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| Jun 02, 2022 | ordered to third reading rules cal.596 substituted for a197 |
| Jun 02, 2022 | substituted by s3049 rules report cal.596 reported reported referred to rules |
| Jan 05, 2022 | referred to codes |
| Jan 06, 2021 | referred to codes |
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A197 (ACTIVE) - Details
A197 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that an affirmation of a health care practitioner may be served or filed in an action in lieu of and with same force and effect as an affidavit (changes the current reference in existing provisions from "physician, osteopath or dentist" to "health care practitioner").
A197 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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197
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 6, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, PAULIN, SAYEGH -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to chang-
ing reference from physician, osteopath or dentist to health care
practitioner
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Rule 2106 of the civil practice law and rules, as amended
by chapter 380 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
Rule 2106. Affirmation of truth of statement. (a) The statement of an
attorney admitted to practice in the courts of the state, or of a
[physician, osteopath or dentist] HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER LICENSED,
CERTIFIED, OR authorized [by] UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION law to
practice in the state, who is not a party to an action, when subscribed
and affirmed by him OR HER to be true under the penalties of perjury,
may be served or filed in the action in lieu of and with the same force
and effect as an affidavit.
(b) The statement of any person, when that person is physically
located outside the geographic boundaries of the United States, Puerto
Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular
possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, subscribed
and affirmed by that person to be true under the penalties of perjury,
may be used in an action in lieu of and with the same force and effect
as an affidavit. Such affirmation shall be in substantially the follow-
ing form:
I affirm this ___ day of ______, ____, under the penalties of perjury
under the laws of New York, which may include a fine or imprisonment,
that I am physically located outside the geographic boundaries of the
United States, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any
territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets