Bill Text: NY S05356 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2012-10-03 - VETOED MEMO.165 [S05356 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S05356-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5356--D
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 11, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sens. YOUNG, GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher  Education
         --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
         and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the  Committee  on
         Higher Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- 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  --  committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       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 6911
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 6911. 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 WHICH 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  IN A PROGRAM ACCREDITED BY A NATIONAL BODY RECOGNIZED BY
   13  THE DEPARTMENT OR DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO BE THE EQUIVALENT; AND
   14  (II) SUBMIT EVIDENCE OF CURRENT CERTIFICATION OR  RECERTIFICATION  BY  A
   15  NATIONAL CERTIFYING BODY, RECOGNIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT;
   16    (D)  FEES: PAY A FEE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FIFTY DOLLARS FOR AN INITIAL
   17  CERTIFICATE AUTHORIZING NURSE ANESTHESIA PRACTICE AND A TRIENNIAL REGIS-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11445-14-2
       S. 5356--D                          2
    1  TRATION FEE OF  THIRTY  DOLLARS.  AFTER  A  CERTIFIED  REGISTERED  NURSE
    2  ANESTHETIST'S  INITIAL  REGISTRATION,  REGISTRATION  UNDER  THIS SECTION
    3  SHALL BE COTERMINOUS WITH THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED  NURSE  ANESTHETIST'S
    4  REGISTRATION AS A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE.
    5    2.  ONLY  A  PERSON  CERTIFIED  UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL USE THE TITLE
    6  "CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST".
    7    3. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY  ACT  AUTHOR-
    8  IZED BY ANY OTHER LAW, RULE, REGULATION OR CERTIFICATION.
    9    4.  THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS SOLELY TO
   10  IMPLEMENT THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS SET FORTH  IN  THIS  SECTION.    THE
   11  COMMISSIONER  IS  NOT AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS TO DEFINE THE
   12  PRACTICE OF A CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST.  THE  COMMISSIONER
   13  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO  PROMULGATE  REGULATIONS  LIMITED ONLY TO THE CERTIF-
   14  ICATION PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE.   NOTHING  IN
   15  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE CONSTRUED TO ALTER OR DEFINE THE SCOPE OF PRAC-
   16  TICE.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   18  it shall have become a law, except that subdivision 2 of section 6911 of
   19  the education law, as added by section one of this act shall take effect
   20  three years after this act shall have become a law.