Int 1192-2023
Authorizing physician assistants and nurse practitioners to conduct medical exams of taxi driver license applicants.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Transportation and Infrastructureintroduced 2023-09-28Local Law 2023/165
Enacted as Local Law 2023/165.
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Agenda: 2023-09-28Passed: 2023-12-03Enacted: 2023-12-03
Summary
This bill would allow applicants for a taxi driver license to receive medical clearance from a physician assistant or nurse practitioner.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure — Mass transportation agencies and facilities, Taxi and Limousine Commission, Department of Transportation and New York City Transit Authority, and the Department of Design and Construction and matters related to infrastructure projects within New York City.
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9 passed · 41 died
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Sponsors (7)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2023-09-28 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2023-09-28 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2023-10-13 · Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2023-10-13 · Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2023-11-02 · Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2023-11-02 · Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
AdvancedApproved by Council
2023-11-02 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2023-11-02 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2023-12-03 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2023-12-04 · City Council
Votes (13)
Aye (13)
Ari KaganJoann Ariola Farah N. LouisDavid M. CarrJulie WonAmanda C. FaríasSelvena N. Brooks-PowersLinda LeeMercedes NarcisseLincoln RestlerCarlina Rivera Nantasha M. WilliamsKalman Yeger
Heard at (4)
City Council · 2023-11-02 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · 2023-11-02 · 10:30 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · 2023-10-13 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2023-09-28 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (18)
- Summary of Int. No. 1192
- Int. No. 1192
- September 28, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-28-23
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - September 28, 2023
- Committee Report 10/13/23
- Hearing Testimony 10/13/23
- Hearing Transcript 10/13/23
- Committee Report 11/2/23
- Hearing Transcript 11/2/23
- Committee Report - Stated Meeting
- November 2, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 11-2-23
- Int. No. 1192 (FINAL)
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor
- Local Law 165
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - November 2, 2023
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision d of section 19-505 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 115 for the year 1993, and amended by local law number 5 for the year 2009, is amended to read as follows:
d. Each applicant for a driver's license under the provisions of this chapter, other than a commuter van driver's license, shall be examined as to [his or her] such applicant's physical condition by a duly licensed physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner, designated by the commission; each such applicant shall also be examined by the commission as to [his or her] such applicant's knowledge of the city, as well as city and state laws governing the idling of engines, and if the result of any of these examinations is unsatisfactory, [he or she] such applicant shall be refused a license.
� 2. This local law takes effect immediately.
SRB
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