Assembly Bill A9543

                             
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                                   9543
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 20, 2024
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 Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to providing for tempo-
   rary authorization of certain nurses to practice at children's camps
 
   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 section 6907-b
 to read as follows:
   § 6907-B. TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION FOR PRACTICE AT CHILDREN'S CAMPS. 1.
 (A)  A  PERSON WHO IS CURRENTLY LICENSED AND IN GOOD STANDING IN ANOTHER
 STATE OR TERRITORY TO PRACTICE AS A  REGISTERED  NURSE  MAY  TEMPORARILY
 PRACTICE IN THIS STATE PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON:
   (I)  WILL BE EMPLOYED AT A SUMMER DAY CAMP, CHILDREN'S OVERNIGHT CAMP,
 OR TRAVELLING SUMMER DAY CAMP AS DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THIRTEEN  HUNDRED
 NINETY-TWO OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND HAS SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION FROM
 SUCH CHILDREN'S CAMP; AND
   (II)  FILED  AN APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE WITH THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT
 TO SECTION SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE  THAT  IS  PENDING  A
 DETERMINATION.
   (B) PRIOR TO COMMENCING SUCH TEMPORARILY AUTHORIZED PRACTICE:
   (I)  THE  PERSON  SHALL  FILE  AN  APPLICATION  FOR LICENSURE WITH THE
 DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE;
   (II) THE PERSON AND AN AUTHORIZED  REPRESENTATIVE  OF  SUCH  EMPLOYING
 SUMMER  DAY  CAMP,  CHILDREN'S  OVERNIGHT CAMP, OR TRAVELLING SUMMER DAY
 CAMP SHALL JOINTLY PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT, IN  A
 FORM  AND  FORMAT ACCEPTABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT, THAT SUCH PERSON INTENDS
 TO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION;
   (III) THE PERSON SHALL PAY A FEE DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT; AND
   (IV) THE PERSON'S NAME SHALL APPEAR ON A LIST OF PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO
 TEMPORARILY PRACTICE REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSING  PUBLISHED  ON  THE
 DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
   (C)  SUCH TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION IS ONLY VALID BETWEEN JUNE FIFTEENTH
 AND SEPTEMBER FIFTEENTH AND SHALL EXPIRE ON SEPTEMBER FIFTEENTH OF  EACH
 YEAR.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 A. 9543                             2
 
   2.  (A)  A  PERSON  WHO  IS CURRENTLY LICENSED AND IN GOOD STANDING IN
 ANOTHER STATE OR TERRITORY  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  TO  PRACTICE  AS  A
 LICENSED  PRACTICAL  NURSE  MAY  BE  TEMPORARILY  AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE
 LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSING IN THIS STATE, PROVIDED SUCH PERSON:
   (I)  WILL BE EMPLOYED AT A SUMMER DAY CAMP, CHILDREN'S OVERNIGHT CAMP,
 OR TRAVELLING SUMMER DAY CAMP AS DEFINED  IN  SECTION  THIRTEEN  HUNDRED
 NINETY-TWO OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW AND HAS SUBMITTED DOCUMENTATION FROM
 SUCH CHILDREN'S CAMP; AND
   (II)  FILED  AN APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE WITH THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT
 TO SECTION SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED SIX OF THIS  ARTICLE  THAT  IS  PENDING  A
 DETERMINATION.
   (B) PRIOR TO COMMENCING SUCH TEMPORARILY AUTHORIZED PRACTICE:
   (I)  THE  PERSON  SHALL  FILE  AN  APPLICATION  FOR LICENSURE WITH THE
 DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED SIX OF THIS ARTICLE;
   (II) THE PERSON AND AN AUTHORIZED  REPRESENTATIVE  OF  SUCH  EMPLOYING
 SUMMER  DAY  CAMP,  CHILDREN'S  OVERNIGHT CAMP, OR TRAVELLING SUMMER DAY
 CAMP SHALL JOINTLY PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT, IN  A
 FORM  AND  FORMAT ACCEPTABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT, THAT SUCH PERSON INTENDS
 TO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION;
   (III) THE PERSON SHALL PAY A FEE DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT; AND
   (IV) THE PERSON'S NAME SHALL APPEAR ON A LIST OF PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO
 TEMPORARILY PRACTICE LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSING PUBLISHED ON THE DEPART-
 MENT'S WEBSITE.
   (C) SUCH TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION IS ONLY VALID BETWEEN JUNE  FIFTEENTH
 AND  SEPTEMBER FIFTEENTH AND SHALL EXPIRE ON SEPTEMBER FIFTEENTH OF EACH
 YEAR.
   3. ANY PERSON PRACTICING AS A REGISTERED NURSE OR  LICENSED  PRACTICAL
 NURSE  IN  THIS  STATE  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE
 PERSONAL AND SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION AND DISCIPLINARY AND REGULATORY
 AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS AS IF HE OR SHE IS A LICENSEE  AND  AS
 IF  THE  TEMPORARY  AUTHORIZATION  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IS A LICENSE
 UNDER THIS ARTICLE. SUCH PERSON SHALL COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE  PROVISIONS
 OF  THIS TITLE AND THE RULES OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS RELATING TO PROFES-
 SIONAL PRACTICE, PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT, DISCIPLINARY  PROCEEDINGS  AND
 PENALTIES  FOR PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT. FAILURE TO ADHERE TO THE NOTIFI-
 CATION PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION MAY BE CONSIDERED  UNAUTHORIZED  PRAC-
 TICE PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS TITLE.
   4.  NO  PERSONS  ELIGIBLE  FOR THE TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO TEMPORARILY PRACTICE UNTIL THEY FILE
 AN APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE, PROVIDE THE REQUIRED WRITTEN NOTIFICATION,
 AND PAY A FEE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE PERSON'S NAME  APPEARS  ON  THE
 LISTS  OF  PERSONS  AUTHORIZED  TO TEMPORARILY PRACTICE PUBLISHED ON THE
 DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such effective date.