Allows medical assistants to draw and administer immunizations to patients in outpatient settings under the supervision of a certified nurse practitioner or physician.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9802
IN ASSEMBLY
April 9, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing medical
assistants to draw and administer immunizations to patients in certain
supervised settings
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 6909 of the education law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
3 12. Notwithstanding subdivision seven of section sixty-five hundred
4 nine of this title, a certified nurse practitioner may directly assign
5 and supervise a medical assistant, in an outpatient setting, with the
6 task of drawing and administering immunizations to patients, provided
7 that such medical assistant receives appropriate training from such
8 certified nurse practitioner and provided further that such certified
9 nurse practitioner shall be responsible for the actions of such medical
10 assistant.
11 § 2. Section 6527 of the education law is amended by adding a new
12 subdivision 12 to read as follows:
13 12. Notwithstanding subdivision eleven of section sixty-five hundred
14 thirty of this title, a licensed physician may directly assign and
15 supervise a medical assistant, in an outpatient setting, with the task
16 of drawing and administering immunizations to patients, provided that
17 such medical assistant receives appropriate training from such licensed
18 physician and provided further that such licensed physician shall be
19 responsible for the actions of such medical assistant.
20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14963-01-4
