What is a licensure-qualifying program?
The Department registers as licensure-qualifying an education program that is offered in New York State and which it has determined includes the course content specified in Education Law and Commissioner’s Regulations for the specific profession. If you graduated from a licensure-qualifying program after its official date of registration, you will automatically satisfy the education requirements for licensure. Please note that the Department registers a program that leads to a specific degree which includes the degree and content specified in Education Law and the Commissioner’s Regulations. Only the degree program is acceptable; a degree from the same school in a different field is not license-qualifying. For instance, a graduate degree in school psychology is not licensure-qualifying, even if offered by a university that offers a licensure-qualifying graduate degree in mental health counseling.
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