Senate Bill S1564

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Provides for the registration and regulation of the practice of medical assistants

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education 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-S1564 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 131-A-1 §§6533 - 6535, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6751
2017-2018: S1047

2019-S1564 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the registration and regulation of the practice of medical assistants.

2019-S1564 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1564 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1564
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  requiring  medical
   assistants  to  be  certified  by  and  registered  with the education
   department

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  education  law  is  amended  by adding a new article
 131-A-1 to read as follows:
                              ARTICLE 131-A-1
                            MEDICAL ASSISTANTS
 SECTION 6533. DEFINITIONS.
         6534. SCOPE OF TASKS.
         6535. REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION.
   § 6533. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   1. "MEDICAL ASSISTANT" MEANS A PERSON, WHO ACTS AS A  MEDICAL  SUPPORT
 PROFESSIONAL,  WHO  IS  NOT  OTHERWISE LICENSED, REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED
 PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE OR THE PUBLIC HEALTH  LAW,  AND  WHO  PERFORMS  A
 VARIETY  OF TASKS UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF ONSITE LICENSED HEALTH
 CARE PRACTITIONERS IN ADMINISTERING PREVENTIVE, CURATIVE, REHABILITATIVE
 OR PROMOTIONAL CARE SERVICES IN A HEALTH CARE FACILITY OR MEDICAL  PRAC-
 TICE.
   2.  "LICENSED  HEALTH  CARE  PRACTITIONER"  MEANS  ANY PERSON LICENSED
 REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE TO  PROVIDE  HEALTH  CARE
 INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PHYSICIANS, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, CERTI-
 FIED NURSE PRACTITIONERS, REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL  NURSES  AND  LICENSED
 PRACTICAL NURSES.
   3. "PRACTICE AS A MEDICAL ASSISTANT" MEANS TO ASSIST A LICENSED HEALTH
 CARE  PRACTITIONER IN PROVIDING SERVICES DIRECTLY RELATED TO HEALTH CARE
 OF PATIENTS AS A MEDICAL ASSISTANT.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07075-01-9
              

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