Bill Text: NY S01957 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to profession of nurse anesthetist; defines "certified registered nurse anesthetist"; requires the department of education to certify such nurses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-11 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S01957 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01957-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1957
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 11, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the practice of regis-
          tered professional nursing by a certified registered nurse anesthetist
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  6902 of the education law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4. (a) The practice of registered professional nursing by a  certified
     4  registered nurse anesthetist may include the ability to prescribe during
     5  the  peri-anesthetic  period. The certified registered nurse anesthetist
     6  shall  obtain  a  certificate  from  the  department  upon  successfully
     7  completing a program including an appropriate pharmacology component, or
     8  its  equivalent, as established by the commissioner's regulations, prior
     9  to prescribing under  this  subdivision.  The  certificate  shall  state
    10  whether  the  certified  registered  nurse  anesthetist has successfully
    11  completed such a program or equivalent and is  authorized  to  prescribe
    12  under this subdivision.
    13    (b)  For purposes of this article the term "certified registered nurse
    14  anesthetist" shall mean a registered professional nurse licensed in this
    15  state: who has satisfactorily completed educational preparation for  the
    16  provision  of anesthesia services in a program registered by the depart-
    17  ment or in a program accredited by a national  body  recognized  by  the
    18  department  or  determined  by  the department to be equivalent; and who
    19  submits evidence in a manner and form prescribed by  the  department  of
    20  current  certification  or recertification by a national certifying body
    21  recognized by the department.
    22    § 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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