Senate Bill S3964

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Regulates physician statements regarding certification and eligibility for certification by a private or public or parent association

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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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2009-S3964 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6527, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S3852

2009-S3964 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits a medical doctor from stating that he or she is board certified or eligible for certification by a private or public board or parent association unless the board or association is an American Board of Medical Specialities member board, or a member board of the American Osteopathic Association, or is a board or association with equivalent requirements approved by that physician and surgeon's licensing board, or is a board or association with an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education approved postgraduate training program that provides complete training in that specialty or subspecialty.

2009-S3964 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3964 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3964

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  OPPENHEIMER -- 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 statements of special-
  ty by a physician

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  6527 of the education law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
  8. A LICENSED PHYSICIAN MAY INCLUDE A STATEMENT THAT HE OR SHE  LIMITS
HIS OR HER PRACTICE TO SPECIFIC FIELDS, BUT MAY ONLY INCLUDE A STATEMENT
THAT  HE  OR SHE IS CERTIFIED OR ELIGIBLE FOR CERTIFICATION BY A PRIVATE
OR PUBLIC BOARD OR PARENT ASSOCIATION IF THAT BOARD OR ASSOCIATION IS AN
AMERICAN BOARD OF MEDICAL SPECIALTIES MEMBER BOARD OR A MEMBER BOARD  OF
THE AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION, A BOARD OR ASSOCIATION WITH EQUIV-
ALENT  REQUIREMENTS  APPROVED  BY THAT PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON'S LICENSING
BOARD, OR A BOARD OR ASSOCIATION WITH AN ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR GRAD-
UATE MEDICAL  EDUCATION  APPROVED  POSTGRADUATE  TRAINING  PROGRAM  THAT
PROVIDES COMPLETE TRAINING IN THAT SPECIALTY OR SUBSPECIALTY.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09116-01-9

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