STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6886--A Cal. No. 1332 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 12, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- reported favora- bly from said committee, ordered to first and second report, amended on second report, ordered to a third reading, and to be reprinted as amended, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to non-patient specific orders a registered professional nurse may perform The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 6909 of the education law is 2 amended by adding four new paragraphs (i), (j), (k) and (l) to read as 3 follows: 4 (i) administering electrocardiogram tests to detect signs and symptoms 5 of acute coronary syndrome. 6 (j) administering point-of-care blood glucose tests to evaluate acute 7 mental status changes in persons with suspected hypoglycemia. 8 (k) administering tests and intravenous lines to persons that meet 9 severe sepsis and septic shock criteria. 10 (l) administering tests to determine pregnancy. 11 § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 6527 of the education law is amended by 12 adding four new paragraphs (i), (j), (k) and (l) to read as follows: 13 (i) administering electrocardiogram tests to detect signs and symptoms 14 of acute coronary syndrome. 15 (j) administering point-of-care blood glucose tests to evaluate acute 16 mental status changes in persons with suspected hypoglycemia. 17 (k) administering tests and intravenous lines to persons that meet 18 severe sepsis and septic shock criteria. 19 (l) administering tests to determine pregnancy. 20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10534-07-3