Assembly Bill A6455

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires pharmacists to include lot numbers or unique identifying numbers on prescription containers

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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-A6455 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6811-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A9659
2023-2024: A3867

2021-A6455 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires pharmacists to include lot numbers or unique identifying numbers on prescription containers.

2021-A6455 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6455
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 17, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McDONOUGH,  MORINELLO, ASHBY, NORRIS, BYRNE,
   DeSTEFANO, MANKTELOW, M. MILLER, SAYEGH, MIKULIN -- Multi-Sponsored by
   -- M. of A.  GALEF, SALKA, TAGUE -- read  once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring pharmacists
   to include the lot number or unique identifying number on prescription
   containers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 2 of section 6811-a
 of the education law, as amended by section 9 of part D of chapter 60 of
 the laws of 2014, are amended and a new paragraph (d) is added  to  read
 as follows:
   (b)  an  N.  D.  C.  number, symbol, number, letters, words or marking
 identifying such drug or combination of drugs; [and]
   (c) whenever the distributor of the prescription drug product does not
 also manufacture the product the names and places of  business  of  both
 shall appear on the label in words clearly distinguishing each[.]; AND
   (D) THE UNIQUE NUMBER ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURED LOT OF
 THE ITEM BEING PRESCRIBED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03924-01-1

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