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Assembly Bill A6654

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes nurse practitioners to certify that an immunization may be detrimental to a child's health

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2009-A6654 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4070
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2164, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A654

2009-A6654 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes nurse practitioners to certify that an immunization may be detrimental to a child's health.

2009-A6654 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6654

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  BOYLAND -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  who  may  certify
  that an immunization may be detrimental to a child's health

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 2164 of the public health law,  as
added  by  chapter  994 of the laws of 1966 and as renumbered by chapter
633 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as follows:
  8. If any LICENSED physician [licensed to practice  medicine  in  this
state]  OR  NURSE  PRACTITIONER  certifies that such immunization may be
detrimental to a child's health, the requirements of this section  shall
be  inapplicable until such immunization is found no longer to be detri-
mental to the child's health.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06166-01-9

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