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Senate Bill S8314

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to expanding pharmacists' authority to dispense epinephrine auto-injectors

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2017-S8314 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3000-c, Pub Health L

2017-S8314 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to expanding pharmacists' authority to dispense epinephrine auto-injectors.

2017-S8314 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8314 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8314
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 30, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to expanding  pharma-
   cists' authority to dispense epinephrine auto-injectors
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of  section  3000-c  of  the
 public  health  law,  as  amended by chapter 200 of the laws of 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) "Eligible person or entity" means  (i)  an  ambulance  service  or
 advanced  life support first response service; a certified first respon-
 der, emergency medical technician, or advanced emergency medical techni-
 cian, who is employed by or an enrolled member of any such service; (ii)
 a children's overnight camp as defined in  subdivision  one  of  section
 thirteen  hundred  ninety-two  of  this  chapter,  a  summer day camp as
 defined in subdivision two of section  thirteen  hundred  ninety-two  of
 this  chapter,  a  traveling  summer  day camp as defined in subdivision
 three of section thirteen hundred ninety-two of this chapter or a person
 employed by such a camp; (iii) a school district, board  of  cooperative
 educational  services,  county vocational education and extension board,
 charter school, and non-public elementary and secondary school  in  this
 state  or  any  person  employed  by  any  such entity, or employed by a
 contractor of such an entity while performing services for  the  entity;
 or  (iv)  a sports, entertainment, amusement, education, government, day
 care or retail facility; an educational institution, youth  organization
 or  sports  league;  an  establishment  that  serves  food;  or a person
 employed by such entity; and (v) ANY OTHER ENTITY THAT MAY BE A VENUE IN
 WHICH AN ALLERGIC REACTION MAY OCCUR, OR  any  other  person  or  entity
 designated or approved, or in a category designated or approved pursuant
 to  regulations of the commissioner in consultation with other appropri-
 ate agencies.
   § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 3000-c  of  the  public
 health  law,  as added by chapter 373 of the laws of 2016, is amended to
 read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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