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Senate Bill S829

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Alters prescription forms

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2009-S829 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง6810, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S2286

2009-S829 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no prescription for a controlled substance shall be on a prescription form which authorizes any other drug or controlled substance; provides that the total number of drugs, which may not exceed three, included on a single prescription form shall be indicated in a box on such form; defines controlled substance.

2009-S829 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S829 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   829

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 18, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- 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 prescription forms

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  7  of  section 6810 of the education law, as
amended by chapter 519 of the laws  of  2002,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  7.  (a)  No  prescription for a drug written in this state by a person
authorized to issue such prescription shall be on  a  prescription  form
which  authorizes  the  dispensing  or  compounding of any other drug OR
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DRUGS, WHICH  MAY  NOT  EXCEED
THREE,  INCLUDED  ON  A  SINGLE  FORM MUST BE INDICATED IN A BOX ON EACH
FORM. No [drug] CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE shall be dispensed by a  pharmacist
when such prescription form includes any other drug.
  (b)  [With  respect  to  drugs  other  than controlled substances, the
provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to  pharmacists  employed
by  or  providing  services under contract to general hospitals, nursing
homes, residential health care facilities as defined in section  twenty-
eight  hundred  one  of  the  public health law, hospitals as defined in
subdivision ten of section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law,  or  develop-
mental  centers or developmental disabilities services offices listed in
subdivision (b) of section 13.17 of the mental hygiene law, who dispense
drugs in the course of said employment or in  the  course  of  providing
such  services  under  contract.  With respect to such pharmacists, each
prescription shall be transcribed on  a  patient  specific  prescription
form.]  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION, "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE"
MEANS ANY SUBSTANCE LISTED IN SCHEDULE I, II, III, IV OR  V  OF  SECTION
THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06306-01-9

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