Bill Text: NY S07676 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to out-of-state clinical laboratory practitioners.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-12 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S07676 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S07676-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7676
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 12, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
          to out-of-state clinical laboratory practitioners
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  8607 of the education law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4. Pursuant to subdivision nine of section five hundred seventy-six of
     4  the public health law, the commissioner shall consult with  the  commis-
     5  sioner  of health on (a) the establishment of standards of education for
     6  out-of-state clinical  laboratory  practitioners,  and  (b)  determining
     7  whether  the  educational  components  of other jurisdictions' personnel
     8  licensing  programs  are  significantly  comparable  to  the   education
     9  requirements  established by the department in paragraph (b) of subdivi-
    10  sion one of section eighty-six hundred five, paragraph (b)  of  subdivi-
    11  sion  two of section eighty-six hundred five, subdivision two of section
    12  eighty-six hundred  six,  and  subdivision  two  of  section  eighty-six
    13  hundred six-a of this article.
    14    §  2.  Section 576 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
    15  subdivision 9 to read as follows:
    16    9. By July first, two thousand seventeen, the department  shall  adopt
    17  regulations  that establish qualifications for clinical laboratory prac-
    18  titioners practicing in out-of-state laboratories  licensed  under  this
    19  article  that are substantially equivalent to qualifications established
    20  by the education department, including the requirement for  an  examina-
    21  tion  issued by a recognized accrediting organization that is similar to
    22  those exams administered by the education department under  article  one
    23  hundred  sixty-five  of  the  education  law.   In consultation with the
    24  education department, the department shall (a)  establish  standards  of
    25  education  for  out-of-state  clinical laboratory practitioners, and (b)
    26  determine whether the educational  components  of  other  jurisdictions'
    27  personnel  licensing programs are significantly comparable to the educa-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  tional requirements in  sections  eighty-six  hundred  five,  eighty-six
     2  hundred six, and eighty-six hundred six-a of the education law.
     3    §  3.  The  opening  paragraph  of subdivision 2 of section 575 of the
     4  public health law is designated paragraph (a) and a new paragraph (b) is
     5  added to read as follows:
     6    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to  the  contrary,  the
     7  commissioner  shall  require an attestation from the director of a clin-
     8  ical laboratory located outside of New York state and licensed or  seek-
     9  ing licensure under this title, that all clinical laboratory practition-
    10  ers,  as defined in section eighty-six hundred one of the education law,
    11  practicing clinical laboratory technology on or involving New York state
    12  specimens, unless exempt from licensure  or  certification  pursuant  to
    13  section  eighty-six  hundred  nine of the education law, who do not hold
    14  the appropriate valid license, permit or certificate issued pursuant  to
    15  article  one hundred sixty-five of the education law, meet the standards
    16  and requirements established in subdivision nine of section five hundred
    17  seventy-six of this title. Records of  on-site  reviews  of  credentials
    18  will be maintained by both the laboratory and the department.
    19    § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    20  it shall have become a law.