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Extends authorization for certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state in connection with an event sanctioned by the New York Road Runners, the official text

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                                  8481--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 16, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. CHANDLER-WATERMAN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Higher Education --  reported  and  referred  to  the
   Committee  on  Rules  --  Rules  Committee  discharged,  bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 192 of the laws of 2011, relating to authorizing
   certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other juris-
   dictions to practice in this state in connection with an  event  sanc-
   tioned  by  New  York  Road  Runners,  in  relation  to  extending the
   provisions thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Chapter  192 of the laws of 2011, relating to authorizing
 certain health care professionals licensed to practice in  other  juris-
 dictions  to  practice  in  this state in connection with an event sanc-
 tioned by New York Road Runners, as amended by chapter 141 of  the  laws
 of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   Section  1.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent  provision of law, any
 person who is licensed OR CERTIFIED to practice as a  physician,  physi-
 cian  assistant,  massage  therapist,  physical therapist, chiropractor,
 dentist, optometrist, nurse, nurse practitioner,  [certified]  EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN,  athletic trainer or podiatrist in another state or
 territory, who is in good standing in such state or  territory  and  who
 has  been appointed by the New York Road Runners to provide professional
 services at an event in this state  sanctioned  by  the  New  York  Road
 Runners,  may  provide  such  professional services to athletes and team
 personnel registered to train at a location in this state or  registered
 to compete in an event conducted under the sanction of the New York Road
 Runners  in  the  state  without  first  being  licensed pursuant to the
 provisions of title 8 of the education law OR CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, AS MAY BE APPLICABLE. Such services
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 shall  be  provided  only four days before through one day after each of
 the following events:
   a.  the  New  York  city marathon scheduled to be held on November [3,
 2024] 2, 2025, AND A DATE IN NOVEMBER OR AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED  BY  THE
 CITY OF NEW YORK IN 2026;
   b.  the  Brooklyn half marathon scheduled to be held on May [18, 2024]
 17, 2025, AND A DATE IN MAY OR AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY THE CITY OF NEW
 YORK IN 2026;
   c. the Bronx 10 mile scheduled to be held on September [22, 2024]  14,
 2025,  AND  A DATE IN SEPTEMBER OR AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY THE CITY OF
 NEW YORK IN 2026;
   d. the New York city half marathon scheduled to be held on March  [17,
 2024]  16,  2025,  AND  A DATE IN MARCH OR AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY THE
 CITY OF NEW YORK IN 2026;
   e. the Staten Island half marathon scheduled to  be  held  on  October
 [13,  2024] 12, 2025, AND A DATE IN OCTOBER OR AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY
 THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN 2026; and
   f. the Queens 10k scheduled to be held on June [15,  2024]  14,  2025,
 AND  A DATE IN JUNE OR AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN
 2026.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed December 31, [2024] 2026.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force  and  effect  on  and  after  January  1,  2025;
 provided  that the amendments to section 1 of chapter 192 of the laws of
 2011, made by section one of this act, shall not affect  the  repeal  of
 such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
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