Bill Text: NY A06619 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to continuing medical education requirements for doctors, nurses and pharmacists; requires three hours of training on the prevention, treatment and mitigation of opiate analgesics and psychotropic drug addiction.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to higher education [A06619 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06619-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6619
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 14, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  continuing  medical
          education for doctors, nurses and pharmacists
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited  as  the  "Michael
     2  David Israel physician training law".
     3    §  2.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 6524-a to
     4  read as follows:
     5    § 6524-a. Mandatory continuing medical education. 1.  All  physicians,
     6  in order to maintain their license in good standing, must complete three
     7  hours  of  continuing  medical  education  on the prescription of opiate
     8  analgesics and psychotropic drugs and the risks of  addiction  in  their
     9  administration.  The  classes  shall  be  taught and administered by the
    10  office of the professions according to regulations set  by  the  commis-
    11  sioner  and  shall  focus on the prevention, treatment and mitigation of
    12  such addictions.
    13    2. For purposes of this section:
    14    a. "opiate analgesics" shall mean the medicines buprenorphine,  butor-
    15  phanol,  codeine,  hydrocodone,  hydromorphone, levorphanol, meperidine,
    16  methadone, morphine, nalbuphine, oxycodone, oxymorphone, pentazocine and
    17  propoxyphene as well as their brand names, isomers and combinations.
    18    b. "psychotropic drugs" shall mean any drug or medicine  that  affects
    19  mental activity, behavior or perception including anti-psychotics, anti-
    20  depressants, anti-anxiety drugs or anxiolytics and hypnotics.
    21    §  3.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 6905-a to
    22  read as follows:
    23    § 6905-a.  Mandatory continuing medical education. 1.  All  registered
    24  professional  nurses,  in order to maintain their license in good stand-
    25  ing, must complete three hours of continuing medical  education  on  the
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  prescription  of  opiate analgesics and psychotropic drugs and the risks
     2  of addiction in their administration. The classes shall  be  taught  and
     3  administered  by  the office of the professions according to regulations
     4  set by the commissioner and shall focus on the prevention, treatment and
     5  mitigation of such addictions.
     6    2. For purposes of this section:
     7    a.  "opiate analgesics" shall mean the medicines buprenorphine, butor-
     8  phanol, codeine, hydrocodone,  hydromorphone,  levorphanol,  meperidine,
     9  methadone, morphine, nalbuphine, oxycodone, oxymorphone, pentazocine and
    10  propoxyphene as well as their brand names, isomers and combinations.
    11    b.  "psychotropic  drugs" shall mean any drug or medicine that affects
    12  mental activity, behavior or perception including anti-psychotics, anti-
    13  depressants, anti-anxiety drugs or anxiolytics and hypnotics.
    14    § 4. Section 6604-a of the education law is amended by  adding  a  new
    15  subdivision 7 to read as follows:
    16    7. (a) All dentists, in order to maintain their license in good stand-
    17  ing,  must  complete  three hours of continuing medical education on the
    18  prescription of opiate analgesics and psychotropic drugs and  the  risks
    19  of  addiction  in  their administration. The classes shall be taught and
    20  administered by the office of the professions according  to  regulations
    21  set by the commissioner and shall focus on the prevention, treatment and
    22  mitigation of such addictions.
    23    (b) For purposes of this section:
    24    i.  "opiate analgesics" shall mean the medicines buprenorphine, butor-
    25  phanol, codeine, hydrocodone,  hydromorphone,  levorphanol,  meperidine,
    26  methadone, morphine, nalbuphine, oxycodone, oxymorphone, pentazocine and
    27  propoxyphene as well as their brand names, isomers and combinations; and
    28    ii.  "psychotropic drugs" shall mean any drug or medicine that affects
    29  mental activity, behavior or perception including antipsychotics,  anti-
    30  depressants, anti-anxiety drugs or anxiolytics and hypnotics.
    31    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.