N.Y. Public Health Law § 3711: Commissioner; powers and duties

§ 3711. Commissioner; powers and duties. The commissioner shall have

the following powers and duties:

1. to promulgate regulations defining and restricting the duties which

may be assigned to specialist assistants, the degree of supervision

required and the manner in which such duties may be performed;

2. to promulgate regulations establishing such different medical

specialties for which specialist assistants may be registered by the

education department pursuant to section sixty-five hundred forty-eight

of the education law as will most effectively increase the quality of

medical care available in this state; provided, however, that no

category of specialist assistant shall be established: (a) for areas in

which allied health professions are licensed pursuant to the education

law or this chapter; or (b) relating to the practice of surgery or

practice in the intensive care unit of any general hospital, as defined

pursuant to article twenty-eight of this chapter.

3. to conduct and support continuing studies respecting the nature and

scope of the duties of specialist assistants in order to promote their

effective functioning as members of the health care team;

4. to determine the desirability of and to establish rules for

requiring continuing education of specialist assistants;

5. to furnish the education department with suggested criteria which

may be used by the education department to help determine the education

and training requirements for a specialist assistant;

6. to adopt such other rules and regulations as may be necessary or

appropriate to carry out the purposes of this article.