assembly Bill A6185

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Makes technical corrections to the practice of podiatry

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Jan 08, 2020 referred to higher education
Feb 28, 2019 referred to higher education

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A6185 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5395
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§7001, 7009 & 7010, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7108, S4835
2015-2016: A719, S4600, S6990
2017-2018: A1880, S4734
2021-2022: A2294, S2019
2023-2024: A2217, S2544

A6185 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes technical corrections to the practice of podiatry.

A6185 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6185

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 28, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  making  technical
  changes to the scope of the practice of podiatry

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 7001 of the education  law,
subdivision  1 as amended by chapter 23 of the laws of 2013 and subdivi-
sion 2 as amended by chapter 438 of the laws of  2012,  are  amended  to
read as follows:
  1.  The  practice of the profession of podiatry is defined as diagnos-
ing, treating,  operating  and  prescribing  for  any  disease,  injury,
deformity  or other condition of the foot, THE NON-SURGICAL TREATMENT OF
THE ANKLE AND THE ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES OF THE ANKLE,  CUTANEOUS  CONDI-
TIONS AND WOUNDS OF THE ANKLE, and may include performing physical eval-
uations  in conjunction with the provision of podiatric treatment.  [For
the purposes of wound care  however,  the  practice  of  podiatry  shall
include  the treatment of such wounds if they are contiguous with wounds
relating, originating or in the course of treatment of a  wound  on  the
foot  within  the podiatric scope of practice.] THE PRACTICE OF PODIATRY
SHALL NOT INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING TREATMENTS OR PROCEDURES PERFORMED ABOVE
THE LEVEL OF THE MALLEOLI, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED: THE  TREATMENT  OF
MELANOMA;  PERFORMANCE  OF  MOHS  SURGERY; MUSCLE FLAPS OR MICROVASCULAR
ANASTAMOSES. Wound care shall not,  however,  extend  beyond  the  level
ending  at  the [distal] tibial tuberosity. The practice of podiatry may
also include [diagnosing, treating, operating and  prescribing  for  any
disease, injury, deformity or other condition of] the SURGICAL TREATMENT
OF  THE  ankle and soft tissue of the leg below the tibial tuberosity if
the podiatrist has obtained an issuance of a privilege to perform podia-
tric standard ankle surgery or advanced ankle surgery in accordance with
section seven thousand nine of this article. Podiatrists may treat trau-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.