Bill Text: NY A10282 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the dispensing of drugs by pharmacists to veterinarians.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-20 - referred to higher education [A10282 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A10282-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10282
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 20, 2016
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        Introduced  by M. of A. CERETTO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  the  dispensing  of
          drugs by pharmacists to veterinarians
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 6807 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4.  A  pharmacist  may  dispense  drugs, including veterinary-specific
     4  compounded medications,  to  a  veterinarian,  and  a  veterinarian  may
     5  possess and keep in stock for administration and sale, such drugs pursu-
     6  ant to a non-patient specific regimen prescribed or ordered by any prac-
     7  titioner of veterinary medicine licensed pursuant to article one hundred
     8  thirty-five of this title.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15443-01-6