Office of the Professions
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News & Reports
- Professional Association Convening
- On November 29, 2007, the Office of the Professions conducted a Leadership
Forum with professional associations, legislative staff, and state board chairpersons.
The forum informed the professions of several initiatives, including: design
teams to improve licensing and discipline processes, the new illegal practice
regulations, progress toward full automation of all routine processes, and
efforts to identify and revise outdated practice interpretations and regulations.
The attendees also heard about the Board of Regents "Planting the Seed" initiative.
As part of that presentation, Lou Grumet, Executive Director of the New York
State Society of CPAs described the Society's summer institute that annually
mentors 370 minority youngsters and teaches them about the accountancy profession.
The Society's program is one of many models used in the professions to provide
middle school and high school students with information about careers in the
licensed professions. The meeting was hailed by participants as a valuable
method to identify issues that confront the licensed professions in a changing
practice environment.
Presentation: Text-Only | HTML Graphic | MS PowerPoint
(December 10, 2007)
- OP Testimony Before the New York State Assembly
- Associate Commissioner Frank Munoz testified before the Assembly Health
Committee on Monday, October 29, 2007, on "Developing a Primary Care
Agenda". The hearing was convened to examine the adequacy of New York's
primary care system and identify what action is needed to strengthen
the system. (November 5, 2007)
- Announcing OPNEWS Listserv
- The Office of the Professions Strategic Communications Team has begun a new initiative to provide interested parties with news and updates about the Office of the Professions via email. Individuals can subscribe to OPNEWS to receive regular updates about:
- office activities and performance
- the license, practice and discipline of the professions
- professional practice alerts, and
- meetings of the State Boards
Join OPNEWS at: http://listserv.nysed.gov/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=opnews&A=1. You will be prompted to enter your email address and tailor how you wish to receive email alerts. You can access more information about the OPNEWS listserv at: listserv.nysed.gov.
(October 22, 2007)
- Announcing Online Registration
Renewals
- The Office of the Professions is pleased to announce that
online registration renewal is now available. Phased in over the next three years, the online process
will provide a timely and secure alternative to the paper
registration applications used for many years. When registering
online, the registration fees can be paid using a credit card,
and no additional charge will be added for this
convenience.
In order to register online, individuals must:
- Be licensed and in the last 5 months of their current registration period;
- Receive the renewal notification and PIN in the mail;
and
- Use a valid Visa or MasterCard to pay the registration
fees.
More information will be sent to each licensee at the time of
their registration renewal. Licensees will not be eligible to
participate in online renewal until they are notified and given a
PIN.
Please see www.op.nysed.gov/renewalinfo.htm
for more information about online renewals and, if eligible, to
log in to the application. (September 25,
2007)
- Verifying Your New York License
- New York licensees are reminded that up-to-the-minute license
and registration status is available on
this site or by calling 1-518-474-3817 (press prompt #4, then
#1). Information on the Web and our telephone system is current and official. Licensees who require
written proof of licensure should file the Request for Written Confirmation of NYS
Licensure (PDF). This request requires the submission of a
fee and will be mailed to a third party.
- Photo ID Cards
- The Office of the Professions is now offering all NYS
licensed and registered professionals the opportunity to be
issued a professional photo ID card.
(December 1, 2006)
- Employment Opportunities in Shortage
Areas
- Immediate employment opportunities are available with the New
York City Department of Education in the areas of monolingual and
bilingual speech services,
bilingual school psychology,
occupational therapy and physical therapy. License holders in
psychology and speech-language pathology who do not hold school
certification should review new
regulatory provisions approved by the Board of Regents in
July, 2005. Experience gained in non-school settings may be given
to bilingual psychologists and bilingual speech-language
pathologists. Additional information on opportunities or
scholarship assistance can be obtained by contacting the New York
City Department of Education: http://schools.nyc.gov/teachnyc/
(April 30, 2007)
- Regents Scholarship Opportunities
- Regents Professional Opportunity Scholarships are available
annually to New York State residents who are economically
disadvantaged and/or members of an underrepresented minority
group and who are beginning or engaged in an approved program
leading to a degree in an eligible profession licensed by the
Regents. Award winners receive up to $5,000 per year, for a
maximum of four academic years. Information and applications can
be found on the Office
of Higher Education's (OHE) Website. Information and
applications for the Regents Health Care Scholarship in Medicine
and Dentistry and the Regents Physician Loan Forgiveness Program
are also available on the OHE Web site.
- Reports to the Board of Regents
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A series of informational reports to the New York State Board of
Regents by Deputy Commissioner Johanna Duncan-Poitier on emerging
issues affecting the professions.
- The Mandate for Accountancy Reform:
A Call to Action, February 2003
- Status of Activities Related to Horizon Issues,
April 2002 - HTML | PDF
- Follow-Up Activities on Recommendations of the Regents
Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Future of Nursing, March 2002
- HTML | PDF
- Addressing Nursing and Other Professional Workforce
Shortages, December 2001 - HTML | PDF
- The Expansion of the Licensed Professions, June
2001 - HTML | PDF
- The Nursing Shortage, April 2001 - HTML | PDF
- Rising Consumer Expectations, March 2001 - HTML | PDF
- Unauthorized Practice of the Professions,
February 2001 - HTML | PDF
- Regents Professional Disciplinary System, July
2000 - HTML | PDF
- Continuing Competence, June 2000 - HTML | PDF
- Cross Jurisdictional Professional Practice,
February 2000 - HTML | PDF
- Telepractice, December 1999 - HTML | PDF
- Corporate Practice of the Professions, September
1998 - HTML | PDF
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