A 3731: Permits certain registered pharmacy technicians to assist a licensed pharmacist in preparing prescriptions in facilities that are qualified home infusion therapy suppliers, under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist employed by such facility.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3731 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON, SIMON, STECK, STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to permitting certain registered pharmacy technicians to assist a licensed pharmacist in preparing prescriptions in certain facilities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 6841 of the education law, as 2 added by chapter 414 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 3 1. A registered pharmacy technician may, under the direct personal 4 supervision of a licensed pharmacist, assist such licensed pharmacist, 5 as directed, in compounding, preparing, labeling, or dispensing of drugs 6 used to fill valid prescriptions or medication orders or in compounding, 7 preparing, and labeling in anticipation of a valid prescription or medi- 8 cation order for a patient to be served by the facility, in accordance 9 with article one hundred thirty-seven of this title where such tasks 10 require no professional judgment. Such professional judgment shall only 11 be exercised by a licensed pharmacist. A registered pharmacy technician 12 may only practice in a facility licensed in accordance with article 13 twenty-eight or article thirty-six of the public health law, or a phar- 14 macy owned and operated by such a facility, under the direct personal 15 supervision of a licensed pharmacist employed [in] by such a facility or 16 pharmacy. Such facility or pharmacy shall be responsible for ensuring 17 that the registered pharmacy technician has received appropriate train- 18 ing to ensure competence before [he or she] such registered pharmacy 19 technician begins assisting a licensed pharmacist in compounding, 20 preparing, labeling, or dispensing of drugs, in accordance with this 21 article and article one hundred thirty-seven of this title. For the 22 purposes of this article, direct personal supervision means supervision 23 of procedures based on instructions given directly by a supervising 24 licensed pharmacist who remains in the immediate area where the proce- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05909-01-5 
 A. 3731 2 1 dures are being performed, authorizes the procedures and evaluates the 2 procedures performed by the registered pharmacy technicians and a super- 3 vising licensed pharmacist shall approve all work performed by the 4 registered pharmacy technician prior to the actual dispensing of any 5 drug. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 7 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the amendment and/or 8 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 9 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 10 on or before such effective date.