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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5142
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 20, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, PAULIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
          A. BOYLAND -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to  chang-
          ing  reference  from  physician,  osteopath  or dentist to health care
          practitioner
 

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Rule 2106 of the civil practice law and rules, as amended
     2  by judicial conference proposal No. 3 for the year 1973, is  amended  to
     3  read as follows:
     4    Rule  2106. Affirmation of truth of statement by attorney[, physician,
     5  osteopath or dentist] or health care practitioner.  The statement of  an
     6  attorney  admitted  to  practice  in  the  courts  of the state, or of a
     7  [physician, osteopath or dentist] health care  practitioner,  authorized
     8  by title eight of the education law to practice in the state, who is not
     9  a  party  to an action, when subscribed and affirmed by him or her to be
    10  true under the penalties of perjury, may  be  served  or  filed  in  the

    11  action in lieu of and with the same force and effect as an affidavit.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01215-01-3