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Senate Bill S6380

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Permits pharmacies to employ unlicensed assistants

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2019-S6380 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6807, Ed L

2019-S6380 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits pharmacies to employ up to four unlicensed assistants per pharmacist.

2019-S6380 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6380 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6380
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to permitting  pharmacies
   to employ unlicensed assistants
 
   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 6807 of the  educa-
 tion  law, as amended by chapter 881 of the laws of 1972 and such subdi-
 vision as designated by chapter 18 of the laws of 1990,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   a.  Unlicensed  assistants  from being employed in licensed pharmacies
 for purposes other than the practice of  pharmacy.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY
 OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW  TO THE CONTRARY, A LICENSED PHARMACY SHALL BE
 PERMITTED TO EMPLOY UP TO FOUR UNLICENSED ASSISTANTS PER PHARMACIST;
   § 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 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.
                                                            LBD13263-01-9

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