Current through 2024 NY Law Chapter 553
Section 6505-E - Provision of information related to coursework and training in nutrition1. The department, in consultation with the department of health, shall compile a list of continuing medical education courses and training opportunities regarding nutrition, which may include but not be limited to plant-based nutrition, clinically proven methods for the prevention, reversal, and treatment of diet-related illnesses, and informational resources regarding racial disparities in outcomes for diet-related diseases, that are publicly available, and shall distribute such compilation to physicians who are licensed to practice medicine in the state.2. The compiled list shall be made publicly available on the department's website and on the department of health's website, and shall be updated and redistributed no less frequently than every two years via email.3. In compiling such resources, the department shall consult with organizations representative of professions, and institutions of higher education, and the department of health shall consult with those with expertise in nutrition and the prevention, reversal, and treatment of diet-related illnesses.Added by New York Laws 2024, ch. 97,Sec. 2, eff. 6/1/2024.