Senate Bill S6886A

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to non-patient specific orders a registered professional nurse may perform

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Current Bill Status Via A6030 - Signed by Governor


  • 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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2023-S6886 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6030
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6527 & 6909, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8876

2023-S6886 - Summary

Authorizes physicians to prescribe non-patient specific orders that a registered professional nurse may perform including electrocardiogram tests to detect signs and symptoms of acute coronary syndrome, administering point-of-care blood glucose tests to evaluate acute mental status changes in persons with suspected hypoglycemia, administering tests and intravenous lines to persons that meet severe sepsis and sepsis shock criteria, and pregnancy tests.

2023-S6886 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6886 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6886
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
   to standing orders for patient care in hospitals
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2803-v-1 to read as follows:
   § 2803-V-1. STANDING ORDERS FOR PATIENT  CARE  IN  A  HOSPITAL.  1.  A
 HOSPITAL  MAY  ESTABLISH STANDING ORDERS FOR THE CARE OF PATIENTS, WHICH
 MAY AUTHORIZE AN ATTENDING NURSE TO  PROVIDE  SERVICES  AND  CARE  TO  A
 PATIENT.  NOTHING  CONTAINED  WITHIN THIS SECTION SHALL AFFECT OR IMPAIR
 THE VALIDITY OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED THREE-V OF THIS ARTICLE, AS
 ADDED BY CHAPTER THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX OF THE  LAWS  OF  TWO  THOUSAND
 EIGHTEEN, AS IT RELATES TO STANDING ORDERS FOR THE CARE OF NEWBORNS IN A
 HOSPITAL.
   2. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, UNLESS THE CONTEXT CLEARLY REQUIRES OTHER-
 WISE:
   (A)  "ATTENDING PRACTITIONER" MEANS THE PHYSICIAN, NURSE PRACTITIONER,
 OR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT ACTING WITHIN HIS OR HER LAWFUL SCOPE  AND  TERMS
 OF PRACTICE, ATTENDING A PATIENT IN A HOSPITAL.
   (B) "ATTENDING NURSE" MEANS A REGISTERED NURSE ATTENDING TO A PATIENT,
 ACTING WITHIN HIS OR HER LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
   (C)  "STANDING  ORDER" MEANS A NON-PATIENT SPECIFIC ORDER FOR THE CARE
 OF A PATIENT IN A HOSPITAL, AND SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
   (I) ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS FOR PATIENTS THAT MEET ACUTE  CARDIAC  SYNDROME
 CRITERIA AS DEFINED BY AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION GUIDELINES;
   (II)  POINT-OF-CARE  GLUCOSE  SCREENINGS  FOR  PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED
 HYPOGLYCEMIA AS DEFINED IN AUTHORITATIVE NEUROLOGY CRITERIA  FOR  EVALU-
 ATION OF ACUTE MENTAL STATUS CHANGES;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10534-05-3
 S. 6886                             2
              

2023-S6886A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6030
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6527 & 6909, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8876

2023-S6886A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes physicians to prescribe non-patient specific orders that a registered professional nurse may perform including electrocardiogram tests to detect signs and symptoms of acute coronary syndrome, administering point-of-care blood glucose tests to evaluate acute mental status changes in persons with suspected hypoglycemia, administering tests and intravenous lines to persons that meet severe sepsis and sepsis shock criteria, and pregnancy tests.

2023-S6886A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6886A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6886--A
     Cal. No. 1332
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 12, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- reported favora-
   bly from said committee, ordered to first and second  report,  amended
   on  second  report, ordered to a third reading, and to be reprinted as
   amended, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  non-patient  specific
   orders a registered professional nurse may perform
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section  6909  of  the  education  law  is
 amended  by  adding four new paragraphs (i), (j), (k) and (l) to read as
 follows:
   (I) ADMINISTERING ELECTROCARDIOGRAM TESTS TO DETECT SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
 OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME.
   (J) ADMINISTERING POINT-OF-CARE BLOOD GLUCOSE TESTS TO EVALUATE  ACUTE
 MENTAL STATUS CHANGES IN PERSONS WITH SUSPECTED HYPOGLYCEMIA.
   (K)  ADMINISTERING  TESTS  AND  INTRAVENOUS LINES TO PERSONS THAT MEET
 SEVERE SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK CRITERIA.
   (L) ADMINISTERING TESTS TO DETERMINE PREGNANCY.
   § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 6527 of the education law is amended  by
 adding four new paragraphs (i), (j), (k) and (l) to read as follows:
   (I) ADMINISTERING ELECTROCARDIOGRAM TESTS TO DETECT SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
 OF ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME.
   (J)  ADMINISTERING POINT-OF-CARE BLOOD GLUCOSE TESTS TO EVALUATE ACUTE
 MENTAL STATUS CHANGES IN PERSONS WITH SUSPECTED HYPOGLYCEMIA.
   (K) ADMINISTERING TESTS AND INTRAVENOUS LINES  TO  PERSONS  THAT  MEET
 SEVERE SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK CRITERIA.
   (L) ADMINISTERING TESTS TO DETERMINE PREGNANCY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10534-07-3

              

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