STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6455

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 17, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McDONOUGH,  MORINELLO, ASHBY, NORRIS, BYRNE,
          DeSTEFANO, MANKTELOW, M. MILLER, SAYEGH, MIKULIN -- Multi-Sponsored by
          -- M. of A.  GALEF, SALKA, TAGUE -- 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.
                                                                   LBD03924-01-1