Bill Text: NY A08179 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 8179 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to restricting duties which may be assigned to specialist's assistants in radiology.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-09-23 - signed chap.536 [A08179 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A08179-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8179
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 3, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to restricting duties
         which may be assigned to specialist's assistants in radiology
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 3515 of the public health law is amended by adding
    2  a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
    3    1-A. (A) A RADIOGRAPHER WHO ALSO IS A SPECIALIST'S ASSISTANT, AS  SUCH
    4  TERM  IS DEFINED IN SECTION THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDRED OF THIS CHAPTER, REGIS-
    5  TERED FOR THE MEDICAL SPECIALTY OF RADIOLOGY, SHALL NOT: (I) RENDER  ANY
    6  DIAGNOSTIC  INTERPRETATION OF ANY IMAGE PRODUCED BY ANY X-RAY OR IMAGING
    7  PROCEDURE; (II) MAKE ANY DIAGNOSIS; (III) PRESCRIBE OR ORDER ANY DRUG OR
    8  DRUG PRODUCT FOR WHICH A PRESCRIPTION IS REQUIRED BY ANY  LAW  OR  REGU-
    9  LATION;  OR (IV) ORDER, PRESCRIBE, ISSUE OR INITIATE A TREATMENT PLAN, A
   10  CARE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OR ANY OTHER THERAPY TO OR FOR A PATIENT  UNLESS
   11  SUCH  PLAN,  PROGRAM  OR OTHER THERAPY HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED OR ORDERED BY
   12  THE SUPERVISING PHYSICIAN OF THE SPECIALIST'S ASSISTANT.
   13    (B) PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE  INAPPLICABLE  TO
   14  SPECIALIST'S ASSISTANTS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO LAW ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE
   15  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION; BUT SUCH SPECIALIST'S ASSISTANTS SHALL CONTINUE TO
   16  BE SUBJECT TO ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY
   17  OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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