Education Law
Title VIII - The Professions
Note: The following compilation of statutes is provided as a convenience. While we have reviewed them for currency of content, accuracy and completeness, they should not be considered as the official texts. You may also search New York State Laws on the New York State Legislature site.
With the exception of Article 130, General Provisions, the links below will take you to that profession's section of the OP site.
- Article 130 General provisions (in four subarticles)
- Subarticle 1 (Sections 6500-6505-c)
- Subarticle 2 (Sections 6506-6508)
- Subarticle 3 (Sections 6509-6511)
- Subarticle 4 (Sections 6512-6516)
- Article 131 Medicine (Sections 6520-6529)
- Article 131-A Definitions of professional misconduct applicable to physicians, physician's assistants and specialist's assistants (Sections 6530-6532)
- Article 131-B Physician assistants (Sections 6540-6546)
- Article 131-C Specialist assistants (Sections 6547-6549)
- Article 132 Chiropractic (Sections 6550-6556)
- Article 133 Dentistry, dental hygiene, and certified dental assisting (Sections 6600-6613)
- Article 134 Perfusion (Sections 6630-6636)
- Article 135 Veterinary medicine and veterinary technology (Sections 6700-6714)
- Article 136 Physical therapy and physical therapist assistants (Sections 6730-6743)
- Article 137 Pharmacy (Sections 6800-6830)
- Article 137-A Registered Pharmacy Technicians (Sections 6840-6844)
- Article 139 Nursing (Sections 6900-6910)
- Article 140 Professional midwifery (Sections 6950-6958)
- Article 141 Podiatry (Sections 7000-7007)
- Article 143 Optometry (Sections 7100-7107)
- Article 144 Ophthalmic dispensing (Sections 7120-7128)
- Article 145 Engineering, land surveying and geology (Sections 7200-7211)
- Article 147 Architecture (Sections 7300-7308)
- Article 148 Landscape architecture (Sections 7320-7328)
- Article 149 Public accountancy (Sections 7400-7409)
- Article 151 Shorthand reporting (Sections 7500-7504)
- Article 153 Psychology (Sections 7600-7606)
- Article 154 Social work (Sections 7700-7710)
- Article 155 Massage Therapy (Sections 7800-7807)
- Article 156 Occupational therapy (Sections 7900-7907)
- Article 157 Dietetics and nutrition (Sections 8000-8006)
- Article 159 Speech-language pathologists and audiologists (Sections 8200-8209)
- Article 160 Acupuncture (Sections 8210-8216)
- Article 161 Interior design (Sections 8300-8307)
- Article 162 Athletic trainers (Sections 8350-8358)
- Article 163 Mental Health Practitioners (Sections 8400-8412)
- Article 164 Respiratory therapists and respiratory therapy technicians (Sections 8500-8513)
- Article 165 Clinical Laboratory Technology Practice Act (Sections 8600-8610)
- Article 166 Medical Physics Practice (Sections 8700-8709)
- Article 167 Applied Behavior Analysis (Sections 8800-8808)
- Article 168 Licensed Pathologists’ Assistants (Sections 8850-8856)