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Jan 07, 2015 | referred to codes |
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Amy Paulin
A447 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S719
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Codes
- Law Section:
- Civil Practice Law and Rules
- Laws Affected:
- Amd R2106, CPLR
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2009-2010: A1725
2011-2012: A2061
2013-2014: A5142, S6444
2017-2018: A2540, S1090
2019-2020: A784, S877
2021-2022: A197, S3049
2023-2024: S2997
A447 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that an affirmation of a health care practitioner may be served or filed in an action in lieu of and with same force and effect as an affidavit (changes the current reference in existing provisions from "physician, osteopath or dentist" to "health care practitioner").
A447 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 447 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to chang- ing reference from physician, osteopath or dentist to health care practitioner THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Rule 2106 of the civil practice law and rules, as amended by chapter 380 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: Rule 2106. Affirmation of truth of statement. (a) The statement of an attorney admitted to practice in the courts of the state, or of a [physician, osteopath or dentist] HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER, authorized by TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION law to practice in the state, who is not a party to an action, when subscribed and affirmed by him OR HER to be true under the penalties of perjury, may be served or filed in the action in lieu of and with the same force and effect as an affidavit. (b) The statement of any person, when that person is physically located outside the geographic boundaries of the United States, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, subscribed and affirmed by that person to be true under the penalties of perjury, may be used in an action in lieu of and with the same force and effect as an affidavit. Such affirmation shall be in substantially the follow- ing form: I affirm this ___ day of ______, ____, under the penalties of perjury under the laws of New York, which may include a fine or imprisonment, that I am physically located outside the geographic boundaries of the United States, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02785-01-5