Senate Bill S3236

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Allows pharmacy technicians to practice in any pharmacy under the supervision of a pharmacist

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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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2025-S3236 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A678
Current Committee:
Senate Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6841, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S9142, A10350
2023-2024: S1050, A8115

2025-S3236 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows pharmacy technicians to practice in any pharmacy under the supervision of a pharmacist.

2025-S3236 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3236 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3236
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. COONEY, GALLIVAN, HELMING, JACKSON, SEPULVEDA, WEBB
   -- 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  allowing  pharmacy
   technicians  to  practice  in  any pharmacy under the supervision of a
   pharmacist

   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 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 registered pharmacy
 technician has received appropriate training to ensure competence before
 [he or she begins assisting] BEGINNING TO ASSIST a  licensed  pharmacist
 in  compounding, preparing, labeling, or dispensing of drugs, in accord-
 ance 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02176-01-5

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