Bill Text: NY S04375 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Permits physicians who are licensed in another state or territory to provide medical services to athletes and team personnel at team sporting events in New York, provided such services are provided only to those athletes and team personnel at the team sporting event.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-2)
Status: (Passed) 2018-12-28 - APPROVAL MEMO.21 [S04375 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S04375-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4375--A Cal. No. 1113 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 10, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. FUNKE, BONACIC, CROCI, DeFRANCISCO, GALLIVAN, GOLD- EN, MARCHIONE, MURPHY, RANZENHOFER, SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to permitting certain physicians to practice medicine in New York state if they are licensed to practice in another state or territory The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 6526 of the education law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 10 to read as follows: 3 10. (a) Any physician who is licensed and in good standing in another 4 state or territory, and who has a written agreement to provide medical 5 services to athletes and team personnel of a United States sports team 6 recognized by the United States Olympic committee or an out-of-state 7 secondary school, institution of postsecondary education, or profes- 8 sional athletic organization sports team, may provide medical services 9 to such athletes and team personnel at a discrete sanctioned team sport- 10 ing event in this state as defined by the commissioner in regulations, 11 provided such services are provided only to such athletes and team 12 personnel at the discrete sanctioned team sporting event. Any such 13 medical services shall be provided only five days before through three 14 days after each discrete sanctioned team sporting event. 15 (b) Any person practicing as a physician in New York state pursuant to 16 this subdivision shall be subject to the personal and subject matter 17 jurisdiction and disciplinary and regulatory authority of the board of 18 regents as if he or she is a licensee and as if the exemption pursuant EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06657-08-8S. 4375--A 2 1 to this subdivision is a license. Such individual shall comply with 2 applicable provisions of the rules of the board of regents, and the 3 regulations of the commissioner, relating to professional misconduct, 4 disciplinary proceedings and penalties for professional misconduct. 5 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 6 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 7 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 8 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to 9 be made and completed on or before such date.
