Bill Text: NY A08331 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides for the registration and regulation of the practice of medical assistants.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-03 - print number 8331b [A08331 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A08331-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8331--B 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY August 5, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher 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 education law, in relation to requiring medical assistants to be certified by and registered with the education department The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new article 2 131-A-1 to read as follows: 3 ARTICLE 131-A-1 4 MEDICAL ASSISTANTS 5 Section 6533. Definitions. 6 6534. Scope of tasks. 7 6535. Requirements for registration. 8 § 6533. Definitions. As used in this section: 9 1. "Medical assistant" means a person, who acts as a medical support 10 professional, who is not otherwise licensed, registered or certified 11 pursuant to this title or the public health law, and who performs a 12 variety of tasks under the direct supervision of onsite licensed health 13 care practitioners in administering preventive, curative, rehabilitative 14 or promotional care services in a health care facility or medical prac- 15 tice. 16 2. "Licensed health care practitioner" means any person licensed 17 registered or certified pursuant to this title to provide health care 18 including, but not limited to, physicians, physician assistants, certi- 19 fied nurse practitioners, registered professional nurses and licensed 20 practical nurses. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11553-07-6
