Authorizes a licensed pharmacist to administer a United States Food and Drug Administration-approved reversible progestin-only contraceptive injection.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8767
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 2, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing a licensed
pharmacist to administer a United States Food and Drug Administra-
tion-approved reversible progestin-only contraceptive injection
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 6801 of the education law, as
2 amended by chapter 746 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 8. A licensed pharmacist within their lawful scope of practice may
5 administer injectable medications and medications required for emergency
6 treatment of anaphylaxis related to such administration, pursuant to
7 section six thousand eight hundred two of this article, for the treat-
8 ment of mental health and substance use disorder or administer a United
9 States Food and Drug Administration-approved reversible progestin-only
10 contraceptive injection, as prescribed or ordered by a licensed prescri-
11 ber, acting within their scope of practice in this state and in accord-
12 ance with regulations, including but not limited to regulations promul-
13 gated by the commissioner in consultation with any other state agencies,
14 as necessary.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
16 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
17 rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
18 effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
19 effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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