Provides for the certification by the education department of certified registered nurse anesthetists.

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S5356A-2011 Actions

• Oct 3, 2012: VETOED MEMO.165
• Sep 21, 2012: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
• Jun 21, 2012: returned to senate
• Jun 21, 2012: passed assembly
• Jun 21, 2012: ordered to third reading rules cal.590
• Jun 21, 2012: substituted for a8392c
• Jun 21, 2012: referred to ways and means
• Jun 21, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 21, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 20, 2012: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1409
• Jun 20, 2012: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
• Jun 18, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 5356D
• Jun 18, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
• Jun 14, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 5356C
• Jun 14, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
• Jun 4, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 5356B
• Jun 4, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
• May 27, 2011: PRINT NUMBER 5356A
• May 27, 2011: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
• May 11, 2011: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

S5356A-2011 Votes

S5356A-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S5356A

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the education law, in relation to certification of certified
registered nurse anesthetists

PURPOSE
The bill provides for the certification by the education department of
certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNA),

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends the education law by establishing criteria for
certification as a certified registered nurse anesthetist, including
application filing, license requirements, education and certification
fees.

This provision prohibits any individual other than certified persons
from using the title "certified registered nurse anesthetist". Those
currently practicing as certified registered nurse anesthetists would
be "grandfathered" in order to include them under this act.

This act does not apply to existing laws, rules, regulations or
certification standards, The commissioner is authorized to promulgate
rules and regulations to implement the CRNA certification,

Section 2 sets forth the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
CRNAs play an essential role in providing high-quality, cost-effective
care. They provide anesthesia services to all categories of patients,
all types of surgical procedures and in all practice settings.

Protecting the title of certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA)
is necessary to maintain safe patient care and to ensure that only
those who are properly educated and qualified are performing CRNA
services. Competencies for
CRNA practice have been nationally validated and recognized.
Numerous studies have demonstrated that CRNA practice represents
the highest level of safe quality care at the lowest cost to the
patient and the system. Furthermore with the health care environment
growing increasingly complex due to new technologies and treatment
modalities, title recognition for CRNAs is essential for the
public's protection.

This bill would protect the title "certified registered nurse
anesthetist" and the designation "CRNA" to ensure that only those
properly educated and prepared to be certified registered nurse
anesthetists hold themselves out as such. The state would be able to
identify those nurses who have been properly educated to provide
specialized care and prohibit health care facilities from
inappropriately utilizing unqualified persons in the CRNA role.
Specifically, enacting this legislation will better enable the State
Education Department to investigate claims of unlicensed practice and
thus help the Department to fully protect the public from
professional misconduct in this specialty area.


LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is a new bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect 180 days after it shall have become 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.

S5356A-2011 Text

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

                                   5356--A

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                May 11, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- 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

  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 TO  PRACTICE  AS  A  CERTIFIED  REGISTERED
  NURSE  ANESTHETIST,  THE  APPLICANT SHALL FULFILL THE FOLLOWING REQUIRE-
  MENTS:

    (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;
    (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.

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD11445-03-1

 S. 5356--A                          2

    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 OR PRAC-
  TICE AUTHORIZED BY ANY OTHER LAW, RULE, REGULATION OR CERTIFICATION.
    4. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS TO  IMPLE-
  MENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
    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.