Assembly Bill A1535A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the practice protocol for nurse practitioners

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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-A1535 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3056
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6902, Ed L; amd Part D §3, Chap 56 of 2014
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A10990, S8936

2021-A1535 - Summary

Makes certain provisions of the "nurse practitioners modernization act" permanent; eliminates certain administrative obligations.

2021-A1535 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1535
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GOTTFRIED, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the practice  protocol
   for nurse practitioners; and to amend part D of chapter 56 of the laws
   of  2014,  amending  the education law relating to enacting the "nurse
   practitioners modernization act", in  relation  to  the  effectiveness
   thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraphs (i) and (iv) of paragraph (a) of  subdivision
 3  of section 6902 of the education law, as amended by section 2 of part
 D of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   (i) The practice of registered professional nursing by a nurse practi-
 tioner, certified under section six thousand nine hundred  ten  of  this
 article,  may  include  the diagnosis of illness and physical conditions
 and the performance of therapeutic  and  corrective  measures  within  a
 specialty  area  of practice, in collaboration with a licensed physician
 OR NURSE PRACTITIONER PRACTICING  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION,   qualified  to  collaborate  in  the  specialty  involved,
 provided such services are performed in accordance with a written  prac-
 tice  agreement  and  written  practice protocols except as permitted by
 paragraph (b) of this subdivision. The written practice agreement  shall
 include  explicit  provisions  for  the  resolution  of any disagreement
 between the collaborating physician and the nurse practitioner regarding
 a matter of diagnosis or treatment that is within the scope of  practice
 of  both. To the extent the practice agreement does not so provide, then
 the collaborating physician's diagnosis or treatment shall prevail.
   (iv) The practice protocol shall reflect current accepted medical  and
 nursing  practice[.  The  protocols  shall  be filed with the department
 within ninety days of the commencement  of  the  practice]  and  may  be
 updated  periodically.  [The  commissioner shall make regulations estab-

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

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2021-A1535A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3056
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6902, Ed L; amd Part D §3, Chap 56 of 2014
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A10990, S8936

2021-A1535A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes certain provisions of the "nurse practitioners modernization act" permanent; eliminates certain administrative obligations.

2021-A1535A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1535--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED,  LUPARDO, PAULIN, FORREST, REYES,
   STIRPE, THIELE, BARRON, GRIFFIN, SIMON, SEAWRIGHT, MONTESANO, M. MILL-
   ER -- read once and referred 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 the practice  protocol
   for nurse practitioners; and to amend part D of chapter 56 of the laws
   of  2014,  amending  the education law relating to enacting the "nurse
   practitioners modernization act", in  relation  to  the  effectiveness
   thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraphs (i) and (iv) of paragraph (a) of  subdivision
 3  of section 6902 of the education law, as amended by section 2 of part
 D of chapter 56 of the laws of 2014, are amended to read as follows:
   (i) The practice of registered professional nursing by a nurse practi-
 tioner, certified under section six thousand nine hundred  ten  of  this
 article,  may  include  the diagnosis of illness and physical conditions
 and the performance of therapeutic  and  corrective  measures  within  a
 specialty  area  of practice, in collaboration with a licensed physician
 OR NURSE PRACTITIONER PRACTICING  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION,   qualified  to  collaborate  in  the  specialty  involved,
 provided such services are performed in accordance with a written  prac-
 tice  agreement  and  written  practice protocols except as permitted by
 paragraph (b) of this subdivision. The written practice agreement  shall
 include  explicit  provisions  for  the  resolution  of any disagreement
 between the collaborating physician and the nurse practitioner regarding
 a matter of diagnosis or treatment that is within the scope of  practice
 of  both. To the extent the practice agreement does not so provide, then
 the collaborating physician's diagnosis or treatment shall prevail.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00598-03-1
              

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