Senate Bill S1276

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to permitting certain physicians to practice medicine in New York state if they are licensed to practice in another state or territory

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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-S1276 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2634
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6526, Ed L (as proposed in S.4375-A and A.7237-B)

2019-S1276 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits physicians who are licensed in another state or territory to provide medical services to athletes and team personnel at team sporting events in New York, provided such services are provided only to those athletes and team personnel at the team sporting event.

2019-S1276 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1276 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1276
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  permitting  certain
   physicians to practice medicine in New York state if they are licensed
   to practice in another state or territory

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 6526 of  the  education  law,  as
 added  by  a  chapter  of  the  laws of 2018, amending the education law
 relating to permitting certain physicians to practice  medicine  in  New
 York state if they are licensed to practice in another state or territo-
 ry, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4375-A and A. 7237-B, is
 amended to read as follows:
   10.  (a) Any physician who is licensed and in good standing in another
 state or territory, and who has a written agreement to  provide  medical
 services  to  athletes and team personnel of a United States sports team
 recognized by the United States Olympic  committee  or  an  out-of-state
 secondary  school,  institution  of  postsecondary education, or profes-
 sional athletic organization sports team, may provide  medical  services
 to such athletes and team personnel at a discrete sanctioned team sport-
 ing  event  in this state as defined by the commissioner in regulations,
 provided such services are provided  only  to  such  athletes  and  team
 personnel  at  the  discrete  sanctioned  team  sporting event. Any such
 medical services shall be provided only five days before  through  three
 days after each discrete sanctioned team sporting event.
   (b) Any person practicing as a physician in New York state pursuant to
 this  subdivision  shall  be  subject to the personal and subject matter
 jurisdiction and disciplinary and regulatory authority of the  board  of
 regents AND THE STATE BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CONDUCT ESTABLISHED
 PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW as if he
 or  she  is a licensee and as if the exemption pursuant to this subdivi-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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