S02598 Summary:
| BILL NO | S02598 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A03972 |
| SPONSOR | LATIMER |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd S6902, Ed L | |
| Relates to profession of nurse anesthetist; defines "certified registered nurse anesthetist"; requires the department of education to certify such nurses. | |
S02598 Actions:
| BILL NO | S02598 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/26/2015 | REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/06/2016 | REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2598 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 26, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the practice of regis- tered professional nursing by a certified registered nurse anesthetist The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 6902 of the education law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 3 4. (a) The practice of registered professional nursing by a certified 4 registered nurse anesthetist may include the ability to prescribe during 5 the peri-anesthetic period. The certified registered nurse anesthetist 6 shall obtain a certificate from the department upon successfully 7 completing a program including an appropriate pharmacology component, or 8 its equivalent, as established by the commissioner's regulations, prior 9 to prescribing under this subdivision. The certificate shall state 10 whether the certified registered nurse anesthetist has successfully 11 completed such a program or equivalent and is authorized to prescribe 12 under this subdivision. 13 (b) For purposes of this article the term "certified registered nurse 14 anesthetist" shall mean a registered professional nurse licensed in this 15 state: who has satisfactorily completed educational preparation for the 16 provision of anesthesia services in a program registered by the depart- 17 ment or in a program accredited by a national body recognized by the 18 department or determined by the department to be equivalent; and who 19 submits evidence in a manner and form prescribed by the department of 20 current certification or recertification by a national certifying body 21 recognized by the department. 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02788-01-5