Bill Text: NY A09794 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes a physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse or emergency medical technician to act as a designated camp health director or to provide health services at a children's overnight, summer day, or traveling summer day camp with a permit.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-9)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-20 - substituted by s6466b [A09794 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09794-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        9794--A
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 5, 2012
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PAULIN,  CASTRO,  GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE, LAVINE,
         GUNTHER, MAISEL,  REILLY,  P. RIVERA,  ROSENTHAL,  WEPRIN,  ZEBROWSKI,
         SCHIMEL,  RODRIGUEZ,  BARRETT,  CAMARA,  KELLNER,  LINARES,  JEFFRIES,
         CAHILL, GALEF, HEVESI, MARKEY, CLARK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         ARROYO,  CONTE,  CROUCH,  CURRAN,  ENGLEBRIGHT,  FITZPATRICK,  HIKIND,
         JACOBS,  KATZ,  KOLB, LATIMER, LENTOL, LUPARDO, MAYER, McENENY, McKEV-
         ITT, MILLMAN, PERRY, RAIA, SAYWARD -- read once and  referred  to  the
         Committee  on  Health  -- reference changed to the Committee on Higher
         Education -- reported and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Codes  --
         committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
         recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the  provision  of
         certain professional services to children's camps
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 1394 of the public health law is amended by  adding
    2  a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    3    3.    ANY  PERSON,  FIRM,  CORPORATION, OR ASSOCIATION THAT OPERATES A
    4  CHILDREN'S OVERNIGHT, SUMMER DAY, OR TRAVELING SUMMER DAY CAMP, AND  HAS
    5  OBTAINED  A  PERMIT PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE OF
    6  THIS ARTICLE, SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO EMPLOY OR CONTRACT  WITH  A  PHYSI-
    7  CIAN,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  PHYSICIAN  ASSISTANT,  REGISTERED NURSE, OR
    8  LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN  TO  ACT  AS  A
    9  DESIGNATED CAMP HEALTH DIRECTOR OR TO PROVIDE HEALTH SERVICES IN ASSIST-
   10  ANCE  TO  THE  CAMP  HEALTH  DIRECTOR PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE REGULATIONS
   11  PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   12    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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