Bill Text: NY S01831 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to polysomnographic technology services; grants authorization to practice polysomnographic technology to individuals who have met certain standards and requirements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-20 - SUBSTITUTED BY A354B [S01831 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01831-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        1831--B
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 13, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Higher  Education  --
         reported  favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
         on Commerce, Economic Development  and  Small  Business  --  committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing polysomno-
         graphic technology services
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  8505 of the education law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
    3     5.  THE PROVISION OF POLYSOMNOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, AS DEFINED
    4  BY THE COMMISSIONER, BY AN INDIVIDUAL, UNDER THE  DIRECTION  AND  SUPER-
    5  VISION OF A LICENSED PHYSICIAN, WHO HAS OBTAINED AUTHORIZATION ISSUED BY
    6  THE  DEPARTMENT.  SUCH  AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE ISSUED TO INDIVIDUALS WHO
    7  HAVE MET STANDARDS, INCLUDING THOSE RELATING TO  EDUCATION,  EXPERIENCE,
    8  EXAMINATION  AND CHARACTER, AS PROMULGATED IN REGULATIONS OF THE COMMIS-
    9  SIONER. SUCH AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE FULL DISCIPLINARY AND
   10  REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND THE DEPARTMENT,  PURSU-
   11  ANT  TO THIS TITLE, AS IF SUCH AUTHORIZATION WERE A PROFESSIONAL LICENSE
   12  ISSUED UNDER THIS ARTICLE. THE APPLICATION FEE  FOR  SUCH  AUTHORIZATION
   13  SHALL BE THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS. EACH AUTHORIZATION HOLDER SHALL REGISTER
   14  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT EVERY THREE YEARS AND SHALL PAY A REGISTRATION FEE
   15  OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
   17  law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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