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                                   2754
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 25, 2019
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 Introduced by 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD01060-01-9

 A. 2754                             2
 
 MEDICAL  EDUCATION ORGANIZATION ON THE SCREENING OF CHILDREN FOR ADVERSE
 CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES; PROVIDED, THAT THE COMMISSIONER, IN  CONSULTATION
 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.