S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
October 19, 2018
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. L. Rosen-
thal) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing law
enforcement officers to possess and administer epinephrine by use of
an epinephrine auto-injector device
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 3000-c of the
public health law, as amended by chapter 200 of the laws of 2017, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) "Eligible person or entity" means: (i) an ambulance service or
advanced life support first response service; a certified first respon-
der, emergency medical technician, or advanced emergency medical techni-
cian, who is employed by or an enrolled member of any such service; (ii)
a children's overnight camp as defined in subdivision one of section
thirteen hundred ninety-two of this chapter, a summer day camp as
defined in subdivision two of section thirteen hundred ninety-two of
this chapter, a traveling summer day camp as defined in subdivision
three of section thirteen hundred ninety-two of this chapter or a person
employed by such a camp; (iii) a school district, board of cooperative
educational services, county vocational education and extension board,
charter school, and non-public elementary and secondary school in this
state or any person employed by any such entity, or employed by a
contractor of such an entity while performing services for the entity;
[or] (iv) a sports, entertainment, amusement, education, government, day
care or retail facility; an educational institution, youth organization
or sports league; an establishment that serves food; or a person
employed by such entity; [and] (v) A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER; AND (VI)
any other person or entity designated or approved, or in a category
designated or approved pursuant to regulations of the commissioner in
consultation with other appropriate agencies.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law. Effective immediately the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or before
such date.
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