Senate Bill S3763

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to hypodermic syringes

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee


  • 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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2019-S3763 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3381, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5312
2013-2014: S832
2015-2016: S1904
2017-2018: S2428
2021-2022: S3135

2019-S3763 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to hypodermic syringes.

2019-S3763 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3763 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3763
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to hypodermic syring-
   es
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivisions 1 and 5 of section 3381 of the public health
 law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 178 of the laws of 2010, subdi-
 vision 5 as amended by section 9-a of part B of chapter 58 of  the  laws
 of  2007, and paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) of subdivision 5 as amended by
 section 2 of part D of chapter 71 of the laws of 2016,  are  amended  to
 read as follows:
   1.  It  shall be unlawful for any person to sell or furnish to another
 person or persons, a hypodermic syringe or hypodermic needle except:
   (a) pursuant to a  prescription  of  a  practitioner,  which  for  the
 purposes  of  this section shall include a patient specific prescription
 form as provided for in the education law; or
   (b) to persons who have been authorized by the commissioner to  obtain
 and possess such instruments; or
   (c)  by  a pharmacy licensed under article one hundred thirty-seven of
 the education law, health care facility licensed under  article  twenty-
 eight  of  this  chapter  or a health care practitioner who is otherwise
 authorized to prescribe the use of hypodermic needles or syringes within
 his or her scope of practice;  provided,  however,  that  such  sale  or
 furnishing:  (i)  shall  only  be  to  a person eighteen years of age or
 older; AND (ii) [shall be limited to a quantity of ten or less hypoderm-
 ic needles or syringes; and (iii)] shall be in accordance with  subdivi-
 sion five of this section.
   5.  (a) A person eighteen years of age or older may obtain and possess
 a hypodermic syringe or hypodermic needle pursuant to paragraph  (c)  of
 subdivision one of this section.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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