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- Referred to health
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BILL NUMBER:S2068
Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to death certificates
Purpose
This bill includes physician assistants as health care practitioners who are authorized to sip death certificates under Article 41 of the Public Health Law.
Summary of provisions
Amends sections 4141, 4141-a, 4142, 4144, 4161, and 4175 of the Public Health Law to include physician assistants as health care practitioners authorized to issue death certificates.
Justification
All health care practitioners who are caregivers for patients who expire in their care should be able to sign a death certificate for their patient.
Chapter 153 of 2011 authorized nurse practitioners to sign death certificates in the same manner as physicians. Therefore permitting the same by physicians assistants is only logical.
Legislative history
2011-12: S.5001/A.3339 Died in Senate Health 2009-10: S.4494 (Duane)/A.1728 Died in Senate Health 2007-08: S.4425/A.5506 Died in Senate Health
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the 120th day after it shall become law.
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