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Provides that chiropractors may perform certain services including certifying disability
In Assembly Committee · Higher Education · Sponsor David Weprin
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Title of bill
An act to amend the real property tax law, in relation to enabling chiropractors to certify disability; to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to enabling chiropractors to certify disability for the purpose of issuance of handicapped license plates and registration; and to amend the education law, in relation to enabling chiropractors to be employed by school districts to provide school health services
Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of this bill is to bring parity and equity among direct access health care practitioners.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 amends real property tax law section 459 enables chiropractors to certify an individual's disability.
Section 2 and 3 amends vehicle and traffic law section 404-a to enable chiropractors to certify a person's disability for the purpose of receiving handicap license plates and registration.
Section 4 amends education law section 902 so as to allow chiropractors to be employed by a school district to assist the district's medical inspector or to provide services to students of the district.
Justification
Most direct access health care professionals are empowered under various sections of the law to certify to a patient's disability for parking permits and handicapped license plates. However, through legislative oversight, chiropractors have been omitted from the list of providers who can certify to their patient's disability. Sections 1 and 2 of this bill simply clarify that chiropractors are included in the list of health care professionals who can certify to a patient's disability. This legislation brings parity among the direct access health care professionals. Moreover, without this legislation, patients must incur the time and expense of being examined by a second professional, whose profession is listed, since their chiropractor is currently unable to certify to their disability.
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Effective date
This law would take effect sixty days after it shall have become law.
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