Bill Text: NY A07812 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes emergency medical care personnel to provide basic first aid to dogs and cats.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-19 - REFERRED TO RULES [A07812 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A07812-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7812--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 16, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- 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
        AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
          to  authorizing  emergency  medical service personnel to provide basic
          first aid to cats and dogs under certain circumstances
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Section 3013 of the public health law is amended by adding
     2  three new subdivisions 7, 8 and 9 to read as follows:
     3    7. No certified first  responder,  emergency  medical  technician,  or
     4  advanced  emergency medical technician acting in accordance with section
     5  three thousand eighteen of this article, nor any  ambulance  service  or
     6  advanced  life  support first response service of which such person is a
     7  member or employee, who, in the course of responding  to  an  emergency,
     8  renders  basic first aid to a dog or cat pursuant to such section, shall
     9  have any civil or criminal liability or have any liability for violating
    10  article one hundred thirty-five of the education law, for the  provision
    11  of  such  care,  or any damages to or death of any dog or cat alleged to
    12  have occurred by reason of an act or omission in rendering such  medical
    13  assistance  in  an emergency unless it is established that such injuries
    14  were or such death was caused by gross negligence on the  part  of  such
    15  certified  first  responder,  emergency  medical  technician or advanced
    16  emergency medical technician.
    17    8. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any  licensed
    18  veterinarian  who  provides  off-site  instruction,  pursuant to section
    19  three thousand eighteen of this article, to any certified first  respon-
    20  der,  emergency medical technician or advanced emergency medical techni-
    21  cian providing basic first aid to a dog or cat shall not be  liable  for
    22  damages  for injuries or death alleged to have been sustained by any dog
    23  or cat as a result of such instruction unless  it  is  established  that
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  such  injuries  or  death were caused by gross negligence on the part of
     2  such licensed veterinarian.
     3    9.  The  commissioner  of  education  shall promulgate rules and regu-
     4  lations for the provision of basic first aid to dogs and cats  by  emer-
     5  gency medical care personnel pursuant to this section.
     6    §  2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3018 to
     7  read as follows:
     8    § 3018. Basic first aid to dogs and cats. 1. In the course of respond-
     9  ing to any emergency, a certified  first  responder,  emergency  medical
    10  technician  or  advanced emergency medical technician may, in accordance
    11  with the rules and regulations of the commissioner of education, provide
    12  basic first aid to a dog or cat prior to the transfer of such animal  to
    13  the  care  of  a  licensed veterinarian. The basic first aid provided to
    14  cats and dogs pursuant to this section shall be limited to  the  follow-
    15  ing,  if  the certified first responder, emergency medical technician or
    16  advanced emergency medical technician is able and authorized to  provide
    17  such care to a human:
    18    (a) opening and manually maintaining an airway;
    19    (b) providing mouth to mouth or mouth to barrier ventilation;
    20    (c) administering oxygen;
    21    (d) managing ventilation by mask;
    22    (e) controlling hemorrhage with direct pressure;
    23    (f) immobilizing fractures;
    24    (g) bandaging; and
    25    (h)  administering  naloxone hydrochloride to the extent authorized by
    26  law, rule or regulation and as directed by a licensed veterinarian.
    27    2. To the extent practicable, each certified first responder, emergen-
    28  cy medical technician or advanced emergency medical  technician,  during
    29  the course of providing basic first aid to a dog or cat pursuant to this
    30  section,  shall communicate with a licensed veterinarian for the purpose
    31  of consulting upon the provision of such care.
    32    3. The commissioner of education shall promulgate such rules and regu-
    33  lations as shall be  necessary  to  implement  the  provisions  of  this
    34  section.
    35    §  3.  Section  6702  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
    36  subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    37    3. Licensed veterinarians may provide  instruction  to  any  certified
    38  first  responder,  emergency  medical  technician  or advanced emergency
    39  medical technician providing basic first aid to a dog or cat pursuant to
    40  section three thousand eighteen of the public health law.
    41    § 4. The opening paragraph of section 6703 of  the  education  law  is
    42  designated  subdivision  1  and  a new subdivision 2 is added to read as
    43  follows:
    44    2. The commissioner shall promulgate rules  and  regulations  for  the
    45  provision  of basic first aid to dogs and cats by emergency medical care
    46  personnel pursuant to section three  thousand  eighteen  of  the  public
    47  health law.
    48    §  5.  Section  6705  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
    49  subdivision 16 to read as follows:
    50    16. A certified  first  responder,  emergency  medical  technician  or
    51  advanced  emergency  medical technician providing basic first aid to the
    52  extent authorized by section  three  thousand  eighteen  of  the  public
    53  health law.
    54    §  6. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
    55  law.