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Senate Bill S4001

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the usage and warning labels of over-the-counter drugs

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2009-S4001 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6936
Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง399-i, Gen Bus L

2009-S4001 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the drug information label required pursuant to federal food and drug administration rules and regulations shall have usage and warning labels which shall be marked, stamped, tagged or branded in legible and conspicuous English words in at least eleven point print.

2009-S4001 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4001 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4001

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MORAHAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the  usage  and
  warning labels of over-the-counter drugs

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

  Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
399-i to read as follows:
  S 399-I. USAGE AND WARNING LABELS OF OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS.  THE DRUG
INFORMATION LABEL REQUIRED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL FOOD  AND  DRUG  ADMINIS-
TRATION  RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL HAVE USAGE AND WARNING LABELS WHICH
SHALL BE MARKED, STAMPED, TAGGED OR BRANDED IN LEGIBLE  AND  CONSPICUOUS
ENGLISH WORDS IN AT LEAST ELEVEN POINT PRINT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03627-01-9

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