Assembly Bill A4988

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to informed consent for procedures in the course of education or training

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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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2019-A4988 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3353
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §18-b, Pub Health L

2019-A4988 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires informed consent for procedures done in the course of education or training.

2019-A4988 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4988
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GOTTFRIED, GALEF, JAFFEE, HEVESI, D'URSO,
   WOERNER,  SIMOTAS,  CRESPO, SEAWRIGHT, EPSTEIN, FAHY, WRIGHT, WALLACE,
   SIMON, FERNANDEZ, ENGLEBRIGHT, MIKULIN, M. L. MILLER -- read once  and
   referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to informed consent
   for procedures in the course of education or training
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
 18-b to read as follows:
   § 18-B. PROCEDURES IN THE COURSE OF EDUCATION OR TRAINING; CONSENT. IN
 THE CASE OF ANY HEALTH CARE PROCEDURE OR EXAMINATION, THE FACT  THAT  IT
 IS  PERFORMED  IN THE COURSE OF EDUCATION OR TRAINING SHALL NOT DIMINISH
 THE REQUIREMENT FOR INFORMED CONSENT FOR THE PROCEDURE OR EXAMINATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09034-01-9

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