Authorizes registered pharmacy technicians to administer the same immunizations as licensed pharmacists under direct supervision of such licensed pharmacist.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8545
IN SENATE
February 12, 2024
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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:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 6841 of the education law, as
2 added by chapter 414 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
3 1. A registered pharmacy technician may, under the direct [personal]
4 supervision of a licensed pharmacist, assist such licensed pharmacist,
5 as directed, in compounding, preparing, labeling, or dispensing of drugs
6 used to fill valid prescriptions or medication orders or in compounding,
7 preparing, and labeling in anticipation of a valid prescription or medi-
8 cation order for a patient to be served by the facility, in accordance
9 with article one hundred thirty-seven of this title where such tasks
10 require no professional judgment. Such professional judgment shall only
11 be exercised by a licensed pharmacist. A registered pharmacy technician
12 may administer the same immunizations as licensed pharmacists are
13 authorized to administer under the direct supervision of a licensed
14 pharmacist consistent with the training and other requirements in arti-
15 cle one hundred thirty-seven of this title. A registered pharmacy tech-
16 nician may only practice [in a facility licensed in accordance with
17 article twenty-eight of the public health law, or a pharmacy owned and
18 operated by such a facility,] under the direct [personal] supervision of
19 a licensed pharmacist employed in such a [facility or] pharmacy. Such
20 [facility] pharmacy shall be responsible for ensuring that the regis-
21 tered pharmacy technician has received appropriate training to ensure
22 competence before he or she begins assisting a licensed pharmacist in
23 compounding, preparing, labeling, administering immunizations or
24 dispensing of drugs, in accordance with this article and article one
25 hundred thirty-seven of this title. For the purposes of this article,
26 direct [personal] supervision means supervision of procedures based on
27 instructions given directly by a supervising licensed pharmacist who
28 [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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1 is immediately available, authorizes the procedures and evaluates the
2 procedures performed by the registered pharmacy technicians and a super-
3 vising licensed pharmacist shall approve all work performed by the
4 registered pharmacy technician prior to the actual dispensing of any
5 drug.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
