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Assembly Bill A8167

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to compounding, dispensing and sale of pharmaceuticals for veterinary use

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2015-A8167 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง6810, Ed L

2015-A8167 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to compounding, dispensing and sale of pharmaceuticals for veterinary use either by administration in a veterinary facility or by dispensing to the owner of an animal in certain circumstances.

2015-A8167 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8167

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 10, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. FARRELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  the  compounding,
  dispensing and sale of pharmaceuticals

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

  Section 1. Section 6810 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
  15.  A  PHARMACIST  MAY ENGAGE IN THE COMPOUNDING OF DRUG PRODUCTS FOR
VETERINARY USE EITHER BY ADMINISTRATION IN A VETERINARY FACILITY  OR  BY
DISPENSING  TO  THE OWNER OF AN ANIMAL WHEN SUCH DISPENSING IS (A) TO AN
ANIMAL WITH WHICH A  VETERINARIAN  HAS  AN  EXISTING  VETERINARY  CLIENT
PATIENT  RELATIONSHIP,  (B)  CONSISTENT  WITH  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF LAW
REGARDING THE WRITING OF PRESCRIPTIONS AND DISPENSING OF DRUG  PRODUCTS,
(C)  THE COMPOUNDED DRUG IS FOR THE TREATMENT OF AN EMERGENCY SITUATION,
(D) THE COMPOUNDED DRUG IS DISPENSED BY  A  VETERINARIAN  IN  ACCORDANCE
WITH  THE  PROVISIONS OF LAW INCLUDING PROVISIONS REGARDING THE ADMINIS-
TRATION OF PHARMACEUTICALS TO ANIMALS INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION AND
(E) THE DISPENSING VETERINARIAN MAINTAINS IN THE ANIMAL'S MEDICAL HISTO-
RY THE NAME OF THE COMPOUNDING PHARMACY, THE BATCH NUMBERS OF THE  PROD-
UCT  DISPENSED  AND  THE  QUANTITY  DISPENSED.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
SECTION "COMPOUNDING" MEANS THE COMBINATION OF TWO OR  MORE  INGREDIENTS
TO FABRICATE SUCH INGREDIENTS INTO A SINGLE PREPARATION AND INCLUDES THE
MIXING, ASSEMBLING, PACKAGING AND LABELING OF SUCH PREPARATION. NOTWITH-
STANDING  THE  FOREGOING,  NO  PHARMACIST  MAY COMPOUND QUANTITIES FOR A
SINGLE FACILITY IN EXCESS OF ONE HUNDRED ORAL DOSES OR TWELVE OUNCES  OF
LIQUID  MEDICATIONS,  TWELVE OPHTHALMIC, TOPICAL OR INHALED PREPARATIONS
OR ONE HUNDRED ML OF STERILE INJECTABLE PREPARATION IN A SINGLE ORDER.
  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.
                                                           LBD11589-01-5

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