Provides for the licensure of perfusionists; allows for the issuance of limited permits for a fee of fifty dollars; provides that such permits are subject to the full disciplinary and regulatory authority of the board of regents and the education department.

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S4640C-2011 Actions

• Oct 3, 2012: SIGNED CHAP.479
• Sep 21, 2012: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
• Jun 20, 2012: returned to senate
• Jun 20, 2012: passed assembly
• Jun 20, 2012: ordered to third reading rules cal.468
• Jun 20, 2012: substituted for a4153c
• Jun 18, 2012: referred to codes
• Jun 18, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 18, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 12, 2012: AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 4640C
• Jun 11, 2012: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4640B
• May 30, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• May 30, 2012: AMENDED 4640A
• May 23, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• May 22, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.887
• May 8, 2012: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
• Jan 4, 2012: returned to senate
• Jan 4, 2012: died in assembly
• Jun 21, 2011: referred to higher education
• Jun 21, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 21, 2011: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 21, 2011: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1468
• Jun 21, 2011: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
• Apr 14, 2011: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

S4640C-2011 Calendars

Active List: Jun 18, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 13, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 14, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 18, 2012

S4640C-2011 Votes

S4640C-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S4640C

TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to licensure of perfu-
sionists; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
tion thereof

PURPOSE:
Amends the education law to allow perfusionists to directly perform
laboratory tests necessary to their job of running machines essential to
certain procedures (e.g. open heart surgery and organ transplants).

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends section 8609 of the education law by adding new subdi-
vision 9. This addition allows perfusionists working under the super-
vision of a physician to acquire a temporary permit to perform essential
tests in the operating room.

Section 2. Establishes the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
Recent changes to the education law that required certain laboratory
tests to be performed by licensed professionals had the unintended
consequence of forbidding perfusionists from directly performing tests
essential to the proper operation of machines they operate during
surgery. This forced them to get another licensed professional to
perform tests that they had previously done themselves while monitoring
their machines. This situation has created a risk of error in the oper-
ating room, and led to delays in surgery. This bill will correct this
problem by allowing perfusionists to once again perform these tests
through a temporary permit structure. This provision will expire on July
1, 2014.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2009-2010: S.4310A/A.353A
2007-2008: S.37/A.282
2005-2006: A.10822

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the state.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall become
a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed by July 1, 2014.

S4640C-2011 Text

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

                                   4640--C
      Cal. No. 887

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                               April 14, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  DeFRANCISCO -- 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  and
    committed  to the Committee on Finance -- reported favorably from said
    committee, ordered to first  and  second  report,  amended  on  second
    report,  ordered  to  a third reading, and to be reprinted as amended,
    retaining its place in the order of third  reading  --    amended  and
    ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of third reading
    -- again amended and ordered reprinted, retaining  its  place  in  the
    order of third reading

  AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to licensure of perfu-
    sionists; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
    tion thereof

    THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section  1.  Section  8609 of the education law is amended by adding a
  new subdivision 9 to read as follows:

    9. THE PERFORMANCE OF, USE OF, AND ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS FROM  POINT
  OF CARE TESTS AND INSTRUMENTS USED TO MONITOR COAGULATION, BLOOD GAS AND
  BLOOD  CHEMISTRY  AND HEMOGLOBIN AND HEMATOCRIT PURSUANT TO AN ORDER AND
  UNDER THE DIRECTION AND SUPERVISION OF A LICENSED PHYSICIAN BY  INDIVID-
  UALS  EMPLOYED  ON A SALARIED BASIS BY A HOSPITAL AND ISSUED A PERMIT BY
  THE DEPARTMENT. SUCH PERMIT SHALL BE ISSUED FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS TO
  INDIVIDUALS WHO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION WHICH INCLUDES AN  ATTESTATION  BY
  THE  APPLICANT'S  EMPLOYER  THAT THE APPLICANT IS EMPLOYED ON A SALARIED
  BASIS BY A HOSPITAL IN NEW YORK  STATE,  AND  MEETS  THE  QUALIFICATIONS
  ESTABLISHED BY SUCH HOSPITAL TO PERFORM EXTRACORPOREAL OR INTRACORPOREAL
  SERVICES  UNDER  THE  DIRECTION AND SUPERVISION OF A LICENSED PHYSICIAN.
  SUCH PERMIT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO FULL DISCIPLINARY AND REGULATORY AUTHOR-
  ITY OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND THE DEPARTMENT, PURSUANT TO THIS  TITLE,

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD03264-07-2

 S. 4640--C                          2

  AS IF SUCH PERMIT WERE A PROFESSIONAL LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
  THE FEE FOR SUCH PERMIT SHALL BE FIFTY DOLLARS.
    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
  have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed July 1, 2014.