Allows certain certified registered nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants or physicians to be able to be certified as an emergency service technician to service rural areas of the state.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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IN ASSEMBLY
November 6, 2020
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Salka) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to certifying certain
professionals as emergency service technicians to service rural areas
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 3002 of the public health law is amended by adding
2 a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
3 9. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation to
4 the contrary, the commissioner, in consultation with the state emergency
5 medical services council, shall develop a certification process to allow
6 for certified registered nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, physi-
7 cian assistants or physicians who have been in continuous practice, who
8 have demonstrated competence in applicable behavioral and performance
9 objectives, and who have demonstrated completion of appropriate continu-
10 ing education, to become certified as an emergency service technician or
11 emergency service paramedic to provide emergency medical services in
12 rural areas of the state. Such certification shall be based on a certi-
13 fied registered nurse anesthetist, nurse practitioner, physician assist-
14 ant or physician's curriculum vitae, experience and certifications.
15 Priority shall be given to certified registered nurse anesthetists,
16 nurse practitioners, physician assistants or physicians who are inde-
17 pendently licensed and have the authority to write prescriptions for a
18 patient.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD17471-01-0
