Bill Text: NY S02762 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to authorizing certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state in connection with an event sanctioned by New York Road Runners; extends the provisions thereof.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-28 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S02762 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02762-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2762
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 17, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend chapter 192 of the laws of 2011, relating to authorizing
          certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other juris-
          dictions to practice in this state in connection with an  event  sanc-
          tioned  by  New  York  Road  Runners,  in  relation  to  extending the
          provisions thereof
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Chapter  192 of the laws of 2011, relating to authorizing
     2  certain health care professionals licensed to practice in  other  juris-
     3  dictions  to  practice  in  this state in connection with an event sanc-
     4  tioned by New York Road Runners, as amended by chapter 39 of the laws of
     5  2016, is amended to read as follows:
     6    Section 1. Notwithstanding any  inconsistent  provision  of  law,  any
     7  person  who  is licensed to practice as a physician, physician's assist-
     8  ant, massage therapist, physical therapist, chiropractor, dentist, opto-
     9  metrist, nurse, nurse practitioner, certified athletic trainer or podia-
    10  trist in another state or territory, who is in  good  standing  in  such
    11  state  or  territory  and  who  has  been appointed by the New York Road
    12  Runners to provide professional services at an event in this state sanc-
    13  tioned by the New York  Road  Runners,  may  provide  such  professional
    14  services  to  athletes  and  team  personnel  registered  to  train at a
    15  location in this state or registered to compete in  an  event  conducted
    16  under  the  sanction  of  the New York Road Runners in the state without
    17  first being licensed pursuant to the provisions of title 8 of the educa-
    18  tion law. Such services shall be provided only four days before  through
    19  one day after each of the following events:
    20    a. the Staten Island half marathon scheduled to be held on [October 9,
    21  2016] October 8, 2017;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    b.  the  New  York  city marathon scheduled to be held on [November 6,
     2  2016] November 5, 2017;
     3    c.  the  Brooklyn half marathon scheduled to be held on [May 21, 2016]
     4  May 20, 2017;
     5    d. the Bronx half marathon scheduled to  be  held  on  [September  25,
     6  2016] September 24, 2017;
     7    e.  the  Queens  10k  scheduled to be held on [June 18, 2016] June 17,
     8  2017; and
     9    f. the New York city half marathon scheduled to be held on [March  20,
    10  2016] March 19, 2017.
    11    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    12  deemed repealed January 31, [2017] 2018.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
    14  have  been  in  full  force  and  effect  on and after January 31, 2017;
    15  provided that the amendments to section 1 of chapter 192 of the laws  of
    16  2011,  made  by section one of this act, shall not affect the expiration
    17  of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.