S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
February 22, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to registered pharmacy
technicians
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 6841 of the education law, as
added by chapter 414 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
1. A registered pharmacy technician may, under the direct [personal]
supervision of a licensed pharmacist, assist such licensed pharmacist,
as directed, in compounding, preparing, labeling, or dispensing of drugs
used to fill valid prescriptions or medication orders or in compounding,
preparing, and labeling in anticipation of a valid prescription or medi-
cation order for a patient to be served by the facility, in accordance
with article one hundred thirty-seven of this title where such tasks
require no professional judgment. Such professional judgment shall only
be exercised by a licensed pharmacist. A REGISTERED PHARMACY TECHNICIAN
MAY ADMINISTER THE SAME IMMUNIZATIONS AS LICENSED PHARMACISTS ARE
AUTHORIZED TO ADMINISTER UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF A LICENSED
PHARMACIST CONSISTENT WITH THE TRAINING AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS IN ARTI-
CLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THIS TITLE. A registered pharmacy tech-
nician may only practice [in a facility licensed in accordance with
article twenty-eight of the public health law, or a pharmacy owned and
operated by such a facility,] under the direct [personal] supervision of
a licensed pharmacist employed in such a [facility or] pharmacy. Such
[facility] PHARMACY shall be responsible for ensuring that the regis-
tered pharmacy technician has received appropriate training to ensure
competence before he or she begins assisting a licensed pharmacist in
compounding, preparing, labeling, ADMINISTERING IMMUNIZATIONS or
dispensing of drugs, in accordance with this article and article one
hundred thirty-seven of this title. For the purposes of this article,
direct [personal] supervision means supervision of procedures based on
instructions given directly by a supervising licensed pharmacist who
[remains in the immediate area where the procedures are being performed]
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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