Bill Text: NY S03044 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to permitting the possession of external defibrillators by a health care practitioner licensed or certified under title VIII of the education law or a person certified under this article acting within his or her lawful scope of practice or by a person acting pursuant to a lawful prescription.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S03044 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S03044-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3044
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 10, 2009
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       Introduced by Sens. SEWARD, ALESI, DeFRANCISCO, HANNON, LARKIN, MORAHAN,
         RANZENHOFER, VOLKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when print-
         ed to be committed to the Committee on Health
       AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the possession of
         external defibrillators
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 3 of section 3000-b of the
    2  public health law, as amended by chapter 583 of the  laws  of  1999,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    (a)  No  person may operate an automated external defibrillator unless
    5  the person has successfully completed a training course in the operation
    6  of an automated external defibrillator approved by  a  nationally-recog-
    7  nized  organization  or  the  state  emergency medical services council.
    8  However, this section shall not prohibit THE POSSESSION OR operation  of
    9  an  automated  external defibrillator, (i) by a health care practitioner
   10  licensed or certified under title VIII of the education law or a  person
   11  certified  under  this  article acting within his or her lawful scope of
   12  practice or (ii) by a person acting pursuant to a lawful prescription.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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