Establishes a system to deploy health service workers from out of state during a state disaster emergency.
The bill enacts the "uniform emergency volunteer health practitioners act" for declared state disaster emergencies. It establishes a system to deploy health service workers from out of state during a state disaster emergency. The act applies to volunteer health practitioners registered with a registration system that complies with the act's requirements. It allows the New York state division of homeland security and emergency services to regulate the duration of practice by volunteer health practitioners during an emergency declaration.
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