Permits physicians who are licensed in another state or territory to provide medical services to athletes and team personnel at team sporting events in New York, provided such services are provided only to those athletes and team personnel at the team sporting event.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A7237B
SPONSOR: Cusick
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to permitting certain
physicians to practice medicine in New York state if they are licensed
to practice in another state or territory
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To allow certain physicians an exemption to temporary practice medicine
while travelling to New York State with a sports team.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one: amends section 6526 of the education law to add a new
subdivision 10 to allow any physician who is licensed and in good stand-
ing in any state within the US who meets a number of specific require-
ments, an exemption in order to temporarily practice medicine while
traveling with a sports team
Section two: provides the effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Currently, New York is among 4 other states (Idaho, North and South
Dakota, and Wisconsin) that have no recognition of visiting team physi-
cians. Physicians travel across state lines on a regular basis, but most
physicians are only licensed in their home state, not all of the states
in which their team is visiting. A team physician is hired to care for
athletes on the team, whether that is high school, college or profes-
sional level; this care does not end at the border, they attend games
and practices wherever the team travels to.
There is federal legislation that has been proposed and supported over
the years which looks to address medical liability insurance. There is a
need to ensure that the insurance provider will cover the professional's
medical liability when they provide health care services outside the
state of where they are licensed. While this piece is necessary, it has
not been accomplished, and it does not address the need for each state
to waive its physician licensure requirements for out-of-state sports
medicine physicians when they provide care for an athlete or athletic
team staff member at an athletic event.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2017: A.7237 - Referred to Higher Education/ S.4375 - Passed Senate.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made
and completed on or before such date.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7237--B
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 12, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK, PICHARDO, ABINANTI -- Multi-Sponsored by
-- M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, GALEF -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Higher Education -- recommitted to the Committee on High-
er Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amend-
ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to permitting certain
physicians to practice medicine in New York state if they are licensed
to practice in another state or territory
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 6526 of the education law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
3 10. (a) Any physician who is licensed and in good standing in another
4 state or territory, and who has a written agreement to provide medical
5 services to athletes and team personnel of a United States sports team
6 recognized by the United States Olympic committee or an out-of-state
7 secondary school, institution of postsecondary education, or profes-
8 sional athletic organization sports team, may provide medical services
9 to such athletes and team personnel at a discrete sanctioned team sport-
10 ing event in this state as defined by the commissioner in regulations,
11 provided such services are provided only to such athletes and team
12 personnel at the discrete sanctioned team sporting event. Any such
13 medical services shall be provided only five days before through three
14 days after each discrete sanctioned team sporting event.
15 (b) Any person practicing as a physician in New York state pursuant to
16 this subdivision shall be subject to the personal and subject matter
17 jurisdiction and disciplinary and regulatory authority of the board of
18 regents as if he or she is a licensee and as if the exemption pursuant
19 to this subdivision is a license. Such individual shall comply with
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06657-07-8
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1 applicable provisions of the rules of the board of regents, and the
2 regulations of the commissioner, relating to professional misconduct,
3 disciplinary proceedings and penalties for professional misconduct.
4 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
5 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
6 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
7 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to
8 be made and completed on or before such date.