Assembly Bill A6702C

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides treatment for sexually transmissible diseases to minors without a parent's or guardian's consent

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 06, 2010	referred to health
Jun 01, 2009	amended on third reading 6702c
May 28, 2009	advanced to third reading cal.670
May 27, 2009	reported
May 19, 2009	print number 6702b
May 19, 2009	amend and recommit to health
Apr 28, 2009	print number 6702a
Apr 28, 2009	amend and recommit to health
Mar 11, 2009	referred to health

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2009-A6702 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S4779
Current Committee:: Assembly Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2305, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: A343, S384
2013-2014: A497, S3134
2015-2016: A1528, S2712
2017-2018: A2469, S5611
2019-2020: A973, S3899
2021-2022: A822, S937
2023-2024: A276, S762
2025-2026: A6866, S653

2009-A6702 - Summary

Provides treatment for sexually transmissible diseases to minors without a parent's or guardian's consent; provides definition for health care practitioner.

2009-A6702 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6702

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, SCHIMEL, GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ, MAYERSOHN,
  JACOBS, HOYT, JAFFEE,  ALFANO  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
  BOYLAND,  BROOK-KRASNY,  JEFFRIES,  MARKEY,  PHEFFER, RUSSELL, TITONE,
  WALKER, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing  medical
  care to minors for sexually transmitted diseases without a parent's or
  guardian's consent

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

  Section 1. The section heading of section 2305 of  the  public  health
law,  as  amended by chapter 878 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read
as follows:
  Sexually transmissible  diseases;  CARE  AND  treatment  [by  licensed
physician  or staff physician of a hospital; prescriptions] ; CONSENT BY
MINORS.
  S 2. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 2305 of the public health law, as
amended by chapter 878 of the laws of  1980,  are  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  2.  (A)  A  [licensed physician, or in a hospital, a staff physician,]
HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER  may  diagnose,  treat  or  prescribe  CURATIVE
TREATMENT  FOR  A  SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE for a person under the
age of [twenty-one] EIGHTEEN years without the consent or  knowledge  of
the parents or [guardian] GUARDIANS of said person, where such person is
infected  with  a sexually transmissible disease, or has been exposed to
infection with a sexually transmissible disease.
  (B) A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER MAY PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE RELATED TO THE
PREVENTION OF A SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE, INCLUDING  ADMINISTERING
VACCINES,  TO  A  PERSON  UNDER  THE  AGE  OF EIGHTEEN YEARS WITHOUT THE
CONSENT OR KNOWLEDGE  OF  THE  PARENTS  OR  GUARDIANS  OF  SUCH  PERSON,
PROVIDED  THAT  THE  PERSON HAS CAPACITY TO CONSENT TO THE CARE, WITHOUT
REGARD TO THE PERSON'S AGE, AND THE PERSON CONSENTS.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09628-01-9

A. 6702                             2

  3. For the purposes of this section, [the term]
  (A)  "hospital"  shall  mean  a hospital as defined in article twenty-
eight of this chapter;
  (B) "SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE" SHALL INCLUDE  ANY  INFECTION  OR
DISEASE  THAT  IS TRANSMISSIBLE BY SEXUAL CONTACT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER
IT IS  A  SEXUALLY  TRANSMISSIBLE  DISEASE  UNDER  SECTION  TWENTY-THREE
HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER; AND
  (C) "HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER" SHALL MEAN A PERSON LICENSED, CERTIFIED
OR  OTHERWISE  AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION
LAW, ACTING WITHIN HIS OR HER LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-A6702A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S4779
Current Committee:: Assembly Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2305, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: A343, S384
2013-2014: A497, S3134
2015-2016: A1528, S2712
2017-2018: A2469, S5611
2019-2020: A973, S3899
2021-2022: A822, S937
2023-2024: A276, S762
2025-2026: A6866, S653

2009-A6702A - Summary

Provides treatment for sexually transmissible diseases to minors without a parent's or guardian's consent; provides definition for health care practitioner.

2009-A6702A - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 6702--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, SCHIMEL, GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ, MAYERSOHN,
  JACOBS, HOYT, JAFFEE,  ALFANO  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
  BOYLAND,  BROOK-KRASNY,  JEFFRIES,  MARKEY,  PHEFFER, RUSSELL, TITONE,
  WALKER, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing medical
  care to minors for sexually transmitted diseases without a parent's or
  guardian's consent

