Senate Bill S8545

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to registered pharmacy technicians

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

  • 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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2023-S8545 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9251
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6841, Ed L

2023-S8545 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes registered pharmacy technicians to administer the same immunizations as licensed pharmacists under direct supervision of such licensed pharmacist.

2023-S8545 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8545 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8545
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 12, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  registered  pharmacy
   technicians
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 6841  of  the  education  law,  as
 added by chapter 414 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A  registered pharmacy technician may, under the direct [personal]
 supervision of a licensed pharmacist, assist such  licensed  pharmacist,
 as directed, in compounding, preparing, labeling, or dispensing of drugs
 used to fill valid prescriptions or medication orders or in compounding,
 preparing, and labeling in anticipation of a valid prescription or medi-
 cation  order  for a patient to be served by the facility, in accordance
 with article one hundred thirty-seven of this  title  where  such  tasks
 require  no professional judgment. Such professional judgment shall only
 be exercised by a licensed pharmacist. A REGISTERED PHARMACY  TECHNICIAN
 MAY  ADMINISTER  THE  SAME  IMMUNIZATIONS  AS  LICENSED  PHARMACISTS ARE
 AUTHORIZED TO ADMINISTER UNDER THE  DIRECT  SUPERVISION  OF  A  LICENSED
 PHARMACIST  CONSISTENT WITH THE TRAINING AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS IN ARTI-
 CLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THIS TITLE. A registered pharmacy  tech-
 nician  may  only  practice  [in  a facility licensed in accordance with
 article twenty-eight of the public health law, or a pharmacy  owned  and
 operated by such a facility,] under the direct [personal] supervision of
 a  licensed  pharmacist  employed in such a [facility or] pharmacy. Such
 [facility] PHARMACY shall be responsible for ensuring  that  the  regis-
 tered  pharmacy  technician  has received appropriate training to ensure
 competence before he or she begins assisting a  licensed  pharmacist  in
 compounding,   preparing,   labeling,   ADMINISTERING  IMMUNIZATIONS  or
 dispensing of drugs, in accordance with this  article  and  article  one
 hundred  thirty-seven  of  this title. For the purposes of this article,
 direct [personal] supervision means supervision of procedures  based  on
 instructions  given  directly  by  a supervising licensed pharmacist who
 [remains in the immediate area where the procedures are being performed]
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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