Senate Bill S8837

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes emergency medical care personnel to provide basic first aid to dogs and cats

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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-S8837 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7608
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3013, add §3018, Pub Health L; amd §§6702, 6703 & 6705, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S2783, A715
2023-2024: S1968, A3798

2019-S8837 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes emergency medical care personnel to provide basic first aid to dogs and cats.

2019-S8837 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8837 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8837
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               July 21, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
   to  authorizing  emergency  medical service personnel to provide basic
   first aid to cats and dogs under certain circumstances
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 3013 of the public health law is amended by adding
 three new subdivisions 7, 8 and 9 to read as follows:
   7. NO CERTIFIED FIRST  RESPONDER,  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN,  OR
 ADVANCED  EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN ACTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 THREE THOUSAND EIGHTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE, NOR ANY  AMBULANCE  SERVICE  OR
 ADVANCED  LIFE  SUPPORT FIRST RESPONSE SERVICE OF WHICH SUCH PERSON IS A
 MEMBER OR EMPLOYEE, WHO, IN THE COURSE OF RESPONDING  TO  AN  EMERGENCY,
 RENDERS  BASIC FIRST AID TO A DOG OR CAT PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION, SHALL
 HAVE ANY CIVIL LIABILITY OR HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR VIOLATING ARTICLE ONE
 HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE OF THE EDUCATION LAW,  FOR  THE  PROVISION  OF  SUCH
 CARE,  OR  ANY  DAMAGES  TO  OR  DEATH OF ANY DOG OR CAT ALLEGED TO HAVE
 OCCURRED BY REASON OF AN ACT OR OMISSION WHERE SUCH PERSON ACTED REASON-
 ABLY AND IN GOOD FAITH IN RENDERING SUCH MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN AN  EMER-
 GENCY.
   8.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY LICENSED
 VETERINARIAN WHO PROVIDES  OFF-SITE  INSTRUCTION,  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 THREE  THOUSAND EIGHTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE, TO ANY CERTIFIED FIRST RESPON-
 DER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN OR ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL  TECHNI-
 CIAN  PROVIDING  BASIC FIRST AID TO A DOG OR CAT SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
 DAMAGES FOR INJURIES OR DEATH ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN SUSTAINED BY ANY  DOG
 OR  CAT  AS  A  RESULT OF SUCH INSTRUCTION WHERE SUCH VETERINARIAN ACTED
 REASONABLY AND IN GOOD FAITH IN PROVIDING SUCH INSTRUCTION.
   9. THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION  SHALL  PROMULGATE  RULES  AND  REGU-
 LATIONS  FOR  THE PROVISION OF BASIC FIRST AID TO DOGS AND CATS BY EMER-
 GENCY MEDICAL CARE PERSONNEL PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 3018  to
 read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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