STATE OF NEW YORK
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159
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 5, 2011
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Introduced by Sens. MAZIARZ, DIAZ, LARKIN -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to including certified nurs-
ing assistants in provisions of law relating to restrictions on
consecutive hours of work
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 167 of the labor
2 law, as added by chapter 493 of the laws of 2008, is amended and a new
3 paragraph d is added to read as follows:
4 b. "Nurse" shall mean a registered professional nurse or a licensed
5 practical nurse as defined by article one hundred thirty-nine of the
6 education law who provides direct patient care, or a certified nursing
7 assistant as defined in this subdivision.
8 d. "Certified nursing assistant" shall mean a person who has success-
9 fully completed a nurse aide training and/or competency evaluation
10 program administered by the department of health and/or is currently
11 listed in the nurse aide registry.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
13 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00650-01-1
