Bill Text: NY A08392 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the certification by the education department of certified registered nurse anesthetists.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-21 - substituted by s5356d [A08392 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A08392-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8392
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 15, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER, GIBSON -- Multi-Spon-
         sored  by -- M. of A.  LATIMER, P. RIVERA -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Higher Education
       AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  certification  of
         certified registered nurse anesthetists
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  6911
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  6911.  CERTIFICATION OF CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS. 1.
    4  FOR ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE TO  PRACTICE  AS  A  CERTIFIED  REGISTERED
    5  NURSE  ANESTHETIST,  THE  APPLICANT SHALL FULFILL THE FOLLOWING REQUIRE-
    6  MENTS:
    7    (A) APPLICATION: FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT;
    8    (B) LICENSE: BE LICENSED AS A REGISTERED  PROFESSIONAL  NURSE  IN  THE
    9  STATE;
   10    (C)  EDUCATION:  (I)  HAVE  SATISFACTORILY  COMPLETED  AN  EDUCATIONAL
   11  PROGRAM WHICH IS DESIGNED AND CONDUCTED TO PREPARE GRADUATES TO PRACTICE
   12  IN THE SPECIALTY AREA OF NURSE ANESTHESIA;  AND  IS  REGISTERED  BY  THE
   13  DEPARTMENT  OR  IN A PROGRAM ACCREDITED BY A NATIONAL BODY RECOGNIZED BY
   14  THE DEPARTMENT OR DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO BE THE EQUIVALENT; AND
   15  (II) SUBMIT EVIDENCE OF CURRENT CERTIFICATION OR  RECERTIFICATION  BY  A
   16  NATIONAL CERTIFYING BODY, RECOGNIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT;
   17    (D)  FEES: PAY A FEE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FIFTY DOLLARS FOR AN INITIAL
   18  CERTIFICATE AUTHORIZING NURSE ANESTHESIA PRACTICE AND A TRIENNIAL REGIS-
   19  TRATION FEE OF  THIRTY  DOLLARS.  AFTER  A  CERTIFIED  REGISTERED  NURSE
   20  ANESTHETIST'S  INITIAL  REGISTRATION,  REGISTRATION  UNDER  THIS SECTION
   21  SHALL BE COTERMINOUS WITH THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED  NURSE  ANESTHETIST'S
   22  REGISTRATION AS A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE.
   23    2.  ONLY  A  PERSON  CERTIFIED  UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL USE THE TITLE
   24  "CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST".
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11445-04-1
       A. 8392                             2
    1    3. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY ACT OR  PRAC-
    2  TICE AUTHORIZED BY ANY OTHER LAW, RULE, REGULATION OR CERTIFICATION.
    3    4.  THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS TO IMPLE-
    4  MENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
    5    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    6  it shall have become a law, except that subdivision 2 of section 6911 of
    7  the education law, as added by section one of this act shall take effect
    8  three years after this act shall have become a law.