BILL NUMBER: S3000
SPONSOR: GOUNARDES
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to the registration of
nurse anesthetists
 
PURPOSE:
To codify current nurse anesthetist practice as the rendering of anes-
thesia services under medical supervision.
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 -- Adds a subdivision 4 to section 6902 of the Education Law.
Allows for administration of anesthesia to a patient by CRNAs under the
supervision of an anesthesiologist, who is immediately available, or
under the supervision of the operating physician who is physically pres-
ent, or under the supervision of a dentist, oral surgeon, or podiatrist,
who is physically present and authorized by law to administer anes-
thesia. Standards of "immediately available", "supervision", "physically
present", and "administration of anesthesia" are defined_ Regulated
practice settings (hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers) as well as
private practice office settings are covered.
Section 2 adds a new section S6912 to the Education Law to provide for
certification of Nurse Anesthetists.
Section 3 amends section 6522 of the Education Law to clarify that the
title "anesthesiologist" shall only be used by persons authorized to
practice medicine.
Section 4 provides that registered professional nurses certified as
CRNAs by a national certifying body shall be deemed to be certified
under the Education Law section 6911 until one year after Sections One
and Two of this act take effect.
Section 5 sets the effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
With the growth of managed health care, nurse anesthetists have an
increasingly visible role in the anesthesia team. This law if passed
would codify existing practice and provide ongoing supervision of nurse
anesthetists.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2021-2022: S987- Referred to Higher Education
2019/2020: S5885 - Referred to Higher Education
2017/2018: S4422 - Referred to Higher Education
2015/2016: S35 - Referred to Higher Education
2013/2014: S4572 - Referred to Higher Education
2011/2012: 54731 - Referred to Higher Education
2009/2010: 55403 - Referred to Higher Education
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately, except for sections one and two
which shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding the date
on which this act shall have become a law.

Statutes affected:
S3000: 6902 education law, 6522 education law