Assembly Bill A1534

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing for the testing of certain infectious diseases by pharmacists during a state of emergency

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  • 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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2021-A1534 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1742
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §579, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10699, S8570
2023-2024: A9979, S5263

2021-A1534 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows for the testing of certain infectious diseases by pharmacists.

2021-A1534 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1534
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to allowing  for  the
   testing of certain infectious diseases at pharmacies
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 579 of the public health law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. (A) THIS TITLE SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE IN A DECLARED STATE OF EMER-
 GENCY, PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,  TO  ANY
 LICENSED  PHARMACISTS ORDERING INFECTIOUS DISEASE TESTS, APPROVED BY THE
 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, TO DETECT THE INFECTIOUS  DISEASE  OR  ITS
 ANTIBODIES,  AND  ADMINISTERING  SUCH  TESTS,  SUBJECT TO CERTIFICATE OF
 WAIVER REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL CLINICAL LABORATORY IMPROVE-
 MENT ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT, TO PATIENTS SUSPECTED  OF  AN
 INFECTIOUS  DISEASE, OR SUSPECTED OF HAVING RECOVERED FROM AN INFECTIOUS
 DISEASE, SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OF APPROPRIATE TRAINING DEVELOPED BY  THE
 DEPARTMENT.
   (B) IN A DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY, PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT
 OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,  LICENSED  PHARMACISTS SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS A
 QUALIFIED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECTING A LIMITED
 SERVICE LABORATORY, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF  THIS  SECTION,  TO
 TEST  PATIENTS  SUSPECTED  OF  AN  INFECTIOUS  DISEASE OR ITS ANTIBODIES
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH TEST IS APPROVED BY THE FOOD AND DRUG  ADMINISTRATION
 AND WAIVED FOR ITS USE IN A LIMITED SERVICE LABORATORY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00593-01-1

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