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Subseries 2: Professions Oversight Subject Files

Scope and Content Note:

The subject files in the Professions Oversight subseries pertain to the Assembly Standing Committee on Higher Education's role in legislative oversight of the professions in the state of New York. The files contain a variety of materials, such as notes, correspondence, testimonies, news articles, drafts of legislation, and working papers. Included in this subseries are materials related to the oversight of professions in medical and educational fields in New York, particularly as they relate to educational and licensing requirements for those professions. In the case of teacher education and certification, the materials also reflect efforts to expand awareness of cultural diversity and increase representation from African-American, Latino, and other minority communities within the teaching profession. These goals are apparent in correspondence concerning programs such as the Teacher Career Recruitment Clearinghouse and in reports of programs and advocacy groups. Also included in this subseries are materials related to a public hearing on alternative medical treatments and therapies. The 1993 hearing sought public comment on a proposed amendment to the education law that would allow medical practitioners to provide unconventional treatments to patients under certain circumstances. Materials include testimony regarding holistic, homeopathic, and other non-standard or non-Western approaches to medical practice. The subseries contains materials related to activity regarding changes to labor law in New York as well as the committee's study of workforce and economic development.

Arrangement:

The files are arranged alphabetically by subject.