N.Y. Educ. Law § 6531-b

§ 6531-b. Exceptions; reproductive health services. 1. As used in this\nsection, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "Reproductive health services" shall include:\n (i) abortion pursuant to section twenty-five hundred ninety-nine-bb of\nthe public health law;\n (ii) emergency contraception as defined in section twenty-eight\nhundred five-p of the public health law; and\n (iii) medical, surgical, counseling or referral services relating to\nthe human reproductive system, including services relating to pregnancy\nor the termination of a pregnancy.\n (b) "Health care practitioner" means a person who is licensed,\ncertified, or authorized under this title and acting within their lawful\nscope of practice.\n (c) "Gender-affirming care" means any type of care provided to an\nindividual to affirm their gender identity or gender expression;\nprovided that surgical interventions on minors with variations in their\nsex characteristics that are not sought and initiated by the individual\npatient are not gender-affirming care.\n 2. The performance, recommendation, or provision of any reproductive\nhealth services or gender-affirming care, as defined in subdivision one\nof this section, or any legally protected health activity as defined in\nparagraph (b) of subdivision one of section 570.17 of the criminal\nprocedure law, by a health care practitioner acting within their scope\nof practice, for a patient who resides in a state wherein the\nperformance, recommendation, or provision of such reproductive health\nservices or gender-affirming care is illegal, shall not, by itself,\nconstitute professional misconduct under this title, or title two-A of\narticle two of the public health law, or any other law, rule or\nregulation governing the licensure, certification, or authorization of\nsuch practitioner, nor shall any license, certification or authorization\nof a health care practitioner be revoked, suspended, or annulled or\notherwise subject to any other penalty or discipline provided in the\npublic health law or this title solely on the basis that such health\ncare practitioner performed, recommended, or provided any such\nreproductive health services or gender-affirming care for a patient who\nresides in a state wherein the performance, recommendation, or provision\nof such reproductive health services or gender-affirming care is\nillegal.\n 3. Nothing in this section shall be construed to expand the scope of\npractice of any individual licensed, certified or authorized under this\ntitle, nor does this section give any such individual the authority to\nact outside their scope of practice, as defined in this title.\n