S 3601: Allows certified dietitians and nutritionists to order therapeutic diets.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3601 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 28, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, JACKSON, MAY, PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the certification of dietitians and nutritionists The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 8001 of the education law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 3 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a 4 certified dietitian or certified nutritionist may prescribe, order, 5 write, review, evaluate, monitor and manage therapeutic diets, including 6 enteral and parenteral nutrition, in a hospital, including diagnostic 7 center, treatment center, or hospital-based outpatient department, resi- 8 dential health care facility or nursing home or any other facility as 9 defined in section twenty-eight hundred one of the public health law 10 when competency is determined by the medical director or governing body 11 of such facility. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 13 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition and/or 14 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 15 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 16 on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07068-01-5