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Assembly Bill A656

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes the commissioner of health to develop and administer training programs for coroners, coroners' physicians and medical examiners

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2011-A656 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง4223, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A879
2013-2014: A2692
2015-2016: A1566

2011-A656 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of health to develop and administer training programs for coroners, coroners' physicians and medical examiners; provides for the making of regulations for minimum qualifications, minimum training and continuing education requirements, procedures and standards for pronouncing deaths and procedures and standards for investigating deaths; further requires the commissioner to send a copy to certain officers of the proposed regulations at least three months before formally proposing such regulation; makes an exemption for emergency rulemaking.

2011-A656 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   656

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. GOTTFRIED, ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
  A. BRENNAN, COOK, CYMBROWITZ, DINOWITZ, GALEF, HIKIND, HOOPER, JACOBS,
  MAYERSOHN, McENENY, PAULIN, PHEFFER, J. RIVERA,  P. RIVERA,  ROBINSON,
  TOWNS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing the
  commissioner of health to develop and administer training programs for
  coroners, coroners' physicians and medical examiners

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

  Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
4223 to read as follows:
  S 4223. CORONER, CORONER'S PHYSICIAN, MEDICAL  EXAMINER;  REGULATIONS.
1.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP AND ADMINISTER TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR
CORONERS, CORONERS' PHYSICIANS, AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS.
  2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE  REGULATIONS  APPLICABLE  TO  CORONERS,
CORONERS'  PHYSICIANS,  AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO:
  (A) MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR  CORONERS,  CORONERS'  PHYSICIANS,  AND
MEDICAL EXAMINERS.
  (B)  MINIMUM TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CORON-
ERS, CORONERS' PHYSICIANS, AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS.
  (C) PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS FOR PRONOUNCING DEATHS.
  (D) PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS FOR INVESTIGATING DEATHS.
  (E) ANY OTHER PROVISIONS NECESSARY TO ENSURE  APPROPRIATE  PERFORMANCE
OF  THE  DUTIES OF CORONERS, CORONERS' PHYSICIANS, AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS
AND TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER.
  3. REGULATIONS UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO  CORONERS,  CORONERS'
PHYSICIANS,  AND  MEDICAL EXAMINERS IN ADDITION TO THE PROVISIONS OF ANY
OTHER LAW, LOCAL LAW OR REGULATION.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02285-01-1

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