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

New York Senate Bill 8470

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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]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8470

                    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

        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, licensed nurse practitioner, or licensed physician assistant,
    13  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.
                                                                   LBD14235-01-4