A8392C-2011 Actions

• Jun 21, 2012: substituted by s5356d
• Jun 21, 2012: rules report cal.590
• Jun 21, 2012: reported
• Jun 18, 2012: amend and recommit to rules 8392c
• Jun 15, 2012: amend and recommit to rules 8392b
• Jun 12, 2012: reported referred to rules
• Jun 12, 2012: reported referred to ways and means
• Jun 1, 2012: print number 8392a
• Jun 1, 2012: amend and recommit to codes
• May 22, 2012: reported referred to codes
• Jan 4, 2012: referred to higher education
• Jun 15, 2011: referred to higher education

A8392C-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                   8392--C

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                                June 15, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PAULIN,  GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER, GIBSON, JACOBS,
    JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  HOOPER,  LATIMER,  LINARES,
    P. RIVERA, SWEENEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on High-
    er  Education  --  reported  and referred to the Committee on Codes --
    committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
    recommitted  to said committee -- reported and referred to the Commit-
    tee on Ways and Means -- reported and referred  to  the  Committee  on
    Rules  --  Rules Committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
    as amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules -- again reported
    from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended  and
    recommitted to said committee

  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:


    Section  1.  The education law is amended by adding a new section 6911
  to read as follows:

    S 6911. CERTIFICATION OF CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE  ANESTHETISTS.  1.
  FOR  ISSUANCE  OF A CERTIFICATE AS A CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHE-
  TIST, THE APPLICANT SHALL FULFILL THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:

    (A) APPLICATION: FILE AN APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT;
    (B) LICENSE: BE LICENSED AS A REGISTERED  PROFESSIONAL  NURSE  IN  THE
  STATE;
    (C)  EDUCATION:  (I)  HAVE  SATISFACTORILY  COMPLETED  AN  EDUCATIONAL
  PROGRAM WHICH IS DESIGNED AND CONDUCTED TO PREPARE GRADUATES TO PRACTICE
  IN THE SPECIALTY AREA OF NURSE ANESTHESIA;  AND  IS  REGISTERED  BY  THE
  DEPARTMENT  OR  IN A PROGRAM ACCREDITED BY A NATIONAL BODY RECOGNIZED BY
  THE DEPARTMENT OR DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO BE THE EQUIVALENT; AND
  (II) SUBMIT EVIDENCE OF CURRENT CERTIFICATION OR  RECERTIFICATION  BY  A
  NATIONAL CERTIFYING BODY, RECOGNIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT;

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD11445-15-2

 A. 8392--C                          2

    (D)  FEES: PAY A FEE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FIFTY DOLLARS FOR AN INITIAL
  CERTIFICATE AUTHORIZING NURSE ANESTHESIA PRACTICE AND A TRIENNIAL REGIS-
  TRATION FEE OF  THIRTY  DOLLARS.  AFTER  A  CERTIFIED  REGISTERED  NURSE
  ANESTHETIST'S  INITIAL  REGISTRATION,  REGISTRATION  UNDER  THIS SECTION
  SHALL  BE  COTERMINOUS WITH THE CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST'S
  REGISTRATION AS A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE.
    2. ONLY A PERSON CERTIFIED UNDER THIS  SECTION  SHALL  USE  THE  TITLE
  "CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST".
    3.  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY ACT AUTHOR-
  IZED BY ANY OTHER LAW, RULE, REGULATION OR CERTIFICATION.
    4. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS SOLELY  TO
  IMPLEMENT  THE  CERTIFICATION  PROCESS  SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION.   THE
  COMMISSIONER IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS TO  DEFINE  THE
  PRACTICE  OF  A CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETIST. THE COMMISSIONER
  IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS  LIMITED  ONLY  TO  THE  CERTIF-
  ICATION  PROVISIONS  OF THIS SECTION TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE.  NOTHING IN
  THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO ALTER OR DEFINE THE  SCOPE  OF  PRAC-
  TICE.
    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
  it shall have become a law, except that subdivision 2 of section 6911 of
  the education law, as added by section one of this act shall take effect
  three years after this act shall have become a law.