Bill Text: NY A04500 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4500 (Prior Session Legislation)

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 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to higher education [A04500 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A04500-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4500
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 2, 2017
                                       ___________
        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.
                                                                   LBD00918-01-7