assembly Bill A2217

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Makes technical corrections to the practice of podiatry

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Jan 25, 2023 referred to higher education

A2217 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2544
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§7001, & 7010, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7108, S4835
2015-2016: A719, S4600, S6990
2017-2018: A1880, S4734
2019-2020: A6185, S5395
2021-2022: A2294, S2019

A2217 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes technical corrections to the practice of podiatry.

A2217 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2217
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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 AND AFFECTING the foot AND ANKLE AND THE
 SOFT  TISSUE  OF  THE  LEG BELOW THE TIBIAL TUBEROSITY, UNLESS OTHERWISE
 PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION, and may  include  performing  physical  evalu-
 ations  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 ankle and soft
 tissue of the leg below the tibial  tuberosity  if  the  podiatrist  has
 obtained  an issuance of a privilege to perform podiatric standard ankle
 surgery or advanced ankle surgery in accordance with section seven thou-
 sand nine of this article.] Podiatrists may treat traumatic  open  wound
 fractures  only  in hospitals, as defined in article twenty-eight of the
 public health law. For the purposes of this article,  the  term  "ankle"
 shall be defined as the distal metaphysis and epiphysis of the tibia and