Establishes Buoy's law; requires veterinarians to notify owners of potential risks and side effects of medication verbally and in writing prior to prescribing or otherwise providing medication to an animal; requires veterinarians to provide a manufacturer's warning label or information insert when repackaging medication.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9622
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 22, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, SOLAGES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
of A. BLAKE, COOK, GOTTFRIED, JEAN-PIERRE, KEARNS, MARKEY, MILLER,
PICHARDO, SIMON, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Higher Education
AN ACT establishing Buoy's law; to amend the agriculture and markets
law, in relation to requiring veterinarians to notify owners of poten-
tial risks and side effects of medication prior to prescribing or
otherwise providing medication to an animal
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 "Buoy's law".
S 2. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
section 380 to read as follows:
S 380. NOTIFICATION BY VETERINARIAN OF RISKS AND SIDE EFFECTS OF MEDI-
CATION. 1. A VETERINARIAN WHO PRESCRIBES OR OTHERWISE PROVIDES MEDICA-
TION FOR AN ANIMAL SHALL NOTIFY THE OWNER OF THE ANIMAL VERBALLY AND IN
WRITING OF THE POTENTIAL RISKS AND SIDE EFFECTS OF SUCH MEDICATION PRIOR
TO PRESCRIBING OR PROVIDING MEDICATION.
2. IF A VETERINARIAN REPACKAGES PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION PRIOR TO
PRESCRIBING OR OTHERWISE PROVIDING SUCH MEDICATION, THE VETERINARIAN
SHALL PROVIDE A COPY OF THE DRUG MANUFACTURER'S WARNING LABEL OR A
MANUFACTURER'S WARNING INFORMATION INSERT TO THE OWNER OF THE ANIMAL.
S 3. 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.
LBD13814-01-6
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