Senate Bill S2544

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Modernizes the practice of podiatry

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2023-S2544 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§7001 & 7010, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4835
2015-2016: S4600, S6990
2017-2018: S4734
2019-2020: S5395
2021-2022: S2019

2023-S2544 - Summary

Modernizes the practice of podiatry specifically relating to ankle surgery.

2023-S2544 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2544 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2544
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  making  technical
   changes to the scope of the practice of podiatry
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 7001 of the education  law,
 subdivision  1 as amended by chapter 23 of the laws of 2013 and subdivi-
 sion 2 as amended by chapter 438 of the laws of  2012,  are  amended  to
 read as follows:
   1.  The  practice of the profession of podiatry is defined as diagnos-
 ing, treating,  operating  and  prescribing  for  any  disease,  injury,
 deformity or other condition of AND AFFECTING the foot AND ANKLE AND THE
 SOFT  TISSUE  OF  THE  LEG BELOW THE TIBIAL TUBEROSITY, UNLESS OTHERWISE
 PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION, and may  include  performing  physical  evalu-
 ations  in  conjunction with the provision of podiatric treatment.  [For
 the purposes of wound care  however,  the  practice  of  podiatry  shall
 include  the treatment of such wounds if they are contiguous with wounds
 relating, originating or in the course of treatment of a  wound  on  the
 foot  within  the podiatric scope of practice.] THE PRACTICE OF PODIATRY
 SHALL NOT INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING TREATMENTS OR PROCEDURES PERFORMED ABOVE
 THE LEVEL OF THE MALLEOLI, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED: THE  TREATMENT  OF
 MELANOMA;  PERFORMANCE  OF  MOHS  SURGERY; MUSCLE FLAPS OR MICROVASCULAR
 ANASTAMOSES. Wound care shall not[, however,] extend  beyond  the  level
 ending  at  the  distal tibial tuberosity. [The practice of podiatry may
 also include diagnosing, treating, operating  and  prescribing  for  any
 disease,  injury,  deformity  or  other  condition of the ankle and soft
 tissue of the leg below the tibial  tuberosity  if  the  podiatrist  has
 obtained  an issuance of a privilege to perform podiatric standard ankle
 surgery or advanced ankle surgery in accordance with section seven thou-
 sand nine of this article.] Podiatrists may treat traumatic  open  wound
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07111-01-3
              

2023-S2544A - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§7001 & 7010, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4835
2015-2016: S4600, S6990
2017-2018: S4734
2019-2020: S5395
2021-2022: S2019

2023-S2544A - Summary

Modernizes the practice of podiatry specifically relating to ankle surgery.

2023-S2544A - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2544A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2544--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Higher  Education  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to modernizing the  scope
   of the practice of podiatry

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 7001 of the education law, as  amended  by  chapter
 438  of  the laws of 2012, subdivision 1 as amended and subdivision 3 as
 added by chapter 23 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   § 7001. Definition of practice of podiatry. 1.  The  practice  of  the
 profession of podiatry is defined as diagnosing, treating, operating and
 prescribing for any disease, injury, deformity or other condition of AND
 AFFECTING the foot, ANKLE, SKIN AND THE SOFT TISSUE OF THE LEG BELOW THE
 TIBIAL TUBEROSITY, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED, and may include performing
 physical  evaluations  in  conjunction  with  the provision of podiatric
 treatment.  [For the purposes of wound care  however,  the  practice  of
 podiatry  shall include the treatment of such wounds if they are contig-
 uous with wounds relating, originating or in the course of treatment  of
 a  wound  on the foot within the podiatric scope of practice.] THE PRAC-
 TICE OF PODIATRY SHALL NOT INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING  TREATMENTS  OR  PROCE-
 DURES  PERFORMED  ABOVE  THE  LEVEL  OF  THE  MALLEOLI, UNLESS OTHERWISE
 PROVIDED: THE TREATMENT OF MELANOMA; PERFORMANCE OF MOHS SURGERY; MUSCLE
 FLAPS OR MICROVASCULAR ANASTAMOSES. Wound  care  shall  not[,  however,]
 extend  beyond  the  level  ending at the distal tibial tuberosity. [The
 practice of podiatry may also include  diagnosing,  treating,  operating
 and prescribing for any disease, injury, deformity or other condition of
 the  ankle and soft tissue of the leg below the tibial tuberosity if the
 podiatrist has obtained an issuance of a privilege to perform  podiatric
 standard  ankle  surgery  or  advanced  ankle surgery in accordance with

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07111-08-3
              

2023-S2544B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§7001 & 7010, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4835
2015-2016: S4600, S6990
2017-2018: S4734
2019-2020: S5395
2021-2022: S2019

2023-S2544B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Modernizes the practice of podiatry specifically relating to ankle surgery.

2023-S2544B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2544B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2544--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Higher  Education  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on High-
   er Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6,  sec.  8  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to modernizing the scope
   of the practice of podiatry
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 7001 of the education law,
 subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 23 of the laws of 2013 and  subdivi-
 sion  2  as  amended  by chapter 438 of the laws of 2012, are amended to
 read as follows:
   1. The practice of the profession of podiatry is defined  as  diagnos-
 ing,  treating,  operating  and  prescribing  for  any  disease, injury,
 deformity or other condition of AND AFFECTING the foot AND ANKLE AND THE
 SOFT TISSUE OF THE LEG BELOW THE  TIBIAL  TUBEROSITY,  UNLESS  OTHERWISE
 PROVIDED  BY  THIS  SECTION,  and may include performing physical evalu-
 ations in conjunction with the provision of podiatric treatment.    [For
 the  purposes  of  wound  care  however,  the practice of podiatry shall
 include the treatment of such wounds if they are contiguous with  wounds
 relating,  originating  or  in the course of treatment of a wound on the
 foot within the podiatric scope of practice.] THE PRACTICE  OF  PODIATRY
 SHALL NOT INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING TREATMENTS OR PROCEDURES PERFORMED ABOVE
 THE  LEVEL  OF THE MALLEOLI, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED: THE TREATMENT OF
 MELANOMA; PERFORMANCE OF MOHS SURGERY;  MUSCLE  FLAPS  OR  MICROVASCULAR
 ANASTAMOSES.  Wound  care  shall not[, however,] extend beyond the level
 ending at the [distal] tibial tuberosity. [The practice of podiatry  may
 also  include  diagnosing,  treating,  operating and prescribing for any

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07111-10-4
              

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