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Assembly Bill A6689

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to requirements of prescriptions for drugs

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2009-A6689 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6810, Ed L; amd §3332, Pub Health L

2009-A6689 (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-A6689 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6689

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. McDONOUGH, ALFANO, BARRA -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M. of A. BOYLAND -- read once and referred to the Committee on Consum-
  er Affairs and Protection

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

  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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01384-01-9

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