N.Y. Education Law Section 6901
Definitions

As used in section sixty-nine hundred two:

1.

“Diagnosing” in the context of nursing practice means that identification of and discrimination between physical and psychosocial signs and symptoms essential to effective execution and management of the nursing regimen. Such diagnostic privilege is distinct from a medical diagnosis.

2.

“Treating” means selection and performance of those therapeutic measures essential to the effective execution and management of the nursing regimen, and execution of any prescribed medical regimen.

3.

“Human Responses” means those signs, symptoms and processes which denote the individual’s interaction with an actual or potential health problem.

Source: Section 6901 — Definitions, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/6901 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 17, 2026).

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