Authorizes forest rangers, park rangers, and environmental conservation police officers to possess and administer epinephrine by use of an epinephrine auto-injector device.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4652
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing forest
rangers, park rangers, and environmental conservation police officers
to possess and administer epinephrine by use of an epinephrine auto-
injector device
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 3000-c of the
2 public health law, as amended by chapter 633 of the laws of 2019, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (a) "Eligible person or entity" means: (i) an ambulance service or
5 advanced life support first response service; a certified first respon-
6 der, firefighter in a city, town or village having a population of less
7 than one million, emergency medical technician, or advanced emergency
8 medical technician, who is employed by or an enrolled member of any such
9 service; (ii) a children's overnight camp as defined in subdivision one
10 of section thirteen hundred ninety-two of this chapter, a summer day
11 camp as defined in subdivision two of section thirteen hundred ninety-
12 two of this chapter, a traveling summer day camp as defined in subdivi-
13 sion three of section thirteen hundred ninety-two of this chapter or a
14 person employed by such a camp; (iii) a school district, board of coop-
15 erative educational services, county vocational education and extension
16 board, charter school, and non-public elementary and secondary school in
17 this state or any person employed by any such entity, or employed by a
18 contractor of such an entity while performing services for the entity;
19 (iv) a sports, entertainment, amusement, education, government, day care
20 or retail facility; an educational institution, youth organization or
21 sports league; an establishment that serves food; or a person employed
22 by such entity; (v) a police officer or peace officer in a city, town or
23 village having a population of less than one million; [and] (vi) forest
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 rangers, park rangers and environmental conservation police officers;
2 and (vii) any other person or entity designated or approved, or in a
3 category designated or approved pursuant to regulations of the commis-
4 sioner in consultation with other appropriate agencies.
5 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
6 have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or
7 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
8 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or before
9 such date.
