Bill Text: NY S04343 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4343 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the compounding, dispensing and sale of pharmaceuticals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S04343 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S04343-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4343
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 7, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  the  compounding,
          dispensing and sale of pharmaceuticals
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 6807 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4.  A  pharmacist  may  dispense  drugs, including veterinary-specific
     4  compounded medications,  to  a  veterinarian,  and  a  veterinarian  may
     5  possess and keep in stock for administration and sale, such drugs pursu-
     6  ant to a non-patient specific regimen prescribed or ordered by any prac-
     7  titioner of veterinary medicine licensed pursuant to article one hundred
     8  thirty-five of the education law.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01578-01-9