Assembly Bill A7767

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Allows for a certain amount of required clinical training and competency to be completed through simulation experience

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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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2021-A7767 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6905, 6906 & 6910, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A3076

2021-A7767 - Summary

Allows for at least one-third of required clinical training and competency for licensing as a registered professional nurse, licensed practical nurse, and nurse practitioner to be completed through simulation experience.

2021-A7767 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7767
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 21, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing for a certain
   amount of required clinical training and competency  to  be  completed
   through simulation experience

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 130 of the education law, as added by  chapter  987
 of  the laws of 1971, is amended by adding a new subarticle 5 to read as
 follows:
              SUBARTICLE 5. CLINICAL TRAINING AND COMPETENCY.
 SECTION 6518. CLINICAL TRAINING AND COMPETENCY.
   § 6518. CLINICAL TRAINING AND COMPETENCY.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER
 LAW,  RULE  OR  REGULATION  TO THE CONTRARY, FOR THOSE PROFESSIONS UNDER
 THIS TITLE THAT REQUIRE A SUPERVISED CLINICAL TRAINING, CLINICAL  EDUCA-
 TION  OR  CLINICAL CONTINUING COMPETENCY COMPONENT, OR THE EQUIVALENT AS
 DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT, FOR INITIAL LICENSURE OR LICENSE  RENEWAL,
 THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  BE  AUTHORIZED TO PERMIT AT LEAST ONE-THIRD OF
 SUCH CLINICAL TRAINING TO  BE  OBTAINED  THROUGH  SIMULATION  EXPERIENCE
 ACCEPTABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT AND PURSUANT TO REGULATION. NOTHING IN THIS
 SECTION  SHALL  PROHIBIT  THE DEPARTMENT FROM ALLOWING AN INSTITUTION OF
 POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION TO  PROVIDE  GREATER  THAN  ONE-THIRD  OF  SUCH
 TRAINING THROUGH SIMULATION EXPERIENCE UPON APPLICATION BY THAT INSTITU-
 TION IN SUCH FORM AS THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REQUIRE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11455-01-1



              

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2021-A7767A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6905, 6906 & 6910, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A3076

2021-A7767A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows for at least one-third of required clinical training and competency for licensing as a registered professional nurse, licensed practical nurse, and nurse practitioner to be completed through simulation experience.

2021-A7767A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7767--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 21, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LUPARDO,  McDONALD,  SANTABARBARA, LUNSFORD,
   WALLACE, FORREST, GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
   on  Higher  Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Educa-
   tion  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing for a certain
   amount of required clinical training and competency for licensing as a
   registered  professional  nurse,  licensed  practical nurse, and nurse
   practitioner to be completed through simulation experience
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section 6905 of the education law, as
 amended by chapter 380 of the laws  of  2018,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (2)  Education: have received an education, and a diploma or degree in
 professional nursing, in accordance with the commissioner's regulations,
 and in order to  continue  to  maintain  registration  as  a  registered
 professional  nurse  in  New  York  state, have attained a baccalaureate
 degree or higher in nursing within ten years  of  initial  licensure  in
 accordance with the commissioner's regulations, AND HAVE PARTICIPATED IN
 SUPERVISED  CLINICAL TRAINING, CLINICAL EDUCATION, OR THE EQUIVALENT, AS
 DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PERMIT ONE-THIRD OF
 SUCH CLINICAL TRAINING TO  BE  OBTAINED  THROUGH  SIMULATION  EXPERIENCE
 ACCEPTABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT AND PURSUANT TO REGULATION. NOTHING IN THIS
 SECTION SHALL PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT FROM ALLOWING AN EDUCATION PROGRAM
 TO  PROVIDE  GREATER  THAN ONE-THIRD OF SUCH TRAINING THROUGH SIMULATION
 EXPERIENCE UPON APPLICATION BY THAT INSTITUTION  IN  SUCH  FORM  AS  THE
 DEPARTMENT SHALL REQUIRE. The department, in its discretion, may issue a
 conditional  registration to a licensee who fails to complete the bacca-
 laureate degree but who agrees to meet the additional requirement within
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11455-03-2
              

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