Bill Text: NY S08705 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to emergency medical technician certification requirements, permitting an individual under the age of eighteen to be certified as an EMT if such individual is a member of the armed forces of the United States.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-19 - referred to health [S08705 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08705-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8705
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 10, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- 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 emergency  medical
          technician certification requirements
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 3002 of the public health law is amended by  adding
     2  a new subdivision 2-c to read as follows:
     3    2-c.  Notwithstanding  any  law, rule or regulation, the state council
     4  shall permit an individual who is under the age of eighteen to be certi-
     5  fied as an emergency medical technician if such individual is  a  member
     6  of the armed forces of the United States.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15857-01-8