Bill Text: NY S06887 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
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
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6887 IN SENATE March 3, 2016 ___________ 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 [October2111, 2015] October 9, 2016; 22 b. the New York city marathon scheduled to be held on [November 1,232015] 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. LBD14434-01-6