Assembly Bill A7210

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires non-resident pharmacy, manufacturing, wholesale or outsourcing facilities to be inspected and comply with the verified pharmacy program

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A7210 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6104
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6808 & 6808-b, Ed L

2017-A7210 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires non-resident pharmacy, manufacturing, wholesale or outsourcing facilities that ship, mail or deliver prescription drugs or devices to other establishments, authorized prescribers and/or patients residing in New York to be inspected within two years of application and demonstrate compliance with all standards of the verified pharmacy program administered by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy.

2017-A7210 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7210
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring non-resident
   pharmacy,  manufacturing,  wholesale  or  outsourcing  facilities that
   ship, mail or deliver prescription drugs or devices  to  other  estab-
   lishments, authorized prescribers and/or patients residing in New York
   to  be  inspected  within  two  years  of  application and demonstrate
   compliance with all standards of the verified pharmacy program  admin-
   istered by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 5 of section  6808-b  of  the  education
 law,  subdivision  1  as amended by section 5 of part D of chapter 60 of
 the laws of 2014 and subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 567 of the laws
 of 2002, are amended to read as follows:
   1. [Definition.] DEFINITIONS. A. The term "nonresident  establishment"
 shall mean any pharmacy, manufacturer, wholesaler, THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS
 PROVIDERS  or  outsourcing  facility  located  outside of the state that
 ships, mails or delivers prescription drugs or devices to  other  estab-
 lishments,  authorized  prescribers  and/or  patients  residing  in this
 state. Such establishments shall include, but not be limited to, pharma-
 cies that transact business through the use of the internet.
   B. THE TERM "THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS PROVIDER" SHALL MEAN AN ENTITY THAT
 PROVIDES OR COORDINATES WAREHOUSING, DISTRIBUTION, OR OTHER SERVICES  ON
 BEHALF  OF  A  MANUFACTURER, BUT DOES NOT TAKE TITLE TO THE PRESCRIPTION
 DRUG OR HAVE GENERAL RESPONSIBILITY TO DIRECT  THE  PRESCRIPTION  DRUG'S
 SALE OR DISPOSITION.
   5. Additional requirements. Nonresident pharmacies registered pursuant
 to this section shall:
   a.  Provide  a  toll-free  telephone  number  that is available during
 normal business hours and at least  forty  hours  per  week,  to  enable
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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