New York S 3601: Relates to the certification of dietitians and nutritionists

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S03601 Summary:

BILL NOS03601 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRIVERA

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COSPNSRJACKSON, MAY, PALUMBO

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §8001, Ed L

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Allows certified dietitians and nutritionists to order therapeutic diets.

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BILL NOS03601 

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01/28/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3601

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 28, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, JACKSON, MAY, PALUMBO -- 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 the certification of
 dietitians and nutritionists

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

 1 Section 1. Section 8001 of the education law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
 3 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a
 4 certified dietitian or certified nutritionist may prescribe, order,
 5 write, review, evaluate, monitor and manage therapeutic diets, including
 6 enteral and parenteral nutrition, in a hospital, including diagnostic
 7 center, treatment center, or hospital-based outpatient department, resi-
 8 dential health care facility or nursing home or any other facility as
 9 defined in section twenty-eight hundred one of the public health law
 10 when competency is determined by the medical director or governing body
 11 of such facility.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 13 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition and/or
 14 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 15 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
 16 on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07068-01-5

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