[NPInfo] NYS Definition of NP's

[SGrtWhite at aol.com]

Hi All,  
I've been a long time  lurker on this board. Just to clarify New York States' 
definition of NP's, here  is an excerpt from NYS Education Law 6902.3.a
 

    1.  The practice of registered  professional nursing by a nurse 
practitioner, certified under section six  thousand nine hundred ten of this article, 
may include the diagnosis of  illness and physical conditions and the 
performance of therapeutic and  corrective measures within a specialty area of 
practice, in collaboration with  a licensed physician qualified to collaborate in the 
specialty involved,  provided such services are performed in accordance with a 
written practice  agreement and written practice protocols. The written 
practice agreement shall  include explicit provisions for the resolution of any 
disagreement between the  collaborating physician and the nurse practitioner 
regarding a matter of  diagnosis or treatment that is within the scope of practice 
of both. To the  extent the practice agreement does not so provide, then the 
collaborating  physician's diagnosis or treatment shall prevail.  
 
So in NY, NP's  technically do not practice "medicine." 
 
Take care,  
 
Steve, NP in  NY