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Jan 04, 2012 |
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Jan 28, 2011 |
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Senate Bill S2662
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-S2662 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Higher Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §7001, Ed L; amd §§230-d & 2995-d, Pub Health L; amd §3101, CPLR
2011-S2662 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Expands the definition of the practice of podiatry to include conditions of the ankle and all soft tissues structures of the leg below the knee anatomically affecting the foot and ankle; establishes podiatrists licensed prior to the effective date of this act need to be certified to operate on the ankle; provides for the conducting of office-based surgery by podiatrists; directs the department of health to study the feasibility of a podiatrist profiling program
2011-S2662 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2662 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, the public health law and the civil practice law and rules, in relation to the practice of podiatry PURPOSE: To refine the definition of the practice of podiatry. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: See bill. JUSTIFICATION: This bill would refine the definition of the practice of podiatry to reflect current medical education relating to the treatment of malfunctions of the foot. Advancements in the study and medical training around treating malfunctions of the foot call for further refinement of the practice of this profession. Current law authorizes the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, injures, deformities, or other conditions of the foot only, effectively preventing the treatment of conditions, injuries, or diseases of the foot that are directly related to the foot and ankle joint or the soft tissues of that control the foot. Conventional medical practice recognizes that
2011-S2662 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2662 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 28, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ALESI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, the public health law and the civil practice law and rules, in relation to the practice of podiatry THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 7001 of the education law, as amended by chapter 677 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows: S 7001. Definition of practice of podiatry. 1. The practice of the profession of podiatry is defined as diagnosing, treating, operating and prescribing for any disease, injury, deformity or other condition of the foot, [and may include] ANKLE AND ALL SOFT TISSUE STRUCTURES OF THE LEG BELOW THE DISTAL TIBIAL TUBEROCITY. SURGICAL TREATMENT OF THE ANKLE SHALL NOT EXTEND BEYOND THE TIBIAL METAPHYSEAL FLAIR; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH SURGICAL TREATMENT MAY EXTEND TO THE DISTAL TIBIAL TUBEROCITY AS NECESSARY FOR THE TREATMENT OF THE ANKLE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE APPLICATION OF EXTERNAL FIXATION; AND PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT SUCH TREATMENT SHALL NOT INCLUDE PILON FRACTURES. THE PRACTICE OF PODIA- TRY INCLUDES performing physical evaluations in conjunction with [the provision of] podiatric treatment. Podiatrists [may] SHALL ONLY treat traumatic open wound fractures [only] AND PROVIDE SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATED FRACTURES OF THE ANKLE in hospitals [, as defined in] OR AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO article twenty-eight of the public health law. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE TERM "ANKLE" SHALL BE DEFINED AS THE DISTAL METAPHYSIS AND EPIPHYSIS OF THE TIBIA AND FIBULA, THE ARTICULAR CARTILAGE OF THE DISTAL TIBIA AND DISTAL FIBULA, THE LIGAMENTS THAT CONNECT THE DISTAL METAPHYSIS AND EPIPHYSIS OF THE TIBIA AND FIBULA AND TALUS, AND THE PORTIONS OF SKIN, SUBCUTANE- OUS TISSUE, FASCIA, MUSCLES, TENDONS AND NERVES AT OR BELOW THE LEVEL OF THE MYOTENDINOUS JUNCTION OF THE TRICEPS SURAE. 2. [The practice of podiatry shall not include treating any part of the human body other than the foot, nor treating fractures of the malleoli or cutting operations upon the malleoli. Podiatrists licensed to practice, but not authorized to prescribe or administer narcotics
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