Bill Text: NY S00159 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Includes certified nursing assistants in provisions of law relating to restrictions on consecutive hours of work.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-21 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S00159 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S00159-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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159
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 5, 2011
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Introduced by Sens. MAZIARZ, DIAZ, LARKIN -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to including certified nurs-
ing assistants in provisions of law relating to restrictions on
consecutive hours of work
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 167 of the labor
2 law, as added by chapter 493 of the laws of 2008, is amended and a new
3 paragraph d is added to read as follows:
4 b. "Nurse" shall mean a registered professional nurse or a licensed
5 practical nurse as defined by article one hundred thirty-nine of the
6 education law who provides direct patient care, OR A CERTIFIED NURSING
7 ASSISTANT AS DEFINED IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
8 D. "CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO HAS SUCCESS-
9 FULLY COMPLETED A NURSE AIDE TRAINING AND/OR COMPETENCY EVALUATION
10 PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND/OR IS CURRENTLY
11 LISTED IN THE NURSE AIDE REGISTRY.
12 S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
13 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00650-01-1
