Bill Text: NY A08392 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides for the certification by the education department of certified registered nurse anesthetists.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-21 - substituted by s5356d [A08392 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A08392-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        8392--B
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 15, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PAULIN,  GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER, GIBSON, JACOBS,
         JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  HOOPER,  LATIMER,  LINARES,
         P. RIVERA  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Educa-
         tion -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes  --  committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to  said  committee  -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways
         and Means -- reported and referred to the Committee on Rules --  Rules
         Committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
         recommitted to the Committee on Rules
       AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  certification  of
         certified registered nurse anesthetists
         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  section  6911
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  6911.  CERTIFICATION OF CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS. 1.
    4  FOR ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE AS A CERTIFIED REGISTERED  NURSE  ANESTHE-
    5  TIST, THE APPLICANT SHALL FULFILL THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
    6    (A) APPLICATION: FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT;
    7    (B)  LICENSE:  BE  LICENSED  AS A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE IN THE
    8  STATE;
    9    (C)  EDUCATION:  (I)  HAVE  SATISFACTORILY  COMPLETED  AN  EDUCATIONAL
   10  PROGRAM WHICH IS DESIGNED AND CONDUCTED TO PREPARE GRADUATES TO PRACTICE
   11  IN  THE  SPECIALTY  AREA  OF  NURSE ANESTHESIA; AND IS REGISTERED BY THE
   12  DEPARTMENT OR IN A PROGRAM ACCREDITED BY A NATIONAL BODY  RECOGNIZED  BY
   13  THE DEPARTMENT OR DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO BE THE EQUIVALENT; AND
   14  (II)  SUBMIT  EVIDENCE  OF CURRENT CERTIFICATION OR RECERTIFICATION BY A
   15  NATIONAL CERTIFYING BODY, RECOGNIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT;
   16    (D) FEES: PAY A FEE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FIFTY DOLLARS FOR AN  INITIAL
   17  CERTIFICATE AUTHORIZING NURSE ANESTHESIA PRACTICE AND A TRIENNIAL REGIS-
   18  TRATION  FEE  OF  THIRTY  DOLLARS.  AFTER  A  CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11445-13-2
       A. 8392--B                          2
    1  ANESTHETIST'S INITIAL  REGISTRATION,  REGISTRATION  UNDER  THIS  SECTION
    2  SHALL  BE  COTERMINOUS WITH THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST'S
    3  REGISTRATION AS A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE.
    4    2.  ONLY  A  PERSON  CERTIFIED  UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL USE THE TITLE
    5  "CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST".
    6    3. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY  ACT  AUTHOR-
    7  IZED BY ANY OTHER LAW, RULE, REGULATION OR CERTIFICATION.
    8    4.  THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS SOLELY TO
    9  IMPLEMENT THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   11  it shall have become a law, except that subdivision 2 of section 6911 of
   12  the education law, as added by section one of this act shall take effect
   13  three years after this act shall have become a law.