A 4198: Requires pharmacists to include lot numbers or unique identifying numbers on prescription containers.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4198 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 31, 2025 ___________ 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. LBD08423-01-5