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History
- Substituted by A9124A
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.703
- Referred to higher education
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Authorizes nurse practitioners and physicians to administer tests to determine the presence of the hepatitis C virus
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Kenneth Zebrowski
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BILL NUMBER:S6871
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing nurse practitioners and physicians to issue non-patient specific orders authorizing registered professional nurses to administer tests to determine the presence of the hepatitis C virus
Purpose
To allow registered nurses to administer hepatitis C tests under a non-patient specific order issued by a physician or nurse practitioner
Summary of provisions
Section one amends Education Law § 6909(4) to include administering hepatitis C tests among the non-specific orders that can be issued by a nurse practitioners to a registered nurse.
Section two amends Education Law § 6527(6) to include administering hepatitis C tests among the non-specific orders that can be issued by a physician to a registered nurse.
Section three provides that the act shall take effect 90 days after enactment.
Justification
In 2013, the legislature enacted provisions, bringing New York in line with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations, requiring the offering of one-time hepatitis C testing to all persons born between 1945 and 1965. Under this law, individuals in this age bracket, receiving care as an inpatient in a general hospital or receiving primary care services in an outpatient department of a hospital, a diagnostic and treatment center or from a physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner, must be offered a hepatitis C test unless certain exemptions apply.
Currently, a registered nurse my offer the hepatitis C test but cannot administer the test without a prescription from a physician or nurse practitioner specific to the patient. This bill will allow physicians and nurse practitioners to empower registered nurses, under their supervision, to administer the test to a patient without the need of a prescription specific to each patient. Similar non-patient specific orders currently exist for immunizations, anaphylaxis, tuberculosis tests and HIV tests.
Legislative history
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Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
90 days after enactment
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