Senate Bill S5716

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes emergency medical care personnel to provide basic first aid to dogs and cats

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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co-Sponsors

2017-S5716 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3013, add §3018, Pub Health L; amd §§6701, 6703 & 6705, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S8172
2019-2020: S792
2021-2022: S5683
2023-2024: S4637

2017-S5716 - Summary

Authorizes emergency medical care personnel to provide basic first aid to dogs and cats.

2017-S5716 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5716 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5716
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 26, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
   to authorizing emergency medical service personnel to provide  certain
   emergency medical care to cats and dogs under certain circumstances

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3013 of the public health law is amended by  adding
 two new subdivisions 7 and 8 to read as follows:
   7.  NO  CERTIFIED  FIRST  RESPONDER,  EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN, OR
 ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN ACTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH  SECTION
 THREE  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN  OF THIS ARTICLE, NOR ANY AMBULANCE SERVICE OR
 ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT FIRST RESPONSE SERVICE OF WHICH SUCH PERSON  IS  A
 MEMBER OR EMPLOYEE, WHO RENDERS EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO A DOG OR
 CAT PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION, SHALL HAVE ANY CIVIL OR CRIMINAL LIABILITY
 OR  HAVE  ANY LIABILITY FOR VIOLATING ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE OF
 THE EDUCATION LAW, FOR THE PROVISION OF SUCH CARE, OR ANY DAMAGES TO  OR
 DEATH  OF ANY DOG OR CAT ALLEGED TO HAVE OCCURRED BY REASON OF AN ACT OR
 OMISSION IN RENDERING SUCH MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN AN EMERGENCY UNLESS  IT
 IS ESTABLISHED THAT SUCH INJURIES WERE OR SUCH DEATH WAS CAUSED BY GROSS
 NEGLIGENCE  ON  THE  PART  OF  SUCH CERTIFIED FIRST RESPONDER, EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL TECHNICIAN OR ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN  AS  DETER-
 MINED  BY  THE  RULES  AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE BOARD FOR VETERINARY
 MEDICINE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION  SIXTY-SEVEN
 HUNDRED  THREE  OF  THE EDUCATION LAW AND ANY OFF-SITE INSTRUCTIONS OF A
 VETERINARIAN PROVIDING SUPERVISION DURING SUCH EMERGENCY.
   8. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY VETERINA-
 RIAN WHO PROVIDES OFF-SITE INSTRUCTION, PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE  THOU-
 SAND  EIGHTEEN  OF THIS ARTICLE, TO ANY CERTIFIED FIRST RESPONDER, EMER-
 GENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN  OR  ADVANCED  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN
 PROVIDING  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  TO  A DOG OR CAT SHALL NOT BE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

co-Sponsors

2017-S5716A - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3013, add §3018, Pub Health L; amd §§6701, 6703 & 6705, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S8172
2019-2020: S792
2021-2022: S5683
2023-2024: S4637

2017-S5716A - Summary

Authorizes emergency medical care personnel to provide basic first aid to dogs and cats.

