| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 10, 2016 |
referred to higher education |
Senate Bill S7578
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee
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2015-S7578 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S7578 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7578
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the education law, in relation to continuing medical
education for physicians
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :
To require continuing medical education for physicians licensed in New
York State.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :
Section one amends section 6524 of the education law to provide that
in order to re-register, a physician must attest under penalty of
perjury that he or she has completed at least fifty hours of
continuing medical education. It also provides that certification or
recertification of the physician by a physician specialty organization
may be completed in lieu of compliance with the continuing medical
education requirements during the cycle in which certification or
recertification is granted. The section defines physician specialty
organization.
Section two provides the effective date.
2015-S7578 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
7578
I N S E N A T E
May 10, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. BOYLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to continuing medical
education for physicians
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 6524 of the education law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
(12)(A) FOLLOWING HIS OR HER FIRST RE-REGISTRATION PERIOD, NO PHYSI-
CIAN MAY BE RE-REGISTERED UNLESS HE OR SHE, AS PART OF THE RE-REGISTRA-
TION APPLICATION, INCLUDES AN ATTESTATION MADE UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY,
IN A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER, THAT HE OR SHE HAS COMPLETED
AT LEAST FIFTY HOURS OF CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION PURSUANT TO REGU-
LATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
(B) CERTIFICATION OR RECERTIFICATION OF THE PHYSICIAN BY A PHYSICIAN
SPECIALTY ORGANIZATION MAY BE COMPLETED IN LIEU OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS
SUBDIVISION DURING THE CYCLE IN WHICH CERTIFICATION OR RECERTIFICATION
IS GRANTED. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "PHYSICIAN SPECIALTY ORGANIZATION"
MEANS: (I) THE AMERICAN BOARD OF MEDICAL SPECIALTIES; (II) THE AMERICAN
OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION BUREAU OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION; (III) THE
AMERICAN BOARD OF PHYSICIAN SPECIALTIES; (IV) THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF CANADA; (V) ANY OTHER ENTITY MAINTAINING
STANDARDS FOR AND CERTIFYING PHYSICIAN SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION THAT: (A)
IS APPROVED BY THE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL OF GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
OR AN EQUIVALENT COUNCIL, (B) REQUIRES SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION TO BE CERTIFIED BY SUCH ENTITY, (C) REQUIRES
RECERTIFICATION EVERY TEN YEARS OR LESS, (D) REQUIRES AT LEAST
TWENTY-FIVE HOURS CREDIT OF CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION EACH YEAR, AND
(E) IS A TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501(C) OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE; OR (VI) ANY OTHER ENTITY DETERMINED BY THE
COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, TO BE
EQUIVALENT TO THE REQUIREMENTS DESCRIBED IN THIS PARAGRAPH.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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