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John Liu

Sponsor · State Senator, District 16 · Democratic

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Senate bill · S9223 (2025-26)

Relates to mandatory continuing education requirements for acupuncturists

Latest action May 12, 2026

Summary

Requires acupuncturists registered with the state to complete 45 hours of mandatory continuing education requirements every registration period; specifies acceptable courses of continuing education; provides exceptions.

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Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A10187, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Amends the Education Law.

Committee

Higher Education · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Higher Education · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

To establish a modern, efficient, and professionally credible continuing education (CE) program for licensed acupuncturists in New York State that protects the public, aligns with national standards, improves the quality of acupuncture care, and minimizes administrative burden by recognizing the National Certification Board for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine (NCBAHM) as the accrediting body.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

  • Vote: Floor vote

    NY SenateMay 12, 2026Result: passed

    (59) (1) (0) (3)

  • Vote: Committee vote · Higher Education

    Senate Higher EducationMay 5, 2026Result: passed

    (11) (0) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

MaryJane Shimsky, Nily Rozic and 1 more on Agora

  • Democratic3
See the full list on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

The sponsor's argument

Why John Liu says this is needed

New York's Title VIII (Education Law) already requires continuing educa- tion for many health professions. Acupuncture is a direct-care field where techniques, safety protocols, and evidence-informed practice evolve continually. But licensed acupuncturists are currently under no legal obligation to engage in continuing education in their field. This bill proposes a right-sized CE framework for New York that: * Protects patients by reinforcing current best practices in areas such as infection control, clean needle technique, adverse-event recognition, integrative-care coordination, and ethical billing/documentation. * Aligns with national norms by leveraging National Certification Board for Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine (NCBAHM), the profession's premier, widely recognized national credentialing organization. This avoids duplicative state bureaucracy while ensuring course quality and rele- vance. * Minimizes administrative burden through self-attestation at renewal and targeted random audits, a proven model used elsewhere in Title VIII. * Respects small practices by accepting the full range of NCBAHM-ap- proved formats, including cost-effective online learning and live cours- es, and by providing conditional registration to cure shortfalls without abruptly sidelining practitioners. * The bill strikes the right balance: it raises and maintains profes- sional standards while keeping compliance simple, predictable, and nationally consistent.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

  1. May 12, 2026

    Sent to the executive

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

    NY Senate

  2. May 12, 2026

    Passed a chamber

    PASSED SENATE

    NY Senate

  3. May 12, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    NY Assembly

  4. May 7, 2026

    Advanced to Third Reading

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

    NY Senate

  5. May 6, 2026

    2ND Report CAL.

    2ND REPORT CAL.

    NY Senate

Show full history (3 earlier events)
  1. May 5, 2026

    1ST Report CAL.925

    1ST REPORT CAL.925

    NY Senate

  2. Feb 17, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    NY Senate

  3. Feb 12, 2026

    Referred to committee

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    NY Assembly

About this record

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