Bill Text: NY S08470 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes the intravenous administration of contrast media when such administration is an integral part of the x-ray or imaging procedure by a radiographer when done under the direct supervision of a licensed physician, certified nurse practitioner, or licensed physician assistant.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-06 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8247C [S08470 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08470-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8470--A
            Cal. No. 454

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 1, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- reported favora-
          bly from said committee, ordered to first and second  report,  ordered
          to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place
          in the order of third reading

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the supervision of
          intravenous administration of contrast media by a radiographer

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 3501 of the public health law,  as
     2  added by chapter 175 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
     3    3.  "Radiography" means the use of x-rays or x-ray producing equipment
     4  on human beings for diagnostic  purposes  under  the  supervision  of  a
     5  licensed  practitioner.  The  practice  includes, but is not limited to:
     6  measuring and positioning patients; selecting and  setting  up  exposure
     7  factors  on  x-ray  equipment, and the making of the x-ray exposure; the
     8  performance of quality control tests; [and,]  under  the  direct  super-
     9  vision  of  a  licensed  physician,  the intravascular administration of
    10  contrast media when such administration is an integral part of the x-ray
    11  or imaging procedure; and, under the direct supervision  of  a  licensed
    12  physician,  certified  nurse practitioner, or licensed physician assist-
    13  ant, the intravenous administration of contrast media when such adminis-
    14  tration is an integral part of the x-ray or imaging procedure.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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