Bill Text: NY A07237 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Permits physicians who are licensed in another state or territory to provide medical services to athletes and team personnel at team sporting events in New York, provided such services are provided only to those athletes and team personnel at the team sporting event.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-14 - substituted by s4375a [A07237 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A07237-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7237--B 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 12, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK, PICHARDO, ABINANTI -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- recommitted to the Committee on High- er Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amend- ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to permitting certain physicians to practice medicine in New York state if they are licensed to practice in another state or territory The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 6526 of the education law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 10 to read as follows: 3 10. (a) Any physician who is licensed and in good standing in another 4 state or territory, and who has a written agreement to provide medical 5 services to athletes and team personnel of a United States sports team 6 recognized by the United States Olympic committee or an out-of-state 7 secondary school, institution of postsecondary education, or profes- 8 sional athletic organization sports team, may provide medical services 9 to such athletes and team personnel at a discrete sanctioned team sport- 10 ing event in this state as defined by the commissioner in regulations, 11 provided such services are provided only to such athletes and team 12 personnel at the discrete sanctioned team sporting event. Any such 13 medical services shall be provided only five days before through three 14 days after each discrete sanctioned team sporting event. 15 (b) Any person practicing as a physician in New York state pursuant to 16 this subdivision shall be subject to the personal and subject matter 17 jurisdiction and disciplinary and regulatory authority of the board of 18 regents as if he or she is a licensee and as if the exemption pursuant 19 to this subdivision is a license. Such individual shall comply with EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06657-07-8A. 7237--B 2 1 applicable provisions of the rules of the board of regents, and the 2 regulations of the commissioner, relating to professional misconduct, 3 disciplinary proceedings and penalties for professional misconduct. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 5 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 6 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 7 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to 8 be made and completed on or before such date.
