Bill Text: NY S03021 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3021 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides for the certification by the education department of certified registered nurse anesthetists.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-04 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S03021 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03021-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3021
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 2, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- 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  certification  of
         certified registered nurse anesthetists
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  6912
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  6912.  CERTIFICATION OF CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS. 1.
    4  FOR ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE AS A CERTIFIED REGISTERED  NURSE  ANESTHE-
    5  TIST, THE APPLICANT SHALL FULFILL THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
    6    (A) APPLICATION: FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT;
    7    (B)  LICENSE:  BE  LICENSED  AS A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE IN THE
    8  STATE;
    9    (C)  EDUCATION:  (I)  HAVE  SATISFACTORILY  COMPLETED  AN  EDUCATIONAL
   10  PROGRAM  THAT IS DESIGNED AND CONDUCTED TO PREPARE GRADUATES TO PRACTICE
   11  IN THE SPECIALTY AREA OF NURSE  ANESTHESIA  AND  IS  REGISTERED  BY  THE
   12  DEPARTMENT  OR  DETERMINED  BY  THE DEPARTMENT TO BE THE EQUIVALENT; AND
   13  (II) SUBMIT EVIDENCE OF CURRENT CERTIFICATION OR  RECERTIFICATION  BY  A
   14  NATIONAL CERTIFYING BODY, RECOGNIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT;
   15    (D)  FEES: PAY A FEE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FIFTY DOLLARS FOR AN INITIAL
   16  CERTIFICATE AUTHORIZING NURSE ANESTHESIA PRACTICE AND A TRIENNIAL REGIS-
   17  TRATION FEE OF  THIRTY  DOLLARS.  AFTER  A  CERTIFIED  REGISTERED  NURSE
   18  ANESTHETIST'S  INITIAL  REGISTRATION,  REGISTRATION  UNDER  THIS SECTION
   19  SHALL BE COTERMINOUS WITH THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED  NURSE  ANESTHETIST'S
   20  REGISTRATION AS A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE.
   21    2.  ONLY  A  PERSON  CERTIFIED  UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL USE THE TITLE
   22  "CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST".
   23    3. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS TO  IMPLE-
   24  MENT THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00538-01-5
       S. 3021                             2
    1    4.  NOTHING  IN  THIS  SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO DEFINE A SCOPE OF
    2  PRACTICE FOR CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS  OR  TO  ALTER  THE
    3  SCOPE  OF  PRACTICE  OF  ANY  PRACTITIONER  OR PROFESSIONAL CERTIFIED OR
    4  LICENSED UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER OR UNDER  THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH
    5  LAW.
    6    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    7  it shall have become a law, except that subdivision 2 of section 6912 of
    8  the education law, as added by section one of this act shall take effect
    9  three years after this act shall have become a law.