Senate Bill S2969

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes nurse practitioners to sign death certificates in like manner as physicians and imposes upon nurse practitioners the same duties that physicians have

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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-S2969 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2028
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง4100, 4104, 4141, 4141-a, 4142, 4144, 4161, 4171 & 4175, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S325, A1747

2009-S2969 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes nurse practitioners to sign death certificates in like manner as physicians and imposes upon nurse practitioners the same duties that physicians have in connection therewith; makes such provisions applicable to the city of New York.

2009-S2969 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2969 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2969

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KRUEGER, ONORA-
  TO,  OPPENHEIMER,  PARKER,  PERKINS, STEWART-COUSINS -- 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. Section 4100 of the public health law is amended by  adding
a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
  4.  CERTIFIED NURSE PRACTITIONERS COMPLETING A DEATH CERTIFICATE FOR A
DEATH OCCURRING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL HAVE  THE  SAME  AUTHORITY
AND RESPONSIBILITY TO COMPLETE THE CERTIFICATE AS THEY WOULD HAVE IF THE
DEATH OCCURRED OUTSIDE SUCH CITY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH RESPONSI-
BILITY  SHALL  BE EXERCISED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS
OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
  S 2.  Section 4104 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 435
of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  S 4104. Vital statistics; application of article.  The  provisions  of
this  article  except  for  the provisions contained in paragraph (i) of
subdivision two AND  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  of  section  four  thousand  one
hundred,  section  four  thousand  one hundred three, subdivision two of
section four thousand one hundred thirty-five, section four thousand one
hundred thirty-five-b, subdivision eight of section  four  thousand  one
hundred  seventy-four,  paragraphs  (b)  and  (e)  of subdivision one of
section four thousand one hundred thirty-eight,  subdivision  eleven  of
section four thousand one hundred thirty-eight-c, and section four thou-
sand  one  hundred  seventy-nine of this article, shall not apply to the
city of New York.
  S 3. 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:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10268-01-9
              

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