2015 New York Laws
EDN - Education
Title 8 - THE PROFESSIONS
Article 131-C - (6547 - 6549-B) SPECIALIST ASSISTANTS
6549 - Performance of medical services.

  6549. Performance of medical services. 1. Notwithstanding any other
  provision of law, a specialist assistant may perform  medical  services,
  but  only  when  under the supervision of a physician and only when such
  acts and duties as are assigned  to  him  or  her  are  related  to  the
  designated  medical speciality for which he or she is registered and are
  within the scope of practice of his or her supervising physician.
2. Supervision shall be continuous  but  shall  not  be  construed  as
  necessarily requiring the physical presence of the supervising physician
  at the time and place where such services are performed.
3.  No  physician  shall  employ or supervise more than two specialist
  assistants in his or her private practice.
4. Nothing in this article shall prohibit a  hospital  from  employing
  specialist  assistants  provided  they  work  under the supervision of a
  physician designated by  the  hospital  and  not  beyond  the  scope  of
  practice  of  such  physician.  The  numerical limitation of subdivision
  three of this section  shall  not  apply  to  services  performed  in  a
  hospital.
5.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, nothing shall
  prohibit a physician employed by or rendering services to the department
  of correctional services under contract from supervising  no  more  than
  four  specialist assistants in his or her practice for the department of
  corrections and community supervision.
6. Notwithstanding any  other  provision  of  law,  a  trainee  in  an
  approved  program  may  perform  medical services when such services are
  performed within the scope of such program.
7. Nothing in this article or in article thirty-seven-A of the  public
  health  law,  shall  be  construed to authorize specialist assistants to
  perform those specific functions and duties  specifically  delegated  by
  law  to  those persons licensed as allied health professionals under the
  public health law or this chapter.