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                                   7280
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2018
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
   to a sepsis awareness, prevention and education program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Section 6505-b of the education law, as amended by a chap-
 ter of the laws of 2017 amending the education law and the public health
 law relating to a sepsis awareness, prevention and education program, as
 proposed in legislative bills  numbers  S.  4971-A  and  A.  6053-A,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   § 6505-b. Course  work  or  training  in  infection control practices.
 Every dentist, registered nurse, licensed practical  nurse,  podiatrist,
 optometrist  and  dental  hygienist practicing in the state shall, on or
 before July first, nineteen hundred ninety-four  and  every  four  years
 thereafter,  complete course work or training appropriate to the profes-
 sional's  practice  approved  by  the  department  regarding   infection
 control,  which shall include sepsis, and barrier precautions, including
 engineering and work practice controls, in  accordance  with  regulatory
 standards  promulgated  by  the  department,  in  consultation  with the
 department of health, which shall be consistent, as far as  appropriate,
 with  such  standards  adopted  by  the department of health pursuant to
 section two hundred thirty-nine of the public health law to prevent  the
 transmission  of  HIV, HBV, HCV and INFECTIONS THAT COULD LEAD TO sepsis
 in the course of professional practice.  Each  such  professional  shall
 document  to  the department at the time of registration commencing with
 the first registration after July first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-four
 that  the  professional has completed course work or training in accord-
 ance with this section, provided, however that a professional subject to
 the provisions of paragraph (f) of subdivision one  of  section  twenty-
 eight  hundred  five-k of the public health law shall not be required to
 so document.  The  department  shall  provide  an  exemption  from  this
 requirement to anyone who requests such an exemption and who (i) clearly
 demonstrates  to  the  department's  satisfaction that there would be no
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 need for him or her to complete such course work or training because  of
 the  nature  of his or her practice or (ii) that he or she has completed
 course work or training deemed by the department to be equivalent to the
 course  work  or  training  approved  by the department pursuant to this
 section. The department shall consult with organizations  representative
 of  professions,  institutions  and  those  with  expertise in infection
 control and HIV, HBV, HCV and INFECTIONS THAT COULD LEAD TO sepsis  with
 respect  to  the  regulatory  standards  promulgated  pursuant  to  this
 section.
   § 2. Subdivision (a) of section 239  of  the  public  health  law,  as
 amended  by a chapter of the laws of 2017 amending the education law and
 the public health law relating to a  sepsis  awareness,  prevention  and
 education  program,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4971-A
 and A. 6053-A, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) Every physician,  physician  assistant  and  specialist  assistant
 practicing in the state shall, on or before July first, nineteen hundred
 ninety-four  and  every  four  years thereafter, complete course work or
 training, appropriate to the professional's practice,  approved  by  the
 department  regarding infection control, which shall include sepsis, and
 barrier precautions, including engineering and work  practice  controls,
 in accordance with regulatory standards promulgated by the department in
 consultation  with  the  department  of education, to prevent the trans-
 mission of HIV, HBV, HCV and INFECTIONS THAT COULD LEAD TO sepsis in the
 course of professional practice. Such coursework or training  must  also
 be  completed  by  every medical student, medical resident and physician
 assistant student in the state  as  part  of  the  orientation  programs
 conducted  by  medical schools, medical residency programs and physician
 assistant programs.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the education law and
 the public health law relating to a  sepsis  awareness,  prevention  and
 education program as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4971-A and
 A. 6053-A, takes effect.