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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2022
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 Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the general business law, in relation to the sale of
   over-the-counter drugs
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The article heading of article 38-A of the general business
 law,  as added by chapter 697 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as
 follows:
                              SALE OF OUTDATED
                AND LABEL OBSTRUCTED OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 820 of  the  general  business  law,  as
 added by chapter 697 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  to  knowingly  alter,  mutilate,  destroy, obliterate or remove by
 means of a price sticker or otherwise the whole  or  any  part  of  [the
 expiration  date displayed on] the label [or packaging], INCLUDING WHERE
 APPLICABLE THE EXPIRATION DATE DISPLAYED THEREON, of any  over-the-coun-
 ter drug OR COSMETIC. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "LABEL"
 SHALL  MEAN  THE  LABEL REQUIRED BY THE STATUTES APPLICABLE TO AND REGU-
 LATIONS ISSUED BY THE FEDERAL FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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