Senate Bill S5263

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing for the testing of certain infectious diseases by pharmacists

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S5263 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §579, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8570
2021-2022: S1742

2023-S5263 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows for the testing of certain infectious diseases by pharmacists.

2023-S5263 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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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