Assembly Bill A678A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Allows pharmacy technicians to practice in any pharmacy under the supervision of a pharmacist

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Current Bill Status Via S3236 - Passed Assembly

  • 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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2025-A678 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3236
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6841, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A10350, S9142
2023-2024: A8115, S1050

2025-A678 - Summary

Allows pharmacy technicians to practice in any pharmacy under the supervision of a pharmacist.

2025-A678 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    678
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES, HEVESI, SEAWRIGHT, LAVINE, BLUMENCRANZ,
   RAMOS, WOERNER -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Higher
   Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to allowing pharmacy
   technicians to practice in any pharmacy under  the  supervision  of  a
   pharmacist
 
   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  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 registered  pharmacy
 technician has received appropriate training to ensure competence before
 [he  or  she begins assisting] BEGINNING TO ASSIST a licensed pharmacist
 in compounding, preparing, labeling, or dispensing of drugs, in  accord-
 ance  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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2025-A678A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3236
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6841, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A10350, S9142
2023-2024: A8115, S1050

2025-A678A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows pharmacy technicians to practice in any pharmacy under the supervision of a pharmacist.

2025-A678A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  678--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES, HEVESI, SEAWRIGHT, LAVINE, BLUMENCRANZ,
   RAMOS, WOERNER, JONES, McDONALD, PAULIN,  OTIS,  GRIFFIN,  P. CARROLL,
   McMAHON, KAY, BRONSON, CHLUDZINSKI, LUNSFORD -- read once and referred
   to  the  Committee  on  Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to allowing pharmacy
   technicians to practice in any pharmacy under  the  supervision  of  a
   pharmacist
 
   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] PHARMACY, 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 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]  BEGINNING  TO  ASSIST  a
 licensed  pharmacist  in compounding, preparing, labeling, or dispensing
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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