Bill Text: NY S05380 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes any person licensed as a physician, physician's assistant, massage therapist, physical therapist, chiropractor, dentist, optometrist, nurse, nurse practitioner or podiatrist in another state or territory and appointed by the World Police and Fire Federation to practice his or her profession in this state in connection with an athletic event sanctioned by such Federation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-20 - SIGNED CHAP.204 [S05380 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S05380-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5380--A 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 13, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to authorize certain health care professionals licensed to prac- tice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state in connection with an event sanctioned by the World Police and Fire Games Feder- ation; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, any 2 person who is licensed to practice as a physician, physician's assist- 3 ant, massage therapist, physical therapist, chiropractor, dentist, opto- 4 metrist, nurse, nurse practitioner or podiatrist in another state or 5 territory, who is in good standing in such state or territory and who 6 has been appointed by the World Police and Fire Games Federation to 7 provide professional services at an event in this state sanctioned by 8 the World Police and Fire Games Federation, may provide such profes- 9 sional services to athletes and team personnel registered to train at a 10 location in this state or registered to compete in an event conducted 11 under the sanction of the World Police and Fire Games Federation in the 12 state without first being licensed pursuant to the provisions of title 8 13 of the education law. Such services shall be provided only during the 14 time period specified by the World Police and Fire Games Federation. 15 S 2. This act shall take effect August 22, 2011 and shall expire and 16 be deemed repealed September 9, 2011. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11600-02-1