Assembly Bill A6986

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides for the registration of professional nurse anesthetist

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A6986 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S987
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6902 & 6522, add §6912, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4509, S5403
2011-2012: A4867, S4731
2013-2014: A6696, S4572
2015-2016: A3835, S35
2017-2018: A1829, S4422
2019-2020: A7100, S5885
2023-2024: A1890, S3000

2021-A6986 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the certification of registered nurse anesthetists; provides that for such certification an applicant shall file an application, be licensed as a registered professional nurse, have satisfactorily completed educational preparation for the administration of anesthesia by an accredited entity and pay a fee.

2021-A6986 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6986
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  the  registration  of
   nurse anesthetists
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 6902 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4.  (A)  THE  ADMINISTRATION  OF  ANESTHESIA  TO  A  PATIENT  SHALL BE
 PERFORMED ONLY BY A QUALIFIED ANESTHESIA PRACTITIONER AS LEGALLY AUTHOR-
 IZED UNDER THIS TITLE.
   (B) THE PRACTICE OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING BY A REGISTERED NURSE ANESTH-
 ETIST, CERTIFIED UNDER SECTION SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED TWELVE OF  THIS  ARTI-
 CLE, SHALL (I) INCLUDE THE ADMINISTRATION OF ANESTHESIA TO A PATIENT BUT
 ONLY  UNDER  THE  SUPERVISION  OF AN ANESTHESIOLOGIST WHO IS IMMEDIATELY
 AVAILABLE; OR UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE OPERATING  PHYSICIAN  WHO  IS
 PHYSICALLY  PRESENT; OR UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A DENTIST, ORAL SURGEON
 OR PODIATRIST WHO IS PHYSICALLY PRESENT AND WHO IS AUTHORIZED BY LAW  TO
 ADMINISTER  ANESTHESIA,  TO  THE EXTENT SUCH PERSON IS QUALIFIED BY LAW,
 REGULATION OR HOSPITAL APPOINTMENT TO PERFORM AND SUPERVISE THE ADMINIS-
 TRATION OF ANESTHESIA; AND
   (II) INCLUDE THE EXECUTION  OF  MEDICAL  REGIMENS  PRESCRIBED  BY  THE
 SUPERVISORY  PHYSICIAN,  DENTIST,  ORAL  SURGEON  OR  PODIATRIST  WHO IS
 AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO PRESCRIBE; AND
   (III) BE CONSISTENT WITH  POLICIES  AND  PROCEDURES  APPROVED  BY  THE
 MEDICAL  STAFF  AND  GOVERNING BODY OF THE HEALTH CARE FACILITY, OR FREE
 STANDING AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTER DEFINED UNDER  ARTICLE  TWENTY-EIGHT
 OF  THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH LAW, WHERE APPLICABLE, AND AS LEGALLY AUTHORIZED
 UNDER THIS TITLE AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE  REGULATIONS  OF  THE
 COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH.
   (C) THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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