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Assembly Bill A4785

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to certain labelling requirements when substitute drug products are dispensed

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2015-A4785 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง6816-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6054
2011-2012: A3840
2013-2014: A5447
2017-2018: A2761
2019-2020: A4571
2021-2022: A2258
2023-2024: A4804

2015-A4785 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the brand name of a prescribed drug to be indicated on the label when substitute drug products are dispensed.

2015-A4785 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4785

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 6, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BUTLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Consumer Affairs and Protection

AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to certain requirements
  when substitute drug products are dispensed

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (c)  of subdivision 1 of section 6816-a of the
education law, as added by chapter 776 of the laws of 1977,  is  amended
to read as follows:
  (c)  The pharmacist shall indicate on the label affixed to the immedi-
ate container in which the drug  is  sold  or  dispensed  the  name  and
strength  of the drug product and its manufacturer unless the prescriber
specifically states otherwise, AND SHALL ALSO INDICATE THE BRAND NAME OF
THE DRUG PRESCRIBED. The pharmacist shall  record  on  the  prescription
form  the brand name or the name of the manufacturer of the drug product
dispensed.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03545-01-5

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