
ALT The letter subject is: Oppose New York Bills Which Allow Unsupervised Practice for Nurse Practitioners and the body is: As a concerned resident of New York, I am writing to oppose Assembly Bill A1535A (“A1535A”) and Senate Bill S3056A ("S3056A") which would in effect remove Physician oversight for Nurse Practitioners. At a minimum, Physicians across the country have dedicated seven years of their lives to become a medical doctor. Despite earning a doctorate of medicine and successfully passing the United States Medical Licensing Examinations (Step 1, 2 and 3), medical doctors must complete an additional (minimum) three years of post-graduate medical training also known as residency. By the end of residency, they accumulate over 14,000 hours of supervised clinical training. That is the type of dedication it takes to become a Physician. On the contrary, Nurse Practitioners (“NP”) and Physician Assistants (“PA”) complete and earn a two year Master's degree. Some of these Master's prog



















