Bill Text: NY S00489 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to conditions of registration for nonresident pharmacies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S00489 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00489-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        489--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Higher  Education  --
         committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
         recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to conditions  of  regis-
         tration for nonresident pharmacies
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 6808-b of the  education  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  567  of  the  laws  of 2002, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    5. Additional requirements. Nonresident pharmacies registered pursuant
    5  to this section shall:
    6    a. BE UNDER THE IMMEDIATE SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF  A  PHARMACIST
    7  WITH A VALID NEW YORK STATE LICENSE AT ALL HOURS WHEN OPEN;
    8    B.  Provide  a  toll-free  telephone  number  that is available during
    9  normal business hours and at least  forty  hours  per  week,  to  enable
   10  communication  between  a  patient in this state and a pharmacist at the
   11  pharmacy who has access to the patient's records; and
   12    [b] C.  Place such toll-free telephone number on a  label  affixed  to
   13  each drug or device container.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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