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Assembly Bill A8681

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the prohibition of the dispensing of schedule II substances through a drive-through area

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2017-A8681 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3333, Pub Health L

2017-A8681 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the prohibition of the dispensing of schedule II substances through a drive-through area.

2017-A8681 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8681
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                            September 25, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the prohibition of
   the dispensing of schedule II substances through a drive-through area
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 3333 of the public health law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. (A) NO LICENSED, REGISTERED PHARMACIST, OR A PHARMACY INTERN ACTING
 IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED SIX  OF
 THE  EDUCATION  LAW  AND REGULATIONS THEREUNDER IN A REGISTERED PHARMACY
 MAY DISPENSE A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE LISTED IN  SCHEDULE  II  OF  SECTION
 THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIX OF THIS ARTICLE THROUGH A DRIVE-THROUGH AREA OF
 SUCH  PHARMACY.  SUCH  PRESCRIPTIONS MUST BE DISPENSED TO A PERSON PHYS-
 ICALLY PRESENT INSIDE A PHARMACY.
   (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION "DRIVE-THROUGH" MEANS AN AREA  OF
 A  LICENSED  PHARMACY  WHERE A PRESCRIPTION MAY BE DISPENSED TO A PERSON
 OCCUPYING A MOTOR VEHICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law;  provided however, that effective immediately, the
 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
 for  the  implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized
 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13393-01-7

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