What's happening
This bill allows certified registered nurse anesthetists to prescribe medications during the peri-anesthetic period after meeting specific certification requirements.
Why it matters
Expands access to anesthesia care. by allowing certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) to prescribe medications during the peri-anesthetic period, potentially improving workflow and patient outcomes in surgical and procedural settings.
Establishes strict certification and training requirements. , mandating that CRNAs must complete a pharmacology program (or equivalent) and obtain a state-issued certificate before being authorized to prescribe, ensuring patient safety and practitioner competence.
Clarifies and standardizes the definition of a CRNA. in New York law, which could help with regulation, credentialing, and recognition across healthcare systems, potentially leading to more consistent standards of care.
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Who cares
Certified registered nurse anesthetists
The bill would authorize prescribing during the peri-anesthetic period after completion of qualifying training with a pharmacology component and receipt of a department certificate.
New York State Education Department
The department would issue prescribing certificates and recognize qualifying educational programs and national certifying bodies under the bill.
Nurse anesthesia education programs
Their preparation and pharmacology training would help determine whether nurse anesthetists qualify for recognition and prescribing authority.
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Let Nurse Anesthetists Prescribe
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History
- Referred to higher education
- Referred to higher education
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2898
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 28, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER, PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the practice of registered professional nursing by a certified registered nurse anesthetist
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 6902 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
4. (a) The practice of registered professional nursing by a certified registered nurse anesthetist may include the ability to prescribe during the peri-anesthetic period. The certified registered nurse anesthetist shall obtain a certificate from the department upon successfully completing a program including an appropriate pharmacology component, or its equivalent, as established by the commissioner's regulations, prior to prescribing under this subdivision. The certificate shall state whether the certified registered nurse anesthetist has successfully completed such a program or equivalent and is authorized to prescribe under this subdivision.
(b) For purposes of this article the term "certified registered nurse anesthetist" shall mean a registered professional nurse licensed in this state: who has satisfactorily completed educational preparation for the provision of anesthesia services in a program registered by the department or in a program accredited by a national body recognized by the department or determined by the department to be equivalent; and who submits evidence in a manner and form prescribed by the department of current certification or recertification by a national certifying body recognized by the department.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03506-01-9
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