Bill Text: NY A09571 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires physician coursework or training in nutrition; six hours every two years.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-24 - referred to higher education [A09571 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A09571-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9571

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 24, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Higher Education

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to physician  course-
          work or training in nutrition

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     2  264 to read as follows:
     3    §  264. Coursework or training in nutrition. (a) Every physician prac-
     4  ticing in the state shall, on or before July first, two  thousand  twen-
     5  ty-three  and  every two years thereafter, complete six hours of course-
     6  work or training, developed or  approved  by  the  department  regarding
     7  nutrition,  which shall include but not be limited to plant-based nutri-
     8  tion and other clinically proven methods for the  prevention,  reversal,
     9  and treatment of diet-related illnesses.
    10   (b)  Every  physician  must provide the department documentation demon-
    11  strating the completion of and competence in the coursework or  training
    12  required under subdivision (a) of this section.
    13    (c)  The  department  shall  provide an exemption for the requirements
    14  imposed by subdivision (a) of this section to anyone who  requests  such
    15  exemption and who: (i) does not engage in direct patient care; (ii) does
    16  not provide patient consultations; or (iii) does not reside in the state
    17  of New York.
    18    (d)  The department shall consult with organizations representative of
    19  professions, institutions and those with expertise in nutrition and  the
    20  prevention,  reversal,  and  treatment  of  diet-related  illnesses with
    21  respect  to  the  regulatory  standards  promulgated  pursuant  to  this
    22  section.    Coursework  or  training  funded  directly  or indirectly by
    23  commercial food production entities or their trade  organizations  shall
    24  not satisfy the requirements of this section.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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