New York S 7280: Relates to a sepsis awareness, prevention and education program and requires that such program shall include information on infections that could lead to sepsis

Bill Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7280
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 5, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  MARCELLINO  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
          to a sepsis awareness, prevention and education program
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Section 6505-b of the education law, as amended by a chap-
     2  ter of the laws of 2017 amending the education law and the public health
     3  law relating to a sepsis awareness, prevention and education program, as
     4  proposed in legislative bills  numbers  S.  4971-A  and  A.  6053-A,  is
     5  amended to read as follows:
     6    § 6505-b. Course  work  or  training  in  infection control practices.
     7  Every dentist, registered nurse, licensed practical  nurse,  podiatrist,
     8  optometrist  and  dental  hygienist practicing in the state shall, on or
     9  before July first, nineteen hundred ninety-four  and  every  four  years
    10  thereafter,  complete course work or training appropriate to the profes-
    11  sional's  practice  approved  by  the  department  regarding   infection
    12  control,  which shall include sepsis, and barrier precautions, including
    13  engineering and work practice controls, in  accordance  with  regulatory
    14  standards  promulgated  by  the  department,  in  consultation  with the
    15  department of health, which shall be consistent, as far as  appropriate,
    16  with  such  standards  adopted  by  the department of health pursuant to
    17  section two hundred thirty-nine of the public health law to prevent  the
    18  transmission  of  HIV, HBV, HCV and  sepsisinfections that could lead to
    19  in the course of professional practice.  Each  such  professional  shall
    20  document  to  the department at the time of registration commencing with
    21  the first registration after July first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-four
    22  that  the  professional has completed course work or training in accord-
    23  ance with this section, provided, however that a professional subject to
    24  the provisions of paragraph (f) of subdivision one  of  section  twenty-
    25  eight  hundred  five-k of the public health law shall not be required to
    26  so document.  The  department  shall  provide  an  exemption  from  this
    27  requirement to anyone who requests such an exemption and who (i) clearly
    28  demonstrates  to  the  department's  satisfaction that there would be no
         EXPLANATION--Matter in  (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
                              [] is old law to be omitted. 
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     1  need for him or her to complete such course work or training because  of
     2  the  nature  of his or her practice or (ii) that he or she has completed
     3  course work or training deemed by the department to be equivalent to the
     4  course  work  or  training  approved  by the department pursuant to this
     5  section. The department shall consult with organizations  representative
     6  of  professions,  institutions  and  those  with  expertise in infection
     7  control and HIV, HBV, HCV and  sepsis  withinfections that could lead to
     8  respect  to  the  regulatory  standards  promulgated  pursuant  to  this
     9  section.
    10    § 2. Subdivision (a) of section 239  of  the  public  health  law,  as
    11  amended  by a chapter of the laws of 2017 amending the education law and
    12  the public health law relating to a  sepsis  awareness,  prevention  and
    13  education  program,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4971-A
    14  and A. 6053-A, is amended to read as follows:
    15    (a) Every physician,  physician  assistant  and  specialist  assistant
    16  practicing in the state shall, on or before July first, nineteen hundred
    17  ninety-four  and  every  four  years thereafter, complete course work or
    18  training, appropriate to the professional's practice,  approved  by  the
    19  department  regarding infection control, which shall include sepsis, and
    20  barrier precautions, including engineering and work  practice  controls,
    21  in accordance with regulatory standards promulgated by the department in
    22  consultation  with  the  department  of education, to prevent the trans-
    23  mission of HIV, HBV, HCV and  sepsis in theinfections that could lead to
    24  course of professional practice. Such co