STATE OF NEW YORK
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9510
IN ASSEMBLY
March 10, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ, PAULIN, HEVESI, LUPARDO,
BRINDISI, COOK, HYNDMAN, ORTIZ, RUSSELL, SKARTADOS -- Multi-Sponsored
by -- M. of A. CERETTO, SEPULVEDA, SIMON -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to practitioners
authorized to prescribe medical marihuana
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 12 of section 3360 of the public health law, as
2 added by chapter 90 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
3 12. "Practitioner" means a practitioner who (i) is a physician, physi-
4 cian assistant or nurse practitioner, licensed or certified by New York
5 state and practicing within the state, acting within his or her lawful
6 scope of practice; (ii) [who] by training or experience is qualified to
7 treat a serious condition as defined in subdivision seven of this
8 section; and (iii) has completed a two to four hour course as determined
9 by the commissioner in regulation and registered with the department;
10 provided however, a registration shall not be denied without cause. Such
11 course may count toward board certification requirements. [The commis-
12 sioner shall consider the inclusion of nurse practitioners under this
13 title based upon considerations including access and availability. After
14 such consideration the commissioner is authorized to deem nurse practi-
15 tioners as practitioners under this title.]
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
17 ments to title 5-a of article 33 of the public health law made by this
18 act shall not affect the expiration and repeal of such title and shall
19 expire and be deemed repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13604-01-6
