Assembly Bill A3896

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to requirements of prescriptions for drugs

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A3896 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1752
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6810, Ed L; amd §3332, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4948, S3356
2013-2014: S1319

2009-A3896 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires prescriptions to be typewritten, electronically printed or handwritten in ink or indelible pencil in a legible manner; requires that handwritten prescriptions shall only be written in print letters; prohibits the use of script letters in handwritten prescriptions.

2009-A3896 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3896

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAYERSOHN  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
  to requiring certain prescriptions to be typewritten

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.    Subdivision  8 of section 6810 of the education law, as
added by chapter 626 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
  8. Every prescription (whether or  not  for  a  controlled  substance)
written  in this state by a person authorized to issue such prescription
and containing the prescriber's signature shall,  in  addition  to  such
signature[,]: (A) be imprinted or stamped legibly and conspicuously with
the  printed name of the prescriber who has signed the prescription. The
imprinted or stamped name of the signing prescriber shall appear  in  an
appropriate  location  on the prescription form and shall not be entered
in or upon any space or line reserved for  the  prescriber's  signature.
The imprinted or stamped name shall not be employed as a substitute for,
or   fulfill   any   legal  requirement  otherwise  mandating  that  the
prescription be signed by the prescriber; AND (B) SHALL BE  TYPEWRITTEN,
ELECTRONICALLY  PRINTED   OR HANDWRITTEN IN INK OR INDELIBLE PENCIL IN A
LEGIBLE MANNER. THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT AFFECT MATTERS REQUIRED BY  LAW
TO BE HANDWRITTEN BY THE PRESCRIBER.
  S  2.  The  opening  paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 3332 of the
public health law, as amended by chapter 537 of the  laws  of  1998,  is
amended to read as follows:
  Such  prescription  shall  be  prepared  on an official New York state
prescription form, LEGIBLY written with ink, indelible pencil or,  apart
from the practitioner's signature, typewriter or electronic printer AND,
WHERE  HANDWRITTEN,  SHALL  ONLY  BE  WRITTEN  IN  PRINT LETTERS.   SUCH
PRESCRIPTIONS SHALL NOT BE HANDWRITTEN IN SCRIPT LETTERS.  The  original
must contain the following:
  S  3.  This  act  shall  take effect on the two hundred seventieth day
after it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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