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

  Section  1.  The  section heading of section 2305 of the public health
law, as amended by chapter 878 of the laws of 1980, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  Sexually  transmissible  diseases;  CARE  AND  treatment  [by licensed
physician or staff physician of a hospital; prescriptions] ; CONSENT  BY
MINORS.
  S 2. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 2305 of the public health law, as
amended  by  chapter  878  of  the  laws of 1980, are amended to read as
follows:
  2. (A) A [licensed physician, or in a hospital,  a  staff  physician,]
HEALTH  CARE  PRACTITIONER  may  diagnose,  treat  or prescribe CURATIVE
TREATMENT FOR A SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE for a  person  under  the
age  of  [twenty-one] EIGHTEEN years without the consent or knowledge of
the parents or [guardian] GUARDIANS of said person, where such person is
infected with a sexually transmissible disease, or has been  exposed  to
infection with a sexually transmissible disease.
  (B) A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER MAY PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE RELATED TO THE
PREVENTION  OF A SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE, INCLUDING ADMINISTERING
VACCINES, TO A PERSON UNDER  THE  AGE  OF  EIGHTEEN  YEARS  WITHOUT  THE
CONSENT  OR  KNOWLEDGE  OF  THE  PARENTS  OR  GUARDIANS  OF SUCH PERSON,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09628-04-9

A. 6702--A                          2

PROVIDED THAT THE PERSON HAS CAPACITY TO CONSENT TO  THE  CARE,  WITHOUT
REGARD TO THE PERSON'S AGE, AND THE PERSON CONSENTS.
  (C)  ANY  RELEASE  OF  PATIENT INFORMATION REGARDING VACCINES PROVIDED
UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH SECTIONS SEVENTEEN AND EIGH-
TEEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
  3. For the purposes of this section, [the term]
  (A) "hospital" shall mean a hospital as  defined  in  article  twenty-
eight of this chapter;
  (B)  "SEXUALLY  TRANSMISSIBLE  DISEASE" SHALL INCLUDE ANY INFECTION OR
DISEASE THAT IS TRANSMISSIBLE BY SEXUAL CONTACT, REGARDLESS  OF  WHETHER
IT  IS  A  SEXUALLY  TRANSMISSIBLE  DISEASE  UNDER  SECTION TWENTY-THREE
HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS TITLE; AND
  (C) "HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER" SHALL MEAN A PERSON LICENSED, CERTIFIED
OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF  THE  EDUCATION
LAW, ACTING WITHIN HIS OR HER LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
  S 3. This act shall take effect nine months after it shall have become
a law.

2009-A6702B - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S4779
Current Committee:: Assembly Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2305, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: A343, S384
2013-2014: A497, S3134
2015-2016: A1528, S2712
2017-2018: A2469, S5611
2019-2020: A973, S3899
2021-2022: A822, S937
2023-2024: A276, S762
2025-2026: A6866, S653

2009-A6702B - Summary

Provides treatment for sexually transmissible diseases to minors without a parent's or guardian's consent; provides definition for health care practitioner.

2009-A6702B - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 6702--B

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, SCHIMEL, GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ, MAYERSOHN,
  JACOBS, HOYT, JAFFEE,  ALFANO  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
  BOYLAND,  BROOK-KRASNY,  JEFFRIES,  MARKEY,  PHEFFER, RUSSELL, TITONE,
  WALKER, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted  to  said  committee -- again reported from said committee
  with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to  said
  committee

AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing medical
  care to minors for sexually transmitted diseases without a parent's or
  guardian's consent

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

  Section  1.  The  section heading of section 2305 of the public health
law, as amended by chapter 878 of the laws of 1980, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  Sexually  transmissible  diseases;  CARE  AND  treatment  [by licensed
physician or staff physician of a hospital; prescriptions] ; CONSENT  BY
MINORS.
  S 2. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 2305 of the public health law, as
amended  by  chapter  878  of  the  laws of 1980, are amended to read as
follows:
  2. (A) A [licensed physician, or in a hospital,  a  staff  physician,]
HEALTH  CARE PRACTITIONER may diagnose, treat or prescribe TREATMENT FOR
A SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE for a person under the age of  [twenty-
one]  EIGHTEEN  years without the consent or knowledge of the parents or
[guardian] GUARDIANS of said person, where such person is infected  with
a  sexually transmissible disease, or has been exposed to infection with
a sexually transmissible disease.
  (B) A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER MAY PROVIDE HEALTH CARE RELATED TO  THE
PREVENTION  OF A SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE, INCLUDING ADMINISTERING

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09628-06-9

A. 6702--B                          2

VACCINES, TO A PERSON UNDER  THE  AGE  OF  EIGHTEEN  YEARS  WITHOUT  THE
CONSENT  OR  KNOWLEDGE  OF  THE  PARENTS  OR  GUARDIANS  OF SUCH PERSON,
PROVIDED THAT THE PERSON HAS CAPACITY TO CONSENT TO  THE  CARE,  WITHOUT
REGARD TO THE PERSON'S AGE, AND THE PERSON CONSENTS.
  (C)  ANY  RELEASE  OF  PATIENT INFORMATION REGARDING VACCINES PROVIDED
UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH SECTIONS SEVENTEEN AND EIGH-
TEEN OF THIS CHAPTER AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
  3. For the purposes of this section, [the term]
  (A) "hospital" shall mean a hospital as  defined  in  article  twenty-
eight of this chapter; AND
  (B) "HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER" SHALL MEAN A PERSON LICENSED, CERTIFIED
OR  OTHERWISE  AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION
LAW, ACTING WITHIN HIS OR HER LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2009-A6702C (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S4779
Current Committee:: Assembly Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2305, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: A343, S384
2013-2014: A497, S3134
2015-2016: A1528, S2712
2017-2018: A2469, S5611
2019-2020: A973, S3899
2021-2022: A822, S937
2023-2024: A276, S762
2025-2026: A6866, S653

