Bill Text: NY S06466 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes a physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse or emergency medical technician to act as a designated camp health director or to provide health services at a children's overnight, summer day, or traveling summer day camp with a permit.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-18 - SIGNED CHAP.214 [S06466 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06466-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6466--B
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 13, 2012
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       Introduced by Sens. BONACIC, AVELLA, DUANE, FLANAGAN, FUSCHILLO, GRISAN-
         TI,  JOHNSON, KLEIN, KRUEGER, LIBOUS, LITTLE, MARTINS, McDONALD, MONT-
         GOMERY, NOZZOLIO, OPPENHEIMER, PARKER, ROBACH, SAMPSON, SAVINO, SERRA-
         NO, STEWART-COUSINS --  read  twice  and  ordered  printed,  and  when
         printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on Higher Education --
         committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
         recommitted  to  said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended,
         ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the  provision  of
         certain professional services to children's camps
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 1394 of the public health law is amended by  adding
    2  a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    3    3.    ANY  PERSON,  FIRM,  CORPORATION, OR ASSOCIATION THAT OPERATES A
    4  CHILDREN'S OVERNIGHT, SUMMER DAY, OR TRAVELING SUMMER DAY CAMP, AND  HAS
    5  OBTAINED  A  PERMIT PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE OF
    6  THIS ARTICLE, SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO EMPLOY OR CONTRACT  WITH  A  PHYSI-
    7  CIAN,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  PHYSICIAN  ASSISTANT,  REGISTERED NURSE, OR
    8  LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN  TO  ACT  AS  A
    9  DESIGNATED CAMP HEALTH DIRECTOR OR TO PROVIDE HEALTH SERVICES IN ASSIST-
   10  ANCE  TO  THE  CAMP  HEALTH  DIRECTOR PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE REGULATIONS
   11  PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   12    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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