Permits dentists to administer influenza and COVID vaccinations and vaccinations related to a declared public health emergency; requires dentists to report such vaccinations.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6744--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 21, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to permitting dentists to
administer influenza and COVID vaccinations and vaccinations related
to a public health emergency
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 6601 of the education law, as amended by chapter
2 576 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 6601. Definition of practice of dentistry. The practice of the
4 profession of dentistry is defined as diagnosing, treating, operating,
5 or prescribing for any disease, pain, injury, deformity, or physical
6 condition of the oral and maxillofacial area related to restoring and
7 maintaining dental health. The practice of dentistry includes the
8 prescribing and fabrication of dental prostheses and appliances. The
9 practice of dentistry may include performing physical evaluations in
10 conjunction with the provision of dental treatment and the adminis-
11 tration of vaccinations against influenza and SARS-CoV-2 and vaccina-
12 tions related to a declared public health emergency. Dentists shall be
13 authorized users and report such vaccinations in accordance with the
14 requirements in section twenty-one hundred sixty-eight of the public
15 health law.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
17 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07634-02-5
