N.Y. Education Law § 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.