NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A2484
SPONSOR: Jones TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to including a represen-
tative of the drug or medical device manufacturer industry on the state
board of pharmacy
PURPOSE:
Provides that there shall be a representative of the drug or medical
device manufacturer industry on the state board of pharmacy.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends the opening paragraph of section 6804 of the education
law. A state board of pharmacy shall be appointed by the regents on
recommendation of the commissioner for the purpose of assisting the
regents and the department on matters of professional licensing and
professional conduct. This board shall be composed of not less than
(nine) ten members, nine of whom shall be pharmacists licensed in this
state for at least five years. One of the members shall be a represen-
tative of other drug or medical device manufactures. Also, an executive
secretary to the board shall be appointed by the regents on recommenda-
tion of the commissioner and shall be a pharmacist licensed in the state
for at least five years.
Section 2 provides the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
For the purpose of assisting the regents and the department on matters
of professional licensing and professional conduct in accordance with
section sixty-five hundred eight of this title.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
04/12/17 referred to higher education 01/03/18 referred to higher educa-
tion
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding after it
shall have become a law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2484
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 26, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. JONES, GUNTHER, BLANKENBUSH -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to including a represen-
tative of the drug or medical device manufacturer industry on the
state board of pharmacy
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 6804 of the education
2 law, as amended by chapter 414 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 A state board of pharmacy shall be appointed by the regents on recom-
5 mendation of the commissioner for the purpose of assisting the regents
6 and the department on matters of professional licensing and professional
7 conduct in accordance with section sixty-five hundred eight of this
8 title. The board shall be composed of not less than ten members, nine of
9 whom shall be pharmacists licensed in this state for at least five
10 years, one of whom shall be a representative of either drug or medical
11 device manufacturers and two registered pharmacy technicians. The
12 initial registered pharmacy technician members of the state board of
13 pharmacy need not be licensed prior to their appointment but shall have
14 met all other requirements of licensure pursuant to section sixty-eight
15 hundred forty-two of this title except for filing an application and
16 paying a fee. An executive secretary to the board shall be appointed by
17 the regents on recommendation of the commissioner and shall be a pharma-
18 cist licensed in this state for at least five years. The board shall
19 provide assistance to the department:
20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
21 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03933-01-3
