STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
9659
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2020
___________
Introduced by M. of A. McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring pharmacists
to include the lot number or unique identifying number on prescription
containers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 2 of section 6811-a
2 of the education law, as amended by section 9 of part D of chapter 60 of
3 the laws of 2014, are amended and a new paragraph (d) is added to read
4 as follows:
5 (b) an N. D. C. number, symbol, number, letters, words or marking
6 identifying such drug or combination of drugs; [and]
7 (c) whenever the distributor of the prescription drug product does not
8 also manufacture the product the names and places of business of both
9 shall appear on the label in words clearly distinguishing each[.]; and
10 (d) the unique number associated with the original manufactured lot of
11 the item being prescribed.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14653-01-0