2017-S5716A - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5716A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5716--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 26, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  LANZA, TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health --  recom-
   mitted  to  the  Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
   sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
   to  authorizing  emergency  medical service personnel to provide basic
   first aid to cats and dogs under certain circumstances
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 3013 of the public health law is amended by adding
 three new subdivisions 7, 8 and 9 to read as follows:
   7. NO CERTIFIED FIRST  RESPONDER,  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN,  OR
 ADVANCED  EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN ACTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 THREE THOUSAND EIGHTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE, NOR ANY  AMBULANCE  SERVICE  OR
 ADVANCED  LIFE  SUPPORT FIRST RESPONSE SERVICE OF WHICH SUCH PERSON IS A
 MEMBER OR EMPLOYEE, WHO, IN THE COURSE OF RESPONDING  TO  AN  EMERGENCY,
 RENDERS  BASIC FIRST AID TO A DOG OR CAT PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION, SHALL
 HAVE ANY CIVIL OR CRIMINAL LIABILITY OR HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR VIOLATING
 ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE OF THE EDUCATION LAW, FOR THE  PROVISION
 OF  SUCH  CARE,  OR ANY DAMAGES TO OR DEATH OF ANY DOG OR CAT ALLEGED TO
 HAVE OCCURRED BY REASON OF AN ACT OR OMISSION IN RENDERING SUCH  MEDICAL
 ASSISTANCE  IN  AN EMERGENCY UNLESS IT IS ESTABLISHED THAT SUCH INJURIES
 WERE OR SUCH DEATH WAS CAUSED BY GROSS NEGLIGENCE ON THE  PART  OF  SUCH
 CERTIFIED  FIRST  RESPONDER,  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN OR ADVANCED
 EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN.
   8. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY  LICENSED
 VETERINARIAN  WHO  PROVIDES  OFF-SITE  INSTRUCTION,  PURSUANT TO SECTION
 THREE THOUSAND EIGHTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE, TO ANY CERTIFIED FIRST  RESPON-
 DER,  EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN OR ADVANCED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNI-
 CIAN PROVIDING BASIC FIRST AID TO A DOG OR CAT SHALL NOT BE  LIABLE  FOR
 DAMAGES  FOR INJURIES OR DEATH ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN SUSTAINED BY ANY DOG
 OR CAT AS A RESULT OF SUCH INSTRUCTION UNLESS  IT  IS  ESTABLISHED  THAT
 
              

co-Sponsors

2017-S5716B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3013, add §3018, Pub Health L; amd §§6701, 6703 & 6705, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S8172
2019-2020: S792
2021-2022: S5683
2023-2024: S4637

2017-S5716B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes emergency medical care personnel to provide basic first aid to dogs and cats.

2017-S5716B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5716B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5716--B
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 26, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  LANZA, TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health --  recom-
   mitted  to  the  Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
   sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
   amended  and  recommitted  to  said committee -- committee discharged,
   bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
   committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the education law, in relation
   to  authorizing  emergency  medical service personnel to provide basic
   first aid to cats and dogs under certain circumstances
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 3013 of the public health law is amended by adding
 three new subdivisions 7, 8 and 9 to read as follows:
   7. NO CERTIFIED FIRST  RESPONDER,  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN,  OR
 ADVANCED  EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN ACTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
 THREE THOUSAND EIGHTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE, NOR ANY  AMBULANCE  SERVICE  OR
 ADVANCED  LIFE  SUPPORT FIRST RESPONSE SERVICE OF WHICH SUCH PERSON IS A
 MEMBER OR EMPLOYEE, WHO, IN THE COURSE OF RESPONDING  TO  AN  EMERGENCY,
 RENDERS  BASIC FIRST AID TO A DOG OR CAT PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION, SHALL
 HAVE ANY CIVIL LIABILITY OR HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR VIOLATING ARTICLE ONE
 HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE OF THE EDUCATION LAW,  FOR  THE  PROVISION  OF  SUCH
 CARE,  OR  ANY  DAMAGES  TO  OR  DEATH OF ANY DOG OR CAT ALLEGED TO HAVE
 OCCURRED BY REASON OF AN ACT  OR  OMISSION  IN  RENDERING  SUCH  MEDICAL
 ASSISTANCE  IN  AN EMERGENCY UNLESS IT IS ESTABLISHED THAT SUCH INJURIES
 WERE OR SUCH DEATH WAS CAUSED BY GROSS NEGLIGENCE ON THE  PART  OF  SUCH
 CERTIFIED  FIRST  RESPONDER,  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN OR ADVANCED
 EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN.
   8. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY  LICENSED
 VETERINARIAN  WHO  PROVIDES  OFF-SITE  INSTRUCTION,  PURSUANT TO SECTION
 THREE THOUSAND EIGHTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE, TO ANY CERTIFIED FIRST  RESPON-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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