Bill Text: NY S04375 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permits physicians who are licensed in another state or territory to provide medical services to athletes and team personnel at team sporting events in New York, provided such services are provided only to those athletes and team personnel at the team sporting event.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-2)

Status: (Passed) 2018-12-28 - APPROVAL MEMO.21 [S04375 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S04375-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4375
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 10, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  permitting  certain
          physicians to practice medicine in New York state if they are licensed
          to practice in another state within the country
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 6526 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
     3    10.  (a)  Any  physician  who  is licensed and in good standing in any
     4  state within the United States who:
     5    (i) has a written or oral agreement with a sports team to provide care
     6  to team members and coaching staff traveling with the team for a specif-
     7  ic sporting event to take place in this state; or
     8    (ii) has been invited by a national sport governing  body  to  provide
     9  services to team members and coaching staff at a national sport training
    10  center  in  this state or to provide services at an event or competition
    11  in this state which is sanctioned by the national sport  governing  body
    12  so long as:
    13    (A)  the  physician's  practice  is  limited  to  that required by the
    14  national sport governing body; and
    15    (B) the services provided by the physician are within the  physician's
    16  scope of practice.
    17    (b)  Nothing  in  this  subdivision  shall be construed as to permit a
    18  physician exempt by the provisions of this subdivision to:
    19    (i) provide care or consultation to any person residing in this state,
    20  other than a person specified in paragraph (a) of this subdivision; or
    21    (ii) practice at a licensed health care facility in this state.
    22    (c) An exemption obtained pursuant to the provisions of this  subdivi-
    23  sion  shall  be  valid  while the physician is traveling with the sports
    24  team, provided no exemption shall be longer than ten  days  in  duration
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06657-02-7
        S. 4375                             2
     1  for  each respective sporting event. A maximum of twenty additional days
     2  per sporting event may be granted upon prior request to the state  board
     3  for  medicine;  provided no physician shall be exempted more than thirty
     4  additional days in a calendar year.
     5    (d)  An  exemption obtained pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph
     6  (ii) of paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall be valid during the time
     7  certified by the national sport governing body,  provided  no  exemption
     8  shall be for longer than thirty days.
     9    (e)  The  state  board  for  medicine  may  enter into agreements with
    10  medical and osteopathic licensing boards of other  states  to  implement
    11  the  provisions  of  this subdivision. Agreements may include procedures
    12  for reporting potential medical license violations.
    13    (f) The state board for medicine  shall  promulgate  rules  and  regu-
    14  lations to implement the provisions of this subdivision.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.