

What This Bill Does

  • Expands how applicants may qualify for a license to be a dentist Expands how applicants may qualify for a license to be a dentist to include postdoctoral specialty programs and advanced education programs in general dentistry.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-04 Assembly

    SUBSTITUTED FOR A10753A

  2. 2026-06-04 Assembly

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.510

  3. 2026-06-04 Assembly

    PASSED ASSEMBLY

  4. 2026-06-04 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  5. 2026-06-02 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  6. 2026-06-02 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  7. 2026-06-02 Assembly

    REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

  8. 2026-05-27 Senate

    AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8401B

  9. 2026-04-27 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  10. 2026-04-22 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  11. 2026-04-21 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.770

  12. 2026-03-17 Senate

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

  13. 2026-03-17 Senate

    PRINT NUMBER 8401A

  14. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

  15. 2025-06-09 Senate

    REFERRED TO RULES

Official Summary Text

Expands how applicants may qualify for a license to be a dentist
Expands how applicants may qualify for a license to be a dentist to include postdoctoral specialty programs and advanced education programs in general dentistry.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8401

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      June 9, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to licensing requirements
          for prospective dentists

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 6604 of the education  law,
     2  subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 613 of the laws of 2022 and subdivi-
     3  sion 4 as amended by chapter 76 of the laws of 2004, are amended to read
     4  as follows:
     5    (3)  Experience:  have  experience  satisfactory  to  the board and in
     6  accordance with the commissioner's regulations, provided that such expe-
     7  rience shall consist of satisfactory completion of a postdoctoral gener-
     8  al practice or specialty dental  residency  program,  of  at  least  one
     9  year's duration, OR THE FIRST YEAR OF A MULTI-YEAR CODA-ACCREDITED POST-
    10  DOCTORAL  SPECIALTY PROGRAM, in a hospital or dental facility accredited
    11  for teaching purposes by a national accrediting  body  approved  by  the
    12  department,  provided,  further  that  any  such residency program shall
    13  include a formal outcome assessment evaluation of the resident's  compe-
    14  tence to practice dentistry acceptable to the department;
    15    (4)  Examination: pass a written examination satisfactory to the board
    16  and in accordance  with  the  commissioner's  regulations.    APPLICANTS
    17  APPLYING  AFTER  FIRST YEAR OF A MULTI-YEAR CODA-ACCREDITED POSTDOCTORAL
    18  SPECIALTY PROGRAM SHALL HAVE ALSO PASSED THE CDCA-WREB-CITA-ADMINISTERED
    19  ADEX CLINICAL EXAM;
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13339-01-5