Senate Bill S4494

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes a physician assistant, acting under the supervision of a physician, to sign death certificates in like manner as physicians

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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-S4494 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1728
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§4141, 4141-a, 4142, 4144, 4161, 4171 & 4175, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5001, A3339
2013-2014: S2068

2009-S4494 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a physician assistant, acting under the supervision of a physician, to sign death certificates in like manner as physicians and imposes upon physician assistants the same duties that physicians have in connection therewith.

2009-S4494 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4494 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4494

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 24, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DUANE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to death certificates

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of section 4141 of the public health law,
paragraph (d) as added by chapter 413 of the laws of 2005, is amended to
read as follows:
  4. (a) The medical certificate shall be made, dated, and signed by the
physician OR A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT ACTING UNDER  THE  SUPERVISION  OF  A
PHYSICIAN, if any, last in attendance on the deceased.
  (b)  Indefinite terms, denoting only symptoms of disease or conditions
resulting from disease, shall not be held sufficient.
  (c) Any certificate stating the cause of  death  in  terms  which  the
commissioner  [shall  have  declared]  DECLARES  indefinite[,]  shall be
returned to the physician, A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT ACTING UNDER THE SUPER-
VISION OF A PHYSICIAN, or person making the medical  certificate[,]  for
correction  and more definite statement.  A CERTIFICATE CERTIFIED TO AND
SIGNED BY A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT IN ACCORDANCE WITH  THIS  SECTION  SHALL
HAVE  THE  SAME  FORCE  AND  EFFECT  IN LAW AS A CERTIFICATE SIGNED BY A
PHYSICIAN.
  (d) Where a death is caused by an opioid  overdose,  such  information
shall be indicated, including any related information as the commission-
er may require.
  S  2. Section 4141-a of the public health law, as added by chapter 402
of the laws of 1968, is amended to read as follows:
  S 4141-a. Death certificate; duties of hospital administrator.  When a
death occurs in a hospital, except in those cases where certificates are
issued by coroners or medical examiners, the person in  charge  of  such
hospital  or his OR HER designated representative shall promptly present
the certificate to the physician OR A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT  ACTING  UNDER
THE SUPERVISION OF A PHYSICIAN in attendance, or a physician OR A PHYSI-
CIAN ASSISTANT ACTING UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A PHYSICIAN acting in his
OR HER behalf, who shall promptly certify to the facts of death, provide

              

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