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Assembly Bill A8420

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to coroner qualifications

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2023-A8420 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
County Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §400, County L

2023-A8420 - Summary

Requires any elected or appointed coroner who is not a licensed physician to be a certified nurse practitioner or licensed physician assistant authorized to practice medicine in this state.

2023-A8420 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8420
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 29, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to coroner qualifications
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  400 of the county law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 3-c to read as follows:
   3-C. CORONER QUALIFICATIONS. ANY ELECTED OR APPOINTED CORONER  WHO  IS
 NOT A LICENSED PHYSICIAN SHALL BE A REGISTERED NURSE, NURSE PRACTITIONER
 OR  PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT  DULY  LICENSED  TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN THIS
 STATE, EXCEPT THAT ANY CORONER WHO IS NOT SO LICENSED AS OF  THE  EFFEC-
 TIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION MAY FINISH OUT THEIR TERM.
   §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13919-01-3

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2023-A8420A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
County Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §400, County L

2023-A8420A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires any elected or appointed coroner who is not a licensed physician to be a certified nurse practitioner or licensed physician assistant authorized to practice medicine in this state.

2023-A8420A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8420--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 29, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER, HYNDMAN, DeSTEFANO, O'DONNELL, BRABENEC,
   LEMONDES  --  read once and referred to the Committee on Local Govern-
   ments -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Governments in  accord-
   ance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to coroner qualifications
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 400 of the county law is amended by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 3-c to read as follows:
   3-C.  CORONER  QUALIFICATIONS. ANY ELECTED OR APPOINTED CORONER WHO IS
 NOT A PHYSICIAN DULY LICENSED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE SHALL BE A  CERTIFIED
 NURSE  PRACTITIONER  OR LICENSED PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT AUTHORIZED TO PRAC-
 TICE PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW, OR SHALL BE A  CERTI-
 FIED MEDICOLEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATOR OR HOLD AN ASSOCIATE'S OR BACHELOR'S
 DEGREE  IN  NURSING,  NATURAL SCIENCE, FORENSIC SCIENCE, ANTHROPOLOGY OR
 OTHER RELATED FIELD WHILE PURSUING CERTIFICATION FROM THE AMERICAN BOARD
 OF MEDICOLEGAL DEATH INVESTIGATORS OR SIMILAR PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION.
 ANY CORONER WHO IS NOT SO LICENSED OR CERTIFIED, OR WHO  DOES  NOT  HAVE
 SUCH  DEGREE  WHILE PURSUING SUCH CERTIFICATION AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION MAY FINISH OUT THEIR TERM.
   § 2. Subdivision 4-b of section 400 of the county  law,  as  added  by
 chapter 897 of the laws of 1962, is amended to read as follows:
   4-b.  Coroner's  physician.  Except  in  counties  where the office of
 coroner has been abolished, the board of supervisors may appoint one  or
 more  coroner's  physicians or may provide by local law for the appoint-
 ment of one or more coroner's physicians, and may fix the terms of their
 office.  In any county in which the coroner or any of  the  coroners  is
 not  a  physician  duly licensed to practice medicine in this state, the
 board shall appoint one or more coroner's physicians.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13919-07-4

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