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Senate Bill S7060

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to electronic prescriptions for controlled substances

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2011-S7060 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3332, Pub Health L

2011-S7060 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to electronic prescriptions for controlled substances.

2011-S7060 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S7060 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7060

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 26, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- 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  electronic
  prescriptions for controlled substances

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

  Section 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as  the  "Michael
David Israel electronic prescription act".
  S  2.  Subdivision  1  of  section  3332  of the public health law, as
amended by chapter 178 of the laws  of  2010,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  No controlled substance may be prescribed by a practitioner except
THAT SCHEDULE I,  II,  III,  IV  AND  V  CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCES  MAY  BE
PRESCRIBED on an official New York state prescription or on an electron-
ic  prescription,  and  in  good  faith  and in the course of his or her
professional practice only.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15388-02-2

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