STATE OF NEW YORK
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6800
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 10, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- 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 supervision by certain
nurse practitioners; and to amend part C of chapter 57 of the laws of
2022 amending the education law relating to modernizing nurse practi-
tioners, in relation to making certain provisions permanent
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of
2 section 6902 of the education law, as amended by section 2 of part D of
3 chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
4 (i) The practice of registered professional nursing by a nurse practi-
5 tioner, certified under section six thousand nine hundred ten of this
6 article, may include the diagnosis of illness and physical conditions
7 and the performance of therapeutic and corrective measures within a
8 specialty area of practice, in collaboration with a licensed physician
9 or nurse practitioner practicing pursuant to paragraph (b) of this
10 subdivision, qualified to collaborate in the specialty involved,
11 provided such services are performed in accordance with a written prac-
12 tice agreement and written practice protocols except as permitted by
13 paragraph (b) of this subdivision. The written practice agreement shall
14 include explicit provisions for the resolution of any disagreement
15 between the collaborating physician and the nurse practitioner regarding
16 a matter of diagnosis or treatment that is within the scope of practice
17 of both. To the extent the practice agreement does not so provide, then
18 the collaborating physician's diagnosis or treatment shall prevail.
19 § 2. Section 8 of part C of chapter 57 of the laws of 2022, amending
20 the education law relating to modernizing nurse practitioners, is
21 amended to read as follows:
22 § 8. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
23 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2022; provided,
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 however, that sections one, two, [three, four,] six and seven of this
2 act shall expire and be deemed repealed two years after it shall have
3 become a law.
4 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
