Bill Text: NY A10806 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Directs a prosecutor to file with the court, prior to sentencing, a notice of the medical professional's occupation along with a statement that such person is subject to being reported to the office of professional medical conduct.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-17 - reported referred to rules [A10806 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10806-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10806

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      July 15, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Fall) -- (at
          request  of  the  Office  of  Court  Administration)  -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to the procedure
          for reporting convictions of certain medical professionals

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section 380.85 of the criminal procedure law, as added by
     2  chapter 477 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
     3  § 380.85 Reporting sentences to office of professional medical  conduct;
     4               licensed  physician,  physician  assistant,  or  specialist
     5               assistant.
     6    Whenever a person who is a licensed physician, physician assistant, or
     7  specialist assistant or a physician who is practicing  under  a  limited
     8  permit or as a medical resident is [sentenced for] convicted of a crime,
     9  the  prosecutor shall file with the court, prior to sentencing, a notice
    10  of the person's occupation along with a statement that  such  person  is
    11  subject to being reported to the office of professional medical conduct.
    12  Following  sentencing,  the  court  that has sentenced such person shall
    13  deliver a copy of the certificate of conviction and provide notification
    14  of the conviction and sentence to the  office  of  professional  medical
    15  conduct.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15375-01-0
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