New York A 3894: Permits dentists to administer influenza and COVID vaccinations and vaccinations related to a public health emergency

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A03894 Summary:

BILL NOA03894A

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SAME ASSAME AS S06744-A

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SPONSORWeprin

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COSPNSRMcDonald, Hevesi

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §6601, Ed L

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Permits dentists to administer influenza and COVID vaccinations and vaccinations related to a declared public health emergency; requires dentists to report such vaccinations.

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BILL NOA03894A

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01/30/2025referred to higher education

04/10/2025amend and recommit to higher education

04/10/2025print number 3894a

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3894--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to permitting dentists to
 administer influenza and COVID vaccinations and vaccinations related
 to a public health emergency

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

 1 Section 1. Section 6601 of the education law, as amended by chapter
 2 576 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 6601. Definition of practice of dentistry. The practice of the
 4 profession of dentistry is defined as diagnosing, treating, operating,
 5 or prescribing for any disease, pain, injury, deformity, or physical
 6 condition of the oral and maxillofacial area related to restoring and
 7 maintaining dental health. The practice of dentistry includes the
 8 prescribing and fabrication of dental prostheses and appliances. The
 9 practice of dentistry may include performing physical evaluations in
 10 conjunction with the provision of dental treatment and the adminis-
 11 tration of vaccinations against influenza and SARS-CoV-2 and vaccina-
 12 tions related to a declared public health emergency. Dentists shall be
 13 authorized users and report such vaccinations in accordance with the
 14 requirements in section twenty-one hundred sixty-eight of the public
 15 health law.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 17 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07634-03-5

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