N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 3702

§ 3702. Special provisions. 1. Inpatient medical orders. A licensed\nphysician assistant employed or extended privileges by a hospital may,\nif permissible under the bylaws, rules and regulations of the hospital,\nwrite medical orders, including those for controlled substances and\ndurable medical equipment, for inpatients under the care of the\nphysician responsible for the supervision of such physician assistant.\nCountersignature of such orders may be required if deemed necessary and\nappropriate by the supervising physician or the hospital, but in no\nevent shall countersignature be required prior to execution.\n 2. Withdrawing blood. A licensed physician assistant or certified\nnurse practitioner acting within his or her lawful scope of practice may\nsupervise and direct the withdrawal of blood for the purpose of\ndetermining the alcoholic or drug content therein under subparagraph one\nof paragraph (a) of subdivision four of section eleven hundred\nninety-four of the vehicle and traffic law, notwithstanding any\nprovision to the contrary in clause (ii) of such subparagraph.\n 3. Prescriptions for controlled substances. A licensed physician\nassistant, in good faith and acting within his or her lawful scope of\npractice, and to the extent assigned by his or her supervising\nphysician, may prescribe controlled substances as a practitioner under\narticle thirty-three of this chapter, to patients under the care of such\nphysician responsible for his or her supervision. The commissioner, in\nconsultation with the commissioner of education, may promulgate such\nregulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.\n