Assembly Bill A9571

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires physician coursework or training in nutrition

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2019-A9571 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §264, Pub Health L

2019-A9571 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires physician coursework or training in nutrition; six hours every two years.

2019-A9571 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9571
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 24, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to physician  course-
   work or training in nutrition
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 264 to read as follows:
   §  264. COURSEWORK OR TRAINING IN NUTRITION. (A) EVERY PHYSICIAN PRAC-
 TICING IN THE STATE SHALL, ON OR BEFORE JULY FIRST, TWO  THOUSAND  TWEN-
 TY-THREE  AND  EVERY TWO YEARS THEREAFTER, COMPLETE SIX HOURS OF COURSE-
 WORK OR TRAINING, DEVELOPED OR  APPROVED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  REGARDING
 NUTRITION,  WHICH SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO PLANT-BASED NUTRI-
 TION AND OTHER CLINICALLY PROVEN METHODS FOR THE  PREVENTION,  REVERSAL,
 AND TREATMENT OF DIET-RELATED ILLNESSES.
  (B)  EVERY  PHYSICIAN  MUST PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT DOCUMENTATION DEMON-
 STRATING THE COMPLETION OF AND COMPETENCE IN THE COURSEWORK OR  TRAINING
 REQUIRED UNDER SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION.
   (C)  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION FOR THE REQUIREMENTS
 IMPOSED BY SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION TO ANYONE WHO  REQUESTS  SUCH
 EXEMPTION AND WHO: (I) DOES NOT ENGAGE IN DIRECT PATIENT CARE; (II) DOES
 NOT PROVIDE PATIENT CONSULTATIONS; OR (III) DOES NOT RESIDE IN THE STATE
 OF NEW YORK.
   (D)  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONSULT WITH ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTATIVE OF
 PROFESSIONS, INSTITUTIONS AND THOSE WITH EXPERTISE IN NUTRITION AND  THE
 PREVENTION,  REVERSAL,  AND  TREATMENT  OF  DIET-RELATED  ILLNESSES WITH
 RESPECT  TO  THE  REGULATORY  STANDARDS  PROMULGATED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION.    COURSEWORK  OR  TRAINING  FUNDED  DIRECTLY  OR INDIRECTLY BY
 COMMERCIAL FOOD PRODUCTION ENTITIES OR THEIR TRADE  ORGANIZATIONS  SHALL
 NOT SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14555-01-9

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