Bill Text: NY A02898 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to profession of nurse anesthetist; defines "certified registered nurse anesthetist"; requires the department of education to certify such nurses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to higher education [A02898 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A02898-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2898 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 28, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER, PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the practice of regis- tered professional nursing by a certified registered nurse anesthetist The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 6902 of the education law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 3 4. (a) The practice of registered professional nursing by a certified 4 registered nurse anesthetist may include the ability to prescribe during 5 the peri-anesthetic period. The certified registered nurse anesthetist 6 shall obtain a certificate from the department upon successfully 7 completing a program including an appropriate pharmacology component, or 8 its equivalent, as established by the commissioner's regulations, prior 9 to prescribing under this subdivision. The certificate shall state 10 whether the certified registered nurse anesthetist has successfully 11 completed such a program or equivalent and is authorized to prescribe 12 under this subdivision. 13 (b) For purposes of this article the term "certified registered nurse 14 anesthetist" shall mean a registered professional nurse licensed in this 15 state: who has satisfactorily completed educational preparation for the 16 provision of anesthesia services in a program registered by the depart- 17 ment or in a program accredited by a national body recognized by the 18 department or determined by the department to be equivalent; and who 19 submits evidence in a manner and form prescribed by the department of 20 current certification or recertification by a national certifying body 21 recognized by the department. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03506-01-9