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Assembly Bill A11628

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to restricting duties which may be assigned to specialist's assistants in radiology

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2009-A11628 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3515, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A8179

2009-A11628 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to restricting duties which may be assigned to specialists' assistants in radiology.

2009-A11628 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  11628

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              July 6, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gottfried)
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to restricting duties
  which may be assigned to specialist's assistants in radiology

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

  Section  1. Section 3515 of the public health law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
  1-A. (A) A RADIOGRAPHER WHO ALSO IS A SPECIALIST'S ASSISTANT, AS  SUCH
TERM  IS DEFINED IN SECTION THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDRED OF THIS CHAPTER, REGIS-
TERED FOR THE MEDICAL SPECIALTY OF RADIOLOGY, SHALL NOT: (I) RENDER  ANY
DIAGNOSTIC  INTERPRETATION OF ANY IMAGE PRODUCED BY ANY X-RAY OR IMAGING
PROCEDURE; (II) MAKE ANY DIAGNOSIS; (III) PRESCRIBE OR ORDER ANY DRUG OR
DRUG PRODUCT FOR WHICH A PRESCRIPTION IS REQUIRED BY ANY  LAW  OR  REGU-
LATION;  OR (IV) ORDER, PRESCRIBE, ISSUE OR INITIATE A TREATMENT PLAN, A
CARE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OR ANY OTHER THERAPY TO OR FOR A PATIENT  UNLESS
SUCH  PLAN,  PROGRAM  OR OTHER THERAPY HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED OR ORDERED BY
THE SUPERVISING PHYSICIAN OF THE SPECIALIST'S ASSISTANT.
  (B) PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE  INAPPLICABLE  TO
SPECIALIST'S ASSISTANTS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO LAW ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE
OF  THIS SUBDIVISION; BUT SUCH SPECIALIST'S ASSISTANTS SHALL CONTINUE TO
BE SUBJECT TO ALL OF THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY
OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD17819-01-0

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