Bill Text: NY A07212 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to higher education [A07212 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A07212-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7212
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     April 12, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. JONES -- 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:
     1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 6804 of the education law,
     2  as  added  by  chapter  987  of  the laws of 1971, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    A state board of pharmacy shall be appointed by the regents on  recom-
     5  mendation  of  the commissioner for the purpose of assisting the regents
     6  and the department on matters of professional licensing and professional
     7  conduct in accordance with section  sixty-five  hundred  eight  of  this
     8  title.  The board shall be composed of not less than [nine] ten members,
     9  nine of whom shall be pharmacists licensed in this state  for  at  least
    10  five  years, and one of whom shall be a representative of either drug or
    11  medical device manufacturers. An executive secretary to the board  shall
    12  be  appointed  by  the regents on recommendation of the commissioner and
    13  shall be a pharmacist licensed in this state for at  least  five  years.
    14  The board shall have power:
    15    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    16  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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