New York S 5867: Relates to consideration and prescription of non-opioid treatment alternatives for treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions

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S05867 Summary:

BILL NOS05867A

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SAME ASSAME AS A04985-A

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SPONSORGOUNARDES

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COSPNSRADDABBO, ASHBY, BORRELLO, JACKSON, KRUEGER, RYAN C, SKOUFIS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§6902, 6522, 6903 & 6909, add §6913, Ed L

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Relates to the certification of registered nurse anesthetists; provides that for such certification an applicant shall file an application, be licensed as a registered professional nurse, have satisfactorily completed educational preparation for the administration of anesthesia by an accredited entity and pay a fee; specifies who may represent themself as a registered nurse anesthetist.

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BILL NOS05867A

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03/03/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

03/30/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

03/30/2026PRINT NUMBER 5867A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5867--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 3, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, ADDABBO, ASHBY, JACKSON, KRUEGER,
 C. RYAN, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
 to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education -- recommitted to
 the Committee on Higher Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
 sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the registration of
 nurse anesthetists

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

 1 Section 1. Section 6902 of the education law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
 3 4. (a) The practice of professional nursing by a registered nurse
 4 anesthetist, certified under section sixty-nine hundred thirteen of this
 5 article, shall:
 6 (i) be defined by a scope of practice to include preoperative assess-
 7 ment and evaluation, administration of anesthesia, intraoperative moni-
 8 toring and management, and postoperative care of a patient as part of a
 9 procedure in a health care facility, in the office of a dentist, oral
 10 surgeon or podiatrist who is authorized by law to administer anesthesia,
 11 in connection with office based surgery, as defined under section two
 12 hundred thirty-d of the public health law, or in a free standing ambula-
 13 tory surgical center, as defined under article twenty-eight of the
 14 public health law, to the extent authorized in accordance to credential-
 15 ing procedures approved by the governing body and medical staff of a
 16 healthcare facility, office based surgery, as defined under section two
 17 hundred thirty-d of the public health law, or free standing ambulatory
 18 surgical center, as defined under article twenty-eight of the public
 19 health law.
 20 (ii) recognizing that the administration of anesthesia includes the
 21 practice of medicine, such practice shall be performed only under the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07215-03-6

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 1 supervision of a physician licensed in New York state who has completed
 2 an accredited anesthesia residency program and who is physically present
 3 and immediately available; or under the supervision of the operating
 4 physician who is physically present and qualified by the governing body
 5 and medical staff of a health care facility, free standing ambulatory
 6 surgical center, as defined under article twenty-eight of the public
 7 health law, or office based surgery, as defined under section two
 8 hundred thirty-d of the public health law, to supervise a certified
 9 registered nurse anesthetist; or under the supervision of a dentist,
 10 oral surgeon or podiatrist who is physically present and who is author-
 11 ized by law to administer anesthesia, to the extent such person is qual-
 12 ified by law, regulation, hospital appointment, or privilege granted by
 13 the governing body of a free standing ambulatory surgical center, as
 14 defined under article twenty-eight of the public health law, or o