Assembly Bill A9662

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires a yearly inspection of all audiological testing equipment

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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-A9662 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §923, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A2565
2023-2024: A57

2019-A9662 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a yearly inspection of all audiological testing equipment in all schools.

2019-A9662 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9662
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to requiring a yearly
   inspection of all audiological testing equipment
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 923 to
 read as follows:
   §  923. AUDIOLOGICAL TESTING EQUIPMENT INSPECTION. 1. ALL AUDIOLOGICAL
 TESTING EQUIPMENT SHALL BE INSPECTED AND TESTED AT INTERVALS NOT EXCEED-
 ING ONE YEAR.  INSPECTIONS AND TESTS SHALL BE  PERFORMED  IN  ACCORDANCE
 WITH  THE  APPLICABLE  STANDARDS OF THE MANUFACTURER AND ANY APPROPRIATE
 GOVERNMENT AGENCY. ANY AUDIOLOGICAL TESTING EQUIPMENT THAT DOES NOT MEET
 SUCH APPLICABLE STANDARDS SHALL BE EXCHANGED FOR NEW AUDIOLOGICAL  TEST-
 ING EQUIPMENT.
   2.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "AUDIOLOGICAL TESTING EQUIPMENT"
 SHALL MEAN ANY EQUIPMENT OR DEVICE USED  DURING  A  HEARING  EXAMINATION
 PURSUANT TO SECTION NINE HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.    Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14477-01-9

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