STATE OF NEW YORK
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1329
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 8, 2021
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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 law,
2 as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as
3 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 [nine] ten members,
9 nine of whom shall be pharmacists licensed in this state for at least
10 five years, and one of whom shall be a representative of either drug or
11 medical device manufacturers. An executive secretary to the board shall
12 be appointed by the regents on recommendation of the commissioner and
13 shall be a pharmacist licensed in this state for at least five years.
14 The board shall have power:
15 § 2. The opening paragraph of section 6804 of the education law, as
16 amended by chapter 414 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as
17 follows:
18 A state board of pharmacy shall be appointed by the regents on recom-
19 mendation of the commissioner for the purpose of assisting the regents
20 and the department on matters of professional licensing and professional
21 conduct in accordance with section sixty-five hundred eight of this
22 title. The board shall be composed of not less than ten members, nine of
23 whom shall be pharmacists licensed in this state for at least five
24 years, one of whom shall be a representative of either drug or medical
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 device manufacturers and two registered pharmacy technicians. The
2 initial registered pharmacy technician members of the state board of
3 pharmacy need not be licensed prior to their appointment but shall have
4 met all other requirements of licensure pursuant to section sixty-eight
5 hundred forty-two of this title except for filing an application and
6 paying a fee. An executive secretary to the board shall be appointed by
7 the regents on recommendation of the commissioner and shall be a pharma-
8 cist licensed in this state for at least five years. The board shall
9 provide assistance to the department:
10 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
11 have become a law, provided, however that section two of this act shall
12 take effect on the same date and in the same manner as section 3 of
13 chapter 414 of the laws of 2019, takes effect.