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Assembly Bill A9855

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring a pharmacy to accept and dispose of unused prescription drugs

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2017-A9855 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §6810-a, Ed L

2017-A9855 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to requiring a pharmacy to accept and dispose of unused prescription drugs pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner of health.

2017-A9855 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9855
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to requiring a pharmacy
   to accept and dispose of unused prescription drugs
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6810-a
 to read as follows:
   § 6810-A. DISPOSAL OF UNUSED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. A PHARMACY REGISTERED
 WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  PURSUANT  TO SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHT OF
 THIS ARTICLE  SHALL  ACCEPT  AND  DISPOSE  OF  ANY  UNUSED  PORTIONS  OF
 PRESCRIPTION  DRUGS  PURSUANT  TO REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF HEALTH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are 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.
                                                            LBD14563-01-8

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