What's happening
This bill allows pharmacists to dispense drugs, including compounded medications, to veterinarians for non-patient specific use.
Why it matters
Improves animal care flexibility. By allowing veterinarians to keep a stock of medications (including custom-compounded drugs), this bill enables faster treatment for animals, especially in urgent or unpredictable situations where waiting for a patient-specific prescription would cause delays.
Supports specialized veterinary treatments. Some animals require compounded medications tailored to their species, size, or condition. This amendment makes it easier for vets to access and provide these specialized drugs, which can improve health outcomes for pets and livestock.
Aligns veterinary practices with human healthcare norms. Pharmacists can already dispense certain drugs for human use that are not patient-specific (like vaccines for clinics). This change brings veterinary medicine closer to established practices in human healthcare, reducing logistical hurdles for animal clinics.
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Let Vets Stock Custom Drugs
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History
- Referred to higher education
- Referred to higher education
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Allow Vets Stock Custom Drugs
In Senate Committee · Higher Education · Sponsor Jen Metzger
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2915
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 28, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the compounding, dispensing and sale of pharmaceuticals
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 6807 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
4. A pharmacist may dispense drugs, including veterinary-specific compounded medications, to a veterinarian, and a veterinarian may possess and keep in stock for administration and sale, such drugs pursuant to a non-patient specific regimen prescribed or ordered by any practitioner of veterinary medicine licensed pursuant to article one hundred thirty-five of the education law.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01578-01-9
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