N.Y. Education Law § 6505-c: Articulation between military and civilian professional careers

§ 6505-c. Articulation between military and civilian professional

careers. 1. The commissioner shall develop, jointly with the

commissioner of the department of veterans' services, a program to

facilitate articulation between participation in the military service of

the United States or the military service of the state and admission to

practice of a profession. The commissioner and the commissioner of

veterans' services shall identify, review and evaluate professional

training programs offered through either the military service of the

United States or the military service of the state which may, where

applicable, be accepted by the department as equivalent education and

training in lieu of all or part of an approved program. Particular

emphasis shall be placed on the identification of military programs

which have previously been deemed acceptable by the department as

equivalent education and training, programs which may provide, where

applicable, equivalent education and training for those professions

which are critical to public health and safety and programs which may

provide, where applicable, equivalent education and training for those

professions for which shortages exist in the state of New York.

2. The commissioner and the director shall prepare a list of those

military programs which have previously been deemed acceptable by the

department as equivalent education and training in lieu of all or part

of an approved program no later than the thirtieth of August, two

thousand three. On and after such date, such list shall be made

available to the public and applicants for admission to practice of a

profession.

3. The commissioner and the director shall prepare a list of those

military programs which may provide, where applicable, equivalent

education and training for those professions which are critical to

public health and safety, programs which may provide, where applicable,

equivalent education and training for those professions for which

shortages exist in the state of New York and any other military programs

which may, where applicable, be accepted by the department as equivalent

education and training in lieu of all or part of an approved program no

later than the thirty-first of October, two thousand three. On and after

such date, such list shall be made available to the public and

applicants for admission to practice of a profession.

4. Such lists shall be prepared annually no later than the thirtieth

of June thereafter with additions and deletions made jointly by the

commissioner and the director and made available to the public and

applicants for admission to practice of a profession on such date.