Bill Text: NY A05142 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that an affirmation of a health care practitioner may be served or filed in an action in lieu of and with same force and effect as an affidavit (changes the current reference in existing provisions from "physician, osteopath or dentist" to "health care practitioner").
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-01-08 - ordered to third reading cal.227 [A05142 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A05142-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5142
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 20, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, PAULIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
A. BOYLAND -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to chang-
ing reference from physician, osteopath or dentist to health care
practitioner
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Rule 2106 of the civil practice law and rules, as amended
2 by judicial conference proposal No. 3 for the year 1973, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 Rule 2106. Affirmation of truth of statement by attorney[, physician,
5 osteopath or dentist] OR HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER. The statement of an
6 attorney admitted to practice in the courts of the state, or of a
7 [physician, osteopath or dentist] HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER, authorized
8 by TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION law to practice in the state, who is not
9 a party to an action, when subscribed and affirmed by him OR HER to be
10 true under the penalties of perjury, may be served or filed in the
11 action in lieu of and with the same force and effect as an affidavit.
12 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01215-01-3
