| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to health |
| Feb 28, 2023 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S5263
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 42nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
(D) 16th Senate District
2023-S5263 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S5263 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5263
SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to allowing for the
testing of certain infectious diseases at pharmacies
PURPOSE:
To permit licensed pharmacists to order and administer infectious
diseases tests approved by the FDA.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends Section 579 of the Public Health Law by adding subdi-
vision 4, to permit licensed pharmacists to order and administer tests
to patients suspected of an infectious disease or its antibodies,
provided such test is approved by the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA). Requires certification of waiver requirements pursuant to the
Federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act of 1988 and requires such
pharmacists complete appropriate training developed by the FDA. Desig-
2023-S5263 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5263
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 28, 2023
___________
Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, ADDABBO, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, LIU -- 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 allowing for the
testing of certain infectious diseases at pharmacies
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 579 of the public health law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
4. (A) ANY LICENSED PHARMACISTS MAY ORDER INFECTIOUS DISEASE TESTS,
APPROVED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, TO DETECT THE INFECTIOUS
DISEASE OR ITS ANTIBODIES, AND ADMINISTERING SUCH TESTS, SUBJECT TO
CERTIFICATE OF WAIVER REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL CLINICAL
LABORATORY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT, TO PATIENTS
SUSPECTED OF AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE, OR SUSPECTED OF HAVING RECOVERED
FROM AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE, SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OF APPROPRIATE TRAIN-
ING DEVELOPED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
(B) LICENSED PHARMACISTS SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS A QUALIFIED HEALTHCARE
PROFESSIONAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECTING A LIMITED SERVICE LABORATORY,
PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, TO TEST PATIENTS
SUSPECTED OF AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE OR ITS ANTIBODIES PROVIDED THAT SUCH
TEST IS APPROVED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION AND WAIVED FOR ITS
USE IN A LIMITED SERVICE LABORATORY.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05223-01-3
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