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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5152--B
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 12, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, BRONSON, COLTON, ANGELINO, SIMONE,
LEVENBERG, SHRESTHA, STIRPE, P. CARROLL, McMAHON, KAY, LUPARDO, CHLUD-
ZINSKI, LUNSFORD, BOLOGNA, McDONALD, REYES -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee -- recommitted to the Committee on Higher Education in accordance
with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
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 amended by chapter 543 of the laws of 2025, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 1. A registered pharmacy technician may, under the direct [personal]
5 supervision of a licensed pharmacist, assist such licensed pharmacist,
6 as directed, in compounding, preparing, labeling, or dispensing of drugs
7 used to fill valid prescriptions or medication orders or in compounding,
8 preparing, and labeling in anticipation of a valid prescription or medi-
9 cation order for a patient to be served by the pharmacy, in accordance
10 with article one hundred thirty-seven of this title where such tasks
11 require no professional judgment. Such professional judgment shall only
12 be exercised by a licensed pharmacist. A registered pharmacy technician
13 may only practice under the direct [personal] supervision of a licensed
14 pharmacist employed in such a pharmacy. A registered pharmacy technician
15 may administer the same immunizations as licensed pharmacists are
16 authorized to administer under the direct supervision of a licensed
17 pharmacist consistent with the training and other requirements in arti-
18 cle one hundred thirty-seven of this title as determined by the depart-
19 ment. Training shall include certification in cardiopulmonary resusci-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09213-05-6
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1 tation or basic life support. A registered pharmacy technician shall
2 obtain an immunization certificate from the department after demonstrat-
3 ing that they have met all requirements and prior to administering
4 immunizations. Such pharmacy shall be responsible for ensuring that the
5 registered pharmacy technician has received appropriate training to
6 ensure competence before beginning to assist a licensed pharmacist in
7 compounding, preparing, labeling, administering immunizations, or
8 dispensing of drugs, in accordance with this article and article one
9 hundred thirty-seven of this title. For the purposes of this article,
10 direct [personal] supervision means supervision of procedures based on
11 instructions given directly by a supervising licensed pharmacist who
12 remains in the immediate area where the procedures are being performed
13 or is immediately available at the same location where an immunization
14 is being administered, authorizes the procedures and evaluates the
15 procedures performed by the registered pharmacy technicians and a super-
16 vising licensed pharmacist shall approve all work performed by the
17 registered pharmacy technician prior to the actual dispensing of any
18 drug.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
20 have become a law.
