Bill Text: NY S00513 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides for the disposal of pharmaceutical drugs and controlled substances; directs counties to develop a system for the collection and acceptance of prescription drugs and for their proper disposal; to be operated by sheriffs' offices.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-13 - PRINT NUMBER 513A [S00513 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        513--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
         -- recommitted to  the  Committee  on  Environmental  Conservation  in
         accordance  with  Senate  Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
         amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
         tee
       AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
         disposal of pharmaceutical drugs and controlled substances
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Title  27 of article 27 of the environmental conservation
    2  law, as added by chapter 625 of the laws of 2008, is amended by adding a
    3  new section 27-2705 to read as follows:
    4  S 27-2705. DISPOSAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.
    5    1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS  SHALL  HAVE  THE
    6  FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
    7    A. "PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS" SHALL MEAN:
    8    (I)  ARTICLES  RECOGNIZED IN THE OFFICIAL UNITED STATES PHARMACOPOEIA,
    9  OFFICIAL NATIONAL FORMULARY OR OFFICIAL HOMEOPATHIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF THE
   10  UNITED STATES, OR ANY SUPPLEMENT OF ANY OF THEM;
   11    (II) ARTICLES INTENDED FOR USE IN  THE  DIAGNOSIS,  CURE,  MITIGATION,
   12  TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF DISEASE IN HUMANS OR OTHER ANIMALS; OR
   13    (III)  ARTICLES,  OTHER THAN FOOD, INTENDED TO AFFECT THE STRUCTURE OR
   14  ANY FUNCTION OF THE BODY OF HUMANS OR OTHER ANIMALS.
   15    ARTICLES DESCRIBED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (I), (II) OR (III)  OF  THIS  PARA-
   16  GRAPH SHALL NOT INCLUDE DEVICES OR THEIR COMPONENT PARTS OR ACCESSORIES.
   17    B.  "CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES" SHALL MEAN ANY CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE LISTED
   18  IN  THE  SCHEDULE  OF  CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCES  SET  FORTH   IN   SECTION
   19  THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED SIX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01181-04-2
       S. 513--A                           2
    1    2.  ON AND AFTER APRIL NINETEENTH, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN, EVERY COUNTY
    2  IN THIS STATE SHALL PROVIDE A PERMANENT PROGRAM FOR THE  ACCEPTANCE  AND
    3  COLLECTION  OF PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS FROM RESIDENTIAL CITIZENS, EXCLUDING
    4  HOSPITALS, HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND PHARMACIES, FOR  PROPER  DISPOSAL.
    5  SUCH  PROGRAM  SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED AND OPERATED BY THE SHERIFFS DEPART-
    6  MENT OF EACH COUNTY. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE THAT THE PROPER DISPOSAL
    7  OF PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS BE MADE AT A DEPARTMENT  REGULATED  SOLID  WASTE
    8  INCINERATOR.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.