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Sponsors
2 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to health
Companion bill
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Relates to practitioners authorized to prescribe medical marihuana
In Senate Committee · Health · Sponsor Richard Gottfried
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to practitioners authorized to prescribe medical marihuana
Purpose
To allow physician assistants and nurse practitioners to prescribe medical marihuana
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1: Amends subdivision 12 of § 3360 of the Public Health Law to allow physician assistants and nurse practitioners, with appropriate training and acting within their scopes of practice, to certify a patient for use of medical marihuana.
Section 2: Effective date.
Justification
The medical marihuana law only allows physicians to certify a patient for use of medical marihuana. Nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) are fully authorized to write prescriptions for even the strongest and most dangerous controlled substances. They each work within legally defined scopes of practice, which would apply under this bill. This legislation also includes NPs and PAs in the training requirements currently applied to physicians who wish to prescribe medical marihuana.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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