§ 3711 — Commissioner; powers and duties

§ 3711. Commissioner; powers and duties. The commissioner shall have\nthe following powers and duties:\n 1. to promulgate regulations defining and restricting the duties which\nmay be assigned to specialist assistants, the degree of supervision\nrequired and the manner in which such duties may be performed;\n 2. to promulgate regulations establishing such different medical\nspecialties for which specialist assistants may be registered by the\neducation department pursuant to section sixty-five hundred forty-eight\nof the education law as will most effectively increase the quality of\nmedical care available in this state; provided, however, that no\ncategory of specialist assistant shall be established: (a) for areas in\nwhich allied health professions are licensed pursuant to the education\nlaw or this chapter; or (b) relating to the practice of surgery or\npractice in the intensive care unit of any general hospital, as defined\npursuant to article twenty-eight of this chapter.\n 3. to conduct and support continuing studies respecting the nature and\nscope of the duties of specialist assistants in order to promote their\neffective functioning as members of the health care team;\n 4. to determine the desirability of and to establish rules for\nrequiring continuing education of specialist assistants;\n 5. to furnish the education department with suggested criteria which\nmay be used by the education department to help determine the education\nand training requirements for a specialist assistant;\n 6. to adopt such other rules and regulations as may be necessary or\nappropriate to carry out the purposes of this article.\n