Bill Text: NY A01329 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that there shall be a representative of the drug or medical device manufacturer industry on the state board of pharmacy.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to higher education [A01329 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A01329-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1329

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 8, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JONES, GUNTHER, BLANKENBUSH -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Higher Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to including a  represen-
          tative  of  the  drug  or  medical device manufacturer industry on the
          state board of pharmacy

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 6804 of the education law,
     2  as  added  by  chapter  987  of  the laws of 1971, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    A state board of pharmacy shall be appointed by the regents on  recom-
     5  mendation  of  the commissioner for the purpose of assisting the regents
     6  and the department on matters of professional licensing and professional
     7  conduct in accordance with section  sixty-five  hundred  eight  of  this
     8  title.  The board shall be composed of not less than [nine] ten members,
     9  nine of whom shall be pharmacists licensed in this state  for  at  least
    10  five  years, and one of whom shall be a representative of either drug or
    11  medical device manufacturers. An executive secretary to the board  shall
    12  be  appointed  by  the regents on recommendation of the commissioner and
    13  shall be a pharmacist licensed in this state for at  least  five  years.
    14  The board shall have power:
    15    §  2.  The  opening paragraph of section 6804 of the education law, as
    16  amended by chapter 414 of the laws  of  2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
    17  follows:
    18    A  state board of pharmacy shall be appointed by the regents on recom-
    19  mendation of the commissioner for the purpose of assisting  the  regents
    20  and the department on matters of professional licensing and professional
    21  conduct  in  accordance  with  section  sixty-five hundred eight of this
    22  title. The board shall be composed of not less than ten members, nine of
    23  whom shall be pharmacists licensed in  this  state  for  at  least  five
    24  years,  one  of whom shall be a representative of either drug or medical

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05521-01-1
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     1  device  manufacturers  and  two  registered  pharmacy  technicians.  The
     2  initial  registered  pharmacy  technician  members of the state board of
     3  pharmacy need not be licensed prior to their appointment but shall  have
     4  met  all other requirements of licensure pursuant to section sixty-eight
     5  hundred forty-two of this title except for  filing  an  application  and
     6  paying  a fee. An executive secretary to the board shall be appointed by
     7  the regents on recommendation of the commissioner and shall be a pharma-
     8  cist licensed in this state for at least five  years.  The  board  shall
     9  provide assistance to the department:
    10    §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    11  have become a law, provided, however that section two of this act  shall
    12  take  effect  on  the  same  date and in the same manner as section 3 of
    13  chapter 414 of the laws of 2019, takes effect.