Credentialing Requirements: A Summary of the Thirty-One Professions Supervised by the Board of Regents and Administered by the New York State Education Department.

The basic requirements for credentialing in 31 professions supervised by the Board of Regents and administered by the New York State Department of Education are listed. Not every requirement is cited, and a more detailed statement of the credentialing requirements for these professions may be found in Title VIII of the Education Law and in the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education. The 31 professions are as follows: acupuncture; animal health technology; architecture; audiology; certified public accountancy; certified shorthand reporting; chiropractic; dental hygiene; dentistry; land surveying; landscape architecture; licensed practical nurse; massage; medicine; occupational therapy; occupational therapy assistant; ophthalmic dispensing; optometry; pharmacy; physical therapy; physical therapy assistant; physician's assistant; podiatry; professional engineering; psychology; public accountancy; registered professional nursing; registered specialist's assistant; social work; speech-language pathology; and veterinary medicine. (SM)