Senate Bill S3306B

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the licensing of acupuncturists and the practice of the profession of acupuncture

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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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co-Sponsors

2013-S3306 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4470
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§8211, 8213, 8214, 8216 & 6507, add §8217, Ed L; amd §413, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5512, A3717
2011-2012: S3511, A5219, A8816
2015-2016: S3911, A2558

2013-S3306 - Summary

Relates to the licensing of acupuncturists and the practice of the profession of acupuncture; further establishes acupuncturists as mandatory reporters of suspected cases of child abuse and maltreatment.

2013-S3306 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3306 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3306

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 31, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education  law  and  the  social  services  law,  in
  relation  to  the  licensing of acupuncturists and the practice of the
  profession of acupuncture, and establishing acupuncturists as mandato-
  ry reporters of suspected cases of child abuse and maltreatment

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  1 of section 8211 of the
education law, as added by chapter 772 of the laws of 1990,  is  amended
to read as follows:
  (a)  "Profession  of acupuncture" is the treating, by means of mechan-
ical, thermal or electrical stimulation effected  by  the  insertion  of
needles  or  by  the  application of heat, pressure or electrical stimu-
lation at a point or combination of points on the surface  of  the  body
predetermined  on  the basis of the theory of the physiological interre-
lationship of body organs with an associated  point  or  combination  of
points  for  diseases,  disorders  and  dysfunctions of the body for the
purpose of achieving a therapeutic or prophylactic effect.  THE  PROFES-
SION  OF ACUPUNCTURE INCLUDES RECOMMENDATION OF TRADITIONAL REMEDIES AND
SUPPLEMENTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RECOMMENDATION  OF  DIET,
HERBS  AND  NATURAL  PRODUCTS,  AND THEIR PREPARATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
TRADITIONAL AND MODERN  PRACTICES  OF  MODERN  EAST  ASIAN  OR  ORIENTAL
(CHINESE,  KOREAN  OR  JAPANESE) MEDICAL THEORY. ANY ACUPUNCTURIST WHOSE
PRACTICE INCLUDES THE RECOMMENDATION OF CUSTOM-MADE REMEDIES  OR  HERBAL
FORMULATIONS  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO  THE  REQUIREMENT  IMPOSED  BY  THE
PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION EIGHT-A OF SECTION EIGHTY-TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN
OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 8213 of the education law, as  added  by
chapter 772 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01256-02-3

              

co-Sponsors

2013-S3306A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4470
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§8211, 8213, 8214, 8216 & 6507, add §8217, Ed L; amd §413, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5512, A3717
2011-2012: S3511, A5219, A8816
2015-2016: S3911, A2558

2013-S3306A - Summary

Relates to the licensing of acupuncturists and the practice of the profession of acupuncture; further establishes acupuncturists as mandatory reporters of suspected cases of child abuse and maltreatment.

2013-S3306A - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3306A - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 3306--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 31, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. NOZZOLIO, MARTINS, PARKER, SAVINO -- 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  and  the  social  services  law,  in
  relation  to  the  licensing of acupuncturists and the practice of the
  profession of acupuncture, and establishing acupuncturists as mandato-
  ry reporters of suspected cases of child abuse and maltreatment

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  1 of section 8211 of the
education law, as added by chapter 772 of the laws of 1990,  is  amended
and a new paragraph (c) is added to read as follows:
  (a)  "Profession  of acupuncture" is the treating, by means of mechan-
ical, thermal or electrical stimulation effected  by  the  insertion  of
needles  or  by  the  application of heat, pressure or electrical stimu-
lation at a point or combination of points on the surface  of  the  body
predetermined  on  the basis of the theory of the physiological interre-
lationship of body organs with an associated  point  or  combination  of
points  for  diseases,  disorders  and  dysfunctions of the body for the
purpose of achieving a therapeutic or prophylactic effect.  THE  PROFES-
SION  OF ACUPUNCTURE INCLUDES RECOMMENDATION OF TRADITIONAL REMEDIES AND
SUPPLEMENTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RECOMMENDATION  OF  DIET,
HERBS  AND  NATURAL  PRODUCTS,  AND THEIR PREPARATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
TRADITIONAL AND MODERN  PRACTICES  OF  MODERN  EAST  ASIAN  OR  ORIENTAL
(CHINESE,  KOREAN  OR  JAPANESE) MEDICAL THEORY. ANY ACUPUNCTURIST WHOSE
PRACTICE INCLUDES THE RECOMMENDATION OF CUSTOM-MADE REMEDIES  OR  HERBAL
FORMULATIONS  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO  THE  REQUIREMENT  IMPOSED  BY  THE
PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION EIGHT-A OF SECTION EIGHTY-TWO HUNDRED FOURTEEN
OF THIS ARTICLE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01256-03-3

              

co-Sponsors

2013-S3306B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4470
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§8211, 8213, 8214, 8216 & 6507, add §8217, Ed L; amd §413, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5512, A3717
2011-2012: S3511, A5219, A8816
2015-2016: S3911, A2558

2013-S3306B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the licensing of acupuncturists and the practice of the profession of acupuncture; further establishes acupuncturists as mandatory reporters of suspected cases of child abuse and maltreatment.

2013-S3306B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3306B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 3306--B

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 31, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. NOZZOLIO, MARTINS, PARKER, SAVINO -- 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 Higher 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  and  the  social  services  law,  in
  relation  to  the  licensing of acupuncturists and the practice of the
  profession of acupuncture, and establishing acupuncturists as mandato-
  ry reporters of suspected cases of child abuse and maltreatment

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  1 of section 8211 of the
education law, as added by chapter 772 of the laws of 1990,  is  amended
and a new paragraph (c) is added to read as follows:
  (a)  "Profession  of acupuncture" is the treating, by means of mechan-
ical, thermal or electrical stimulation effected  by  the  insertion  of
needles  or  by  the  application of heat, pressure or electrical stimu-
lation at a point or combination of points on the surface  of  the  body
predetermined  on  the basis of the theory of the physiological interre-
lationship of body organs with an associated  point  or  combination  of
points  for  diseases,  disorders  and  dysfunctions of the body for the
purpose of achieving a therapeutic or prophylactic effect.  THE  PROFES-
SION  OF ACUPUNCTURE INCLUDES RECOMMENDATION OF TRADITIONAL REMEDIES AND
SUPPLEMENTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RECOMMENDATION  OF  DIET,
HERBS  AND  NATURAL  PRODUCTS,  AND THEIR PREPARATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
TRADITIONAL AND MODERN  PRACTICES  OF  MODERN  EAST  ASIAN  OR  ORIENTAL
(CHINESE,  KOREAN  OR  JAPANESE) MEDICAL THEORY. ANY ACUPUNCTURIST WHOSE
PRACTICE INCLUDES THE RECOMMENDATION OF CUSTOM-MADE REMEDIES  OR  HERBAL
FORMULATIONS  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT  TO  THE  REQUIREMENT  IMPOSED  BY  THE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01256-06-4
              

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