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A05447 Summary:

BILL NO	A05447
SAME AS	No same as
SPONSOR	Butler
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd S6816-a, Ed L
Requires the brand name of a prescribed drug to be indicated on the label when substitute drug products are dispensed.

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A05447 Actions:

BILL NO	A05447
02/27/2013	referred to consumer affairs and protection
01/08/2014	referred to consumer affairs and protection
03/10/2014	held for consideration in consumer affairs and protection

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A05447 Floor Votes:

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A05447 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5447
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 27, 2013
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        Introduced by M. of A. BUTLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to certain requirements
          when substitute drug products are dispensed
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

 
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (c)  of subdivision 1 of section 6816-a of the
     2  education law, as added by chapter 776 of the laws of 1977,  is  amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    (c)  The pharmacist shall indicate on the label affixed to the immedi-
     5  ate container in which the drug  is  sold  or  dispensed  the  name  and
     6  strength  of the drug product and its manufacturer unless the prescriber
     7  specifically states otherwise, and shall also indicate the brand name of
     8  the drug prescribed. The pharmacist shall  record  on  the  prescription
     9  form  the brand name or the name of the manufacturer of the drug product
    10  dispensed.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    12  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02539-01-3

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