2009-A6702C (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides treatment for sexually transmissible diseases to minors without a parent's or guardian's consent; provides definition for health care practitioner.

2009-A6702C (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:A6702C

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public health law, in relation to
providing medical care to minors for sexually transmitted diseases
without a parent's or guardian's consent

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To ensure that the diagnosis,
treatment, and prevention, including immunization, of a sexually
transmissible disease are available when most effective

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section one amends subdivision 1 of
section 2305 of the public health law to provide that no person other
than a health care practitioner shall diagnose, treat or prescribe for
a person who is infected with a sexually transmissible disease, or who
has been exposed to infection with a sexually transmissible disease,
or dispense or sell a drug, medicine or remedy for the treatment of
such person except on prescription of a health care practitioner.

This section one also amends subdivision 2 of section 2305 of the
public health law to provide that a health care practitioner may
diagnose, treat or prescribe treatment for a sexually transmissible
disease for a person under age eighteen without the consent or
knowledge of his or her parents or guardians where such person is
infected with a sexually . transmissible disease or has been exposed
to infection with a sexually transmissible disease.

Subdivision 2 of section 2305 of the public health law is further
amended to provide that a health care practitioner may provide health
care related to the prevention of a sexually transmissible disease,
including administering vaccines, to a person under age eighteen
without the consent or knowledge of his or her parents or guardians,
provided such person has capacity to consent to the care, without
regard to the person's age, and the person consents, This subdivision
is amended further to provide that any release of patient information
regarding vaccines provided under this section shall be consistent
with sections 17 and 18 of the public health law and other applicable
laws and regulations.

In addition, section one amends subdivision 3 of section 2305 of the
public health law by adding the definition of "health care
practitioner."

Section two provides the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION: Section 2305 of the public health law currently permits
a licensed physician or staff physician in a hospital to diagnose or
treat persons under age 21 infected with a sexually transmissible
disease or exposed to infection with a sexually transmissible disease
without the consent or knowledge of the parents or guardians of such
persons. Yet current law does not allow young people the same access
to care to prevent sexually transmissible diseases. The Legislature
has recognized that it is critical to protecting the health of young
people to allow them to seek treatment of sexually transmitted
diseases without the consent of their parents or guardians because we
know that. teens often do not seek parental consent because a request
for consent necessarily involves disclosing to parents that the teen
has engaged in sexual activity. The Legislature is aware that if teens


are not permitted to seek care and treatment of sexually transmissible
diseases, sexually transmissible, diseases among many of our teens
would go untreated, severely impeding our ability to control the
spread of sexually transmissible diseases, This can be particularly
problematic in correctional settings where attempts to obtain parental
consent are often unsuccessful.

Regardless of setting, teens should not be limited to access to care
on a confidential basis after the fact, or after infection or
contraction of a sexually transmissible disease. Teens should have
access to confidential care before infection or contracting the
sexually transmissible disease, to prevent disease or life-threatening
illness such as cervical cancer and liver cancer.  This is
particularly evident when we possess safe and effective means, such as
the human papillomavirus (HPV) and hepatitis B vaccines, to prevent
our teens from becoming infected with the viruses that cause such
cancers.

Approximately 99.7% of all cervical cancer cases are linked to certain
types of the HPV virus. According to the American Cancer Society,
approximately 3,700 people die from cervical cancer in the United
States every year. African American women and Hispanic women in the
U.S. are disproportionately impacted by cervical cancer. The HPV
vaccine, which has been approved by the U. S. Food and Drug
Administration for girls and women age 11 - 26, with routine
vaccination of 11 & 12 year old girls, is most effective when
administered before a person becomes sexually active.  Generally, this
means administering the vaccine to persons under the age of eighteen.
Moreover, the vaccine is more effective if it is obtained before a
woman becomes sexually active.

Armed with this knowledge, young women have sought to be immunized
with the HPV vaccine. Planned Parenthood and several community health
centers testified at a Senate hearing two years ago that young women
were coming into clinics and centers requesting the HPV vaccine. Yet
even though teens may receive family planning counseling and birth
control, terminate a pregnancy, and receive treatment for a sexually
transmissible disease, in each case without the consent of a parent or
guardian, those very teens cannot obtain the HPV vaccine without
parental consent.

