Bill Text: NY S06751 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the registration and regulation of the practice of medical assistants.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-16 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S06751 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06751-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6751
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 16, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- 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  requiring  medical
          assistants  to  be  certified  by  and  registered  with the education
          department
          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 article
     2  131-A-1 to read as follows:
     3                               ARTICLE 131-A-1
     4                             MEDICAL ASSISTANTS
     5  Section 6533. Definitions.
     6          6534. Scope of tasks.
     7          6535. Requirements for registration.
     8    § 6533. Definitions. As used in this section:
     9    1. "Medical assistant" means a person, who acts as a  medical  support
    10  professional,  who  is  not  otherwise licensed, registered or certified
    11  pursuant to this title or the public health  law,  and  who  performs  a
    12  variety  of tasks under the direct supervision of onsite licensed health
    13  care practitioners in administering preventive, curative, rehabilitative
    14  or promotional care services in a health care facility or medical  prac-
    15  tice.
    16    2.  "Licensed  health  care  practitioner"  means  any person licensed
    17  registered or certified pursuant to this title to  provide  health  care
    18  including,  but not limited to, physicians, physician assistants, certi-
    19  fied nurse practitioners, registered professional  nurses  and  licensed
    20  practical nurses.
    21    3. "Practice as a medical assistant" means to assist a licensed health
    22  care  practitioner in providing services directly related to health care
    23  of patients as a medical assistant.
    24    4. "Direct supervision" means a licensed health care practitioner, who
    25  is on the premises and readily available, delegating to and  supervising
    26  a  medical  assistant  in  an  outpatient  setting in the performance of
    27  health care including, but not limited to, measuring vital signs, apply-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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