What's happening
This bill requires nonresident and New York pharmacies to meet verified pharmacy program standards when shipping or obtaining prescription drugs and devices.
Why it matters
Stricter Oversight for Outsourced and Compounded Drugs. By requiring nonresident pharmacies and facilities (including third-party logistics providers and those compounding sterile products) to pass verified pharmacy program inspections, the bill aims to ensure that drugs shipped into New York meet consistent safety and quality standards.
Enhanced Patient Safety and Accountability. The inspection requirement within two years of application, along with ongoing compliance, is designed to reduce risks from counterfeit, contaminated, or improperly handled medications—especially important for vulnerable patients receiving compounded sterile drugs.
Impact on Pharmacy Operations and Supply Chains. New York pharmacies will be legally bound to source drugs and devices only from suppliers who have met verified pharmacy standards, which may affect procurement processes, supplier relationships, and potentially the cost and availability of certain medications.
Increased Transparency and Consumer Protection. The law also mandates clear communication channels (e.g., toll-free numbers for patients), reinforcing patient access to pharmacists and information, which could improve trust and responsiveness to patient concerns about their medications.
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Inspect Out-of-State Pharmacies
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Sponsors
Assembly Member · Assembly District 108
3 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to higher education
- Referred to higher education
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Require Out-of-State Pharmacy Inspections
In Senate Committee · Higher Education · Sponsor Kenneth P. LaValle
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7210
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 12, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring non-resident pharmacy, manufacturing, wholesale or outsourcing facilities that ship, mail or deliver prescription drugs or devices to other establishments, authorized prescribers and/or patients residing in New York to be inspected within two years of application and demonstrate compliance with all standards of the verified pharmacy program administered by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 5 of section 6808-b of the education law, subdivision 1 as amended by section 5 of part D of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014 and subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 567 of the laws of 2002, are amended to read as follows:
1. [Definition.] Definitions. a. The term "nonresident establishment" shall mean any pharmacy, manufacturer, wholesaler, third-party logistics providers or outsourcing facility located outside of the state that ships, mails or delivers prescription drugs or devices to other establishments, authorized prescribers and/or patients residing in this state. Such establishments shall include, but not be limited to, pharmacies that transact business through the use of the internet.
b. The term "third-party logistics provider" shall mean an entity that provides or coordinates warehousing, distribution, or other services on behalf of a manufacturer, but does not take title to the prescription drug or have general responsibility to direct the prescription drug's sale or disposition.
5. Additional requirements. Nonresident pharmacies registered pursuant to this section shall:
a. Provide a toll-free telephone number that is available during normal business hours and at least forty hours per week, to enable
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communication between a patient in this state and a pharmacist at the pharmacy who has access to the patient's records; [and]
b. Place such toll-free telephone number on a label affixed to each drug or device container[.]; and
c. If engaged in the shipment, mailing or delivery of compounded sterile products, dispensed pursuant to patient-specific prescriptions, be inspected within two years of application and demonstrate compliance with all standards of the verified pharmacy program administered by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy.
§ 2. Paragraph e of subdivision 2 of section 6808 of education law, as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
e. Conduct of a pharmacy. Every owner of a pharmacy is responsible for the strength, quality, purity and the labeling thereof of all drugs, toxic substances, devices and cosmetics, dispensed or sold, subject to the guaranty provisions of this article and the public health law. Every New York state registered pharmacy shall purchase or obtain prescription drugs and devices directly from entities that have demonstrated compliance with all standards of the verified pharmacy program administrated by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. Every owner of a pharmacy or every pharmacist in charge of a pharmacy shall be responsible for the proper conduct of this pharmacy. Every pharmacy shall be under the immediate supervision and management of a licensed pharmacist at all hours when open. No pharmacist shall have personal supervision of more than one pharmacy at the same time.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the three hundred sixty-fifth day after it shall have become a law.
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