Bill Text: NY S02059 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 2059 (Prior Session Legislation)

NY State Legislature page for S02059

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits the denial of employment of an MRI technologist, as an MRI technologist, solely based on their lack of licensure and/or certification in x-ray or radiography.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-18 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S02059 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S02059-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2059
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 18, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  prohibiting  the
         denial of employment of an MRI technologist solely based on their lack
         of licensure and/or certification in x-ray or radiography
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 3501 of the public health law is amended by  adding
    2  a new subdivision 20 to read as follows:
    3    20.  "MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING TECHNOLOGIST" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO
    4  PERFORMS A NON-IONIZING RADIATION  DIAGNOSTIC  TECHNIQUE  THAT  PRODUCES
    5  COMPUTERIZED  IMAGES  OF  INTERNAL  BODY TISSUES AND IS BASED ON NUCLEAR
    6  MAGNETIC RESONANCE OF ATOMS WITHIN THE BODY INDUCED BY  THE  APPLICATION
    7  OF RADIO WAVES.
    8    S  2.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3501-a
    9  to read as follows:
   10    S 3501-A. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING TECHNOLOGIST EMPLOYMENT. IT SHALL
   11  BE UNLAWFUL TO DENY EMPLOYMENT TO ANY MAGNETIC RESONANCE  IMAGING  TECH-
   12  NOLOGIST CERTIFIED BY A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ORGANIZATION, AS A MAGNET-
   13  IC  RESONANCE  IMAGING  TECHNOLOGIST, SOLELY ON THE BASIS THAT HE OR SHE
   14  LACKS LICENSURE AND/OR CERTIFICATION IN X-RAY OR RADIOGRAPHY.
   15    S 3. 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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