New York S 5706: Authorizes certain nursing students to administer certain vaccines

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S05706 Summary:

BILL NOS05706A

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SAME ASSAME AS A07692-A

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSRJACKSON, MAY

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§6901, 6527 & 6909, add §6913, Ed L; amd §2168, Pub Health L

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Authorizes certain nursing students to administer certain vaccines pursuant to patient specific orders or non-patient specific orders; authorizes physicians and certified nurse practitioners to prescribe and order a patient specific order or non-patient specific order to a nursing student to administer certain vaccines.

Go to top S05706 Actions:

BILL NOS05706A

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02/28/2025REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

05/20/20251ST REPORT CAL.1175

05/21/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/22/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

02/05/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

02/05/2026PRINT NUMBER 5706A

02/10/20261ST REPORT CAL.313

02/11/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/24/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/04/2026PASSED SENATE

03/04/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/04/2026referred to higher education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5706--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education -- recom-
 mitted to the Committee on 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 and the public health law, in relation
 to authorizing certain nursing students to administer certain vaccines
 pursuant to patient specific orders or non-patient specific orders and
 authorizing physicians and certified nurse practitioners to prescribe
 and order a patient specific order or non-patient specific order to a
 nursing student to administer certain vaccines

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

 1 Section 1. Section 6901 of the education law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
 3 4. "Nursing student" shall mean any person either receiving an educa-
 4 tion in nursing or who has completed an education in nursing within the
 5 prior year, where completing such education in nursing may permit such
 6 person to be granted licensure under this article in accordance with the
 7 applicable commissioner's regulations.
 8 § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6913 to read
 9 as follows:
 10 § 6913. Vaccination by nursing students. 1. Any nursing student may,
 11 pursuant to a patient specific order or a non-patient specific order
 12 under sections sixty-nine hundred nine and sixty-five hundred twenty-
 13 seven of this title while overseen or approved by the department of
 14 health or local health departments and operated under the medical super-
 15 vision of licensed physicians, licensed physician assistants, or certi-
 16 fied nurse practitioners: (a) administering immunizations to prevent
 17 influenza to patients two years of age or older; and (b) administering
 18 immunizations to prevent pneumococcal, acute herpes zoster, hepatitis A,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03012-02-6

 S. 5706--A 2

 1 hepatitis B, human papillomavirus, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella,
 2 COVID-19, meningococcal, tetanus, diphtheria or pertussis disease and
 3 medications required for emergency treatment of anaphylaxis to patients
 4 eighteen years of age or older; and (c) administering other immuniza-
 5 tions in accordance with regulations issued by the commissioner, utiliz-
 6 ing generally accepted medical standards and taking into consideration
 7 recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American
 8 Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Obstetricians and
 9 Gynecologists, the American College of Physicians, the Advisory Commit-
 10 tee on Immunization Practices, or other similar nationally or inte