STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3570 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 24, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to cardiovascular technologists The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3501 of the public health law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 20 to read as follows: 3 20. "Cardiovascular technologist" means a person who is authorized to 4 assist with diagnostic examinations and therapeutic interventions of the 5 heart and blood vessels under the direct supervision of a physician, 6 including invasive cardiology-cardiac catheterization, non-invasive 7 cardiology, non-invasive peripheral vascular study, and cardiac electro- 8 physiology. 9 § 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision 4 of section 3502 of the 10 public health law is designated paragraph (a) and a new paragraph (b) is 11 added to read as follows: 12 (b) Nothing in this article or in any other provision of law shall 13 prevent a cardiovascular technologist, acting under the direct super- 14 vision of a physician, from introducing contrast medium to a patient 15 during a cardiovascular diagnostic or interventional procedure through 16 an arterial line placed by a licensed practitioner. The introduction of 17 contrast medium in preparation of or during such procedures shall not 18 constitute the administration of medication for the purposes of this 19 section. 20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09035-01-7