Assembly Bill A7894

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Permits certain nurses and patients to exercise the authority under the existing nurse practice act for the provision of care at home

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A7894 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5048
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง6908, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A2274, S2943
2015-2016: A1014

2011-A7894 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits certain nurses and patients to exercise the authority under the existing nurse practice act for the provision of care at home.

2011-A7894 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7894

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 20, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER, LIFTON, BURLING, PALMESANO -- read once
  and referred to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the provision of nurs-
  ing level care under a registered nurse's supervision

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Clause  (iii)  of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section
6908 of the education law, as amended by chapter  160  of  the  laws  of
2003, is amended to read as follows:
  (iii)  the  providing  of  care  by  a person acting in the place of a
person exempt under clause (i) of this  paragraph,  but  who  does  hold
himself or herself out as one who accepts employment for performing such
care,  where  nursing  services  are under the instruction of a licensed
REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL nurse, or under the instruction of a patient  or
family or household member determined by a registered professional nurse
to  be self-directing and capable of providing such instruction, and any
remuneration is provided under section three hundred sixty-five-f of the
social services law OR FOR SERVICES UNDER AN ENTITY CERTIFIED,  APPROVED
OR LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW; or
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11309-01-1

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