Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 13, 2015 |
signed chap.11 |
Mar 06, 2015 |
delivered to governor |
Mar 02, 2015 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.44 substituted for a2554 |
Mar 02, 2015 |
substituted by s1693 |
Feb 26, 2015 |
advanced to third reading cal.44 |
Feb 25, 2015 |
reported |
Feb 10, 2015 |
reported referred to codes |
Jan 20, 2015 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A2554
Signed By Governor2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BARRETT
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S1693 - 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
co-Sponsors
Thomas Abinanti
2015-A2554 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S1693
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง230, Pub Health L
2015-A2554 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2554 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 20, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to identification, charging, reporting and investigation of charges of professional misconduct by health care professionals THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 9-b of section 230 of the public health law, as added by chapter 532 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows: 9-b. Neither the board for professional medical conduct nor the office of professional medical conduct shall [identify,] charge A LICENSEE WITH MISCONDUCT AS DEFINED IN SECTIONS SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY AND SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW, or cause a report made to the director of such office to be investigated BEYOND A PRELIMI- NARY REVIEW AS SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A) OF SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TEN OF THIS SECTION, WHERE SUCH REPORT IS DETERMINED TO BE based solely upon the recommendation or provision of a treatment modality TO A PARTICULAR PATIENT by [a] SUCH licensee that is not universally accepted by the medical profession, including but not limit- ed to, varying modalities used in the treatment of Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases. [As used in this subdivision the term "licen- see" shall mean a physician, physician's assistant, and specialist's assistant.] When a licensee, acting in accordance with paragraph e of subdivision four of section sixty-five hundred twenty-seven of the education law, recommends or provides a treatment modality that effec- tively treats human disease, pain, injury, deformity or physical condi- tion FOR WHICH THE LICENSEE IS TREATING A PATIENT, the recommendation or provision of that modality TO A PARTICULAR PATIENT shall not, by itself, constitute professional misconduct. [This prohibition shall not exoner- ate such licensee from otherwise applicable professional requirements] EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07678-02-5
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