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                                   11077
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 4, 2018
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Hevesi) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requirements  for  the
   re-registration for physicians
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 6524 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
   (12) (A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (I) "ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES" MEANS STRESSFUL OR TRAUMATIC EXPE-
 RIENCES  EXPERIENCED DURING CHILDHOOD, WHICH ARE STRONGLY RELATED TO THE
 DEVELOPMENT AND PREVALENCE OF A WIDE RANGE OF HEALTH PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT
 A PERSON'S LIFETIME, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO  PHYSICAL  OR  SEXUAL
 ABUSE;  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; PARENTAL MENTAL ILLNESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; AND
 INCARCERATION.
   (II) "CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION  ORGANIZATION"  MEANS  AN  ACCREDI-
 TATION  COUNCIL  FOR CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION, A PHYSICIAN SPECIALTY
 ORGANIZATION, OR ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE  ENTITY,  AS  DETERMINED  BY  THE
 COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
   (III)  "PHYSICIAN  SPECIALTY ORGANIZATION" MEANS THE AMERICAN BOARD OF
 MEDICAL SPECIALTIES; THE  AMERICAN  OSTEOPATHIC  ASSOCIATION  BUREAU  OF
 PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION; THE AMERICAN BOARD OF PHYSICIAN SPECIALTIES; THE
 ROYAL  COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF CANADA; AND ANY OTHER ENTITY MAINTAINING
 STANDARDS FOR AND CERTIFYING PHYSICIAN SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION  THAT  IS
 APPROVED  BY THE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL OF GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION, OR
 ANY OTHER EQUIVALENT ENTITY,  AS  DETERMINED  BY  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
   (B) NO PHYSICIAN MAY BE RE-REGISTERED UNLESS HE OR SHE, AS PART OF THE
 RE-REGISTRATION   APPLICATION,   INCLUDES  AN  ATTESTATION,  IN  A  FORM
 PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER, THAT HE OR SHE HAS PREVIOUSLY  COMPLETED
 AT  LEAST  FOUR  HOURS OF CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION FROM A CONTINUING
 MEDICAL EDUCATION ORGANIZATION ON THE SCREENING OF CHILDREN FOR  ADVERSE
 CHILDHOOD  EXPERIENCES; PROVIDED, THAT THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD16123-01-8

 A. 11077                            2
 
 WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE FOR AN EXEMPTION  PROCESS
 BASED ON THE NATURE OF THE PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed by the commissioner of education on or before such date.