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Assembly Bill A1329

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to including a representative of the drug or medical device manufacturer industry on the state board of pharmacy

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2021-A1329 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6804, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7212
2019-2020: A3047
2023-2024: A2484
2025-2026: A3611, A9671

2021-A1329 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that there shall be a representative of the drug or medical device manufacturer industry on the state board of pharmacy.

2021-A1329 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1329
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JONES, GUNTHER, BLANKENBUSH -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to including a  represen-
   tative  of  the  drug  or  medical device manufacturer industry on the
   state board of pharmacy

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 6804 of the education law,
 as  added  by  chapter  987  of  the laws of 1971, is amended to read as
 follows:
   A state board of pharmacy shall be appointed by the regents on  recom-
 mendation  of  the commissioner for the purpose of assisting the regents
 and the department on matters of professional licensing and professional
 conduct in accordance with section  sixty-five  hundred  eight  of  this
 title.  The board shall be composed of not less than [nine] TEN MEMBERS,
 NINE OF WHOM SHALL BE pharmacists licensed in this state  for  at  least
 five  years, AND ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF EITHER DRUG OR
 MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURERS. An executive secretary to the board  shall
 be  appointed  by  the regents on recommendation of the commissioner and
 shall be a pharmacist licensed in this state for at  least  five  years.
 The board shall have power:
   §  2.  The  opening paragraph of section 6804 of the education law, as
 amended by chapter 414 of the laws  of  2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   A  state board of pharmacy shall be appointed by the regents on recom-
 mendation of the commissioner for the purpose of assisting  the  regents
 and the department on matters of professional licensing and professional
 conduct  in  accordance  with  section  sixty-five hundred eight of this
 title. The board shall be composed of not less than TEN MEMBERS, nine OF
 WHOM SHALL BE pharmacists licensed in  this  state  for  at  least  five
 years,  ONE  OF WHOM SHALL BE A REPRESENTATIVE OF EITHER DRUG OR MEDICAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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