Similarly, a teen cannot obtain the hepatitis B vaccine without
parental consent. The hepatitis B virus (HBV), a major cause of liver
disease, ranking as a substantial cause of cirrhosis and cancer of the
liver, is sexually transmitted. Persons with HBV infection have the
virus circulating in their blood, much like HIV. (HBV is approximately
100 times more contagious than HIV.) HBV infected persons either
recover from their infection in several months or they may remain
chronically infected for most of their life.

Although HBV is a common infection, it often goes unnoticed. Chronic
infection with HBV often goes undetected for 20 to 40 years until the
resulting liver disease makes the person ill. HBV can effectively
destroy the liver or stimulate the development of liver cancer in
someone who thinks he or she is completely well. Persons who become
chronically infected with HBV as adolescents or adults have a 15%
chance of dying from liver disease and are at high risk of death from


liver cancer. 4,000 to 5,000 people die in the United States each year
from hepatitis B.

It is imperative that we promote protection against often fatal
diseases to those who will most benefit from that protection. By
allowing health care professionals to administer immunization against
HPV, hepatitis B, and other sexually transmitted diseases to persons
under the age of eighteen without the consent or knowledge of a parent
or guardian, this legislation promotes the health and well being of
persons at a most critical juncture in their lives: prior to being
sexually active and prior to exposure to viruses we know are linked to
deadly diseases.

With this legislation, we can ensure that every person, regardless of
age, may receive the full range of reproductive and sexual health care
services, including prevention care, and where the person is under the
age of eighteen, if he or she has the capacity to consent and
consents.'

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: Similar to A.9630, 2008 referred to health.

FISCAL IMPLICATION: None to the state.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.

2009-A6702C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 6702--C
                                                        Cal. No. 670

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, SCHIMEL, GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ, MAYERSOHN,
  JACOBS, HOYT, JAFFEE, ALFANO, ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
  A.  BOYLAND,  BROOK-KRASNY,  GABRYSZAK,  JEFFRIES,  MARKEY,   PHEFFER,
  RUSSELL,  TITONE,  WALKER,  WRIGHT  --  read  once and referred to the
  Committee on Health -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee -- again
  reported from said committee with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as
  amended  and recommitted to said committee -- reported from committee,
  advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,  retaining
  its place on the order of third reading

AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing medical
  care to minors for sexually transmitted diseases without a parent's or
  guardian's consent

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

  Section  1. Section 2305 of the public health law, as amended by chap-
ter 878 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
  S 2305.  Sexually  transmissible  diseases;  CARE  AND  treatment  [by
licensed  physician  or  staff physician of a hospital; prescriptions] ;
CONSENT BY MINORS.  1. No person, other than a [licensed physician,  or,
in  a hospital, a staff physician] HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER, shall diag-
nose, treat or prescribe for a person who is infected  with  a  sexually
transmissible disease, or who has been exposed to infection with a sexu-
ally  transmissible  disease,  or  dispense  or sell a drug, medicine or
remedy for the treatment of such person  except  on  prescription  of  a
[duly licensed physician] HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER.
  2.  (A)  A  [licensed physician, or in a hospital, a staff physician,]
HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER may diagnose, treat or prescribe TREATMENT  FOR
A  SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE for a person under the age of [twenty-
one] EIGHTEEN years without the consent or knowledge of the  parents  or
[guardian]  GUARDIANS of said person, where such person is infected with

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

                                                           LBD09628-10-9

A. 6702--C                          2

a sexually transmissible disease, or has been exposed to infection  with
a sexually transmissible disease.
  (B)  A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER MAY PROVIDE HEALTH CARE RELATED TO THE
PREVENTION OF A SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE DISEASE, INCLUDING  ADMINISTERING
VACCINES,  TO  A  PERSON  UNDER  THE  AGE  OF EIGHTEEN YEARS WITHOUT THE
CONSENT OR KNOWLEDGE  OF  THE  PARENTS  OR  GUARDIANS  OF  SUCH  PERSON,
PROVIDED  THAT  THE  PERSON HAS CAPACITY TO CONSENT TO THE CARE, WITHOUT
REGARD TO THE PERSON'S AGE, AND THE PERSON CONSENTS.
  (C) ANY RELEASE OF PATIENT  INFORMATION  REGARDING  VACCINES  PROVIDED
UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH SECTIONS SEVENTEEN AND EIGH-
TEEN OF THIS CHAPTER AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
  3. For the purposes of this section, [the term]
  (A)  "hospital"  shall  mean  a hospital as defined in article twenty-
eight of this chapter; AND
  (B) "HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER" SHALL MEAN A PERSON LICENSED, CERTIFIED
OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF  THE  EDUCATION
LAW, ACTING WITHIN HIS OR HER LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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