Authorizes physicians to prescribe non-patient specific orders that a registered professional nurse may perform including electrocardiogram tests to detect signs and symptoms of acute coronary syndrome, administering point-of-care blood glucose tests to evaluate acute mental status changes in persons with suspected hypoglycemia, administering tests and intravenous lines to persons that meet severe sepsis and sepsis shock criteria, and pregnancy tests.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6886--A
Cal. No. 1332
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 12, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- reported favora-
bly from said committee, ordered to first and second report, amended
on second report, ordered to a third reading, and to be reprinted as
amended, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to non-patient specific
orders a registered professional nurse may perform
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 6909 of the education law is
2 amended by adding four new paragraphs (i), (j), (k) and (l) to read as
3 follows:
4 (i) administering electrocardiogram tests to detect signs and symptoms
5 of acute coronary syndrome.
6 (j) administering point-of-care blood glucose tests to evaluate acute
7 mental status changes in persons with suspected hypoglycemia.
8 (k) administering tests and intravenous lines to persons that meet
9 severe sepsis and septic shock criteria.
10 (l) administering tests to determine pregnancy.
11 § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 6527 of the education law is amended by
12 adding four new paragraphs (i), (j), (k) and (l) to read as follows:
13 (i) administering electrocardiogram tests to detect signs and symptoms
14 of acute coronary syndrome.
15 (j) administering point-of-care blood glucose tests to evaluate acute
16 mental status changes in persons with suspected hypoglycemia.
17 (k) administering tests and intravenous lines to persons that meet
18 severe sepsis and septic shock criteria.
19 (l) administering tests to determine pregnancy.
20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10534-07-3
