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Assembly Bill A5626

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the commissioner of health to extend the certification of emergency medical technicians and first responders who cannot recertify due to illness

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2017-A5626 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3011, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6567
2011-2012: A6644
2013-2014: A4457
2015-2016: A4951

2017-A5626 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of health to extend the certification of any emergency medical technician, advanced emergency medical technician or certified first responder who could not become recertified due to an illness or medical condition.

2017-A5626 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5626
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN, CASTORINA, CROUCH, FINCH, RAIA, GIGLIO --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BUTLER -- 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  extend  the  certification  of  emergency
   medical services personnel who were unable to complete recertification
   due to illness or a medical condition
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3011 of the public health law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 10-a to read as follows:
   10-A.  THE  COMMISSIONER  IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND EMPOWERED TO EXTEND
 THE CERTIFICATION OF ANY EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, ADVANCED EMERGEN-
 CY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN OR  CERTIFIED  FIRST  RESPONDER  WHO  SUFFERED  AN
 ILLNESS  OR MEDICAL CONDITION WHICH PREVENTED SUCH TECHNICIAN OR RESPON-
 DER FROM RENEWING HIS OR HER CERTIFICATION. THE  EXTENDED  CERTIFICATION
 SHALL  BE  FOR  THE PERIOD OF SUCH ILLNESS OR MEDICAL CONDITION, AND FOR
 TWELVE MONTHS AFTER HE OR SHE HAS RECOVERED FROM THE ILLNESS OR  MEDICAL
 CONDITION.
   §  2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall apply to emer-
 gency medical technicians, advanced emergency  medical  technicians  and
 certified  first responders whose certifications have expired within one
 year prior to such effective date  and  to  those  whose  certifications
 expire on or after such effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08553-01-7

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