Assembly Bill A7320

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes training and registration requirements for patient care technicians

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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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2021-A7320 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 37-B §§3720 - 3723, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A3290

2021-A7320 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes training and registration requirements for patient care technicians; requires training programs to be conducted by hospitals, residential health care facilities, home care services agencies, degree and non-degree granting institutions of higher education, or any other entity approved by the commissioner to conduct such a program; provides such training shall include, but not be limited to an overview of the roles and responsibilities of patient care technicians in hospitals, residential care facilities and the home care environment, an overview of various patient care services provided in hospitals, residential care facilities and the home care environment, and the legal scope of practice for patient care technicians; defines terms.

2021-A7320 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7320
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 5, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health law, in relation to establishing
   training and registration requirements for patient care technicians
 
   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 article
 37-B to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 37-B
                         PATIENT CARE TECHNICIANS
 SECTION 3720. DEFINITIONS.
         3721. TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR PATIENT CARE TECHNICIANS.
         3722. PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN; USE OF  TITLE  AND  PROVISION  OF
                 SERVICES.
         3723. EXEMPTION.
   §  3720.  DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING
 TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. "PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN" MEANS ANY PERSON, OTHER THAN A HEALTHCARE
 PROFESSIONAL OR A CERTIFIED NURSE AIDE, WHO PERFORMS PATIENT CARE  TECH-
 NICIAN  SERVICES  ON  A  HUMAN  IN A HOSPITAL, A RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE
 FACILITY, OR A HOME AS PART OF THE PROVISION OF HOME CARE  SERVICES  AND
 HAS  SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED PURSU-
 ANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE  AND  THE
 REGISTRATION  REQUIREMENT  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SEVEN
 HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF THIS ARTICLE.
   2. "PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN TRAINEE" MEANS ANY PERSON,  OTHER  THAN  A
 HEALTHCARE  PROFESSIONAL OR A CERTIFIED NURSE AIDE, WHO PERFORMS PATIENT
 CARE TECHNICIAN SERVICES ON A HUMAN IN A HOSPITAL, A RESIDENTIAL  HEALTH
 CARE  FACILITY, OR A HOME AS PART OF THE PROVISION OF HOME CARE SERVICES
 AND HAS ENROLLED IN OR COMPLETED THE TRAINING REQUIRED BY SECTION  THIR-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10925-01-1
              

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