Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 08, 2011 |
signed chap.65 |
May 27, 2011 |
delivered to governor |
May 23, 2011 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.382 substituted for a3778 |
May 03, 2011 |
referred to higher education delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 02, 2011 |
advanced to third reading |
Apr 13, 2011 |
2nd report cal. |
Apr 12, 2011 |
1st report cal.381 |
Feb 03, 2011 |
referred to higher education |
Senate Bill S2923
Signed By Governor2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2011-S2923 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S2923 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2923 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring dental facilities to possess automatic external defibrillators PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Makes mandatory that all facilities where dentistry is practiced shall possess an automatic external defibrillator or other defibrillator at the facility. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Bill Section 1 would amend Subdivision 10 of Section 6611 of the education law to require that all facilities where dentistry is practiced shall possess an automatic external defibrillator or other defibrillator at the facility. JUSTIFICATION: Under the existing law, all dentists are required to be certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). CPR training includes mandatory training on implementation and use of an automatic external defibrillator (AED). Therefore, all dental facilities should possess an AED, because all dentists are required to be trained to use an AED and it will help in responding to cardiac emergencies that
2011-S2923 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2923 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 3, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring dental facilities to possess automatic external defibrillators THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 6611 of the education law, as added by chapter 183 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: 10. Beginning January first, two thousand nine, each dentist shall become certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from an approved provider and thereafter maintain current certification, which shall be included in the mandatory hours of continuing education acceptable for dentists to the extent provided in the commissioner's regulations. In the event the dentist cannot physically perform CPR, the commissioner's regulations shall allow the dentist to make arrangements for another individual in the office to administer CPR. ALL DENTAL FACILITIES SHALL HAVE AN AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR OR OTHER DEFIBRILLATOR AT THE FACILITY. S 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2012. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07308-01-1
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