Bill Text: NY S06887 | 2015-2016 | 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: (Passed) 2016-05-25 - SIGNED CHAP.39 [S06887 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06887-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6887
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 3, 2016
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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 216 of  the  laws
     5  of 2015, 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
    21  11, 2015] October 9, 2016;
    22    b.  the  New  York  city marathon scheduled to be held on [November 1,
    23  2015] November 6, 2016;
    24    c. the Brooklyn half marathon scheduled to be held on [May  16,  2015]
    25  May 21, 2016;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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