STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9622 IN ASSEMBLY March 22, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, SOLAGES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BLAKE, COOK, GOTTFRIED, JEAN-PIERRE, KEARNS, MARKEY, MILLER, PICHARDO, SIMON, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT establishing Buoy's law; to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to requiring veterinarians to notify owners of poten- tial risks and side effects of medication prior to prescribing or otherwise providing medication to an animal The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Buoy's law". 2 § 2. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new 3 section 380 to read as follows: 4 § 380. Notification by veterinarian of risks and side effects of medi- 5 cation. 1. A veterinarian who prescribes or otherwise provides medica- 6 tion for an animal shall notify the owner of the animal verbally and in 7 writing of the potential risks and side effects of such medication prior 8 to prescribing or providing medication. 9 2. If a veterinarian repackages prescription medication prior to 10 prescribing or otherwise providing such medication, the veterinarian 11 shall provide a copy of the drug manufacturer's warning label or a 12 manufacturer's warning information insert to the owner of the animal. 13 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 14 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13814-01-6