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NY A10154

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

6/17/2014

Primary Sponsor

Edward Hennessey

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Origin

Assembly

2013-2014 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends Penal Law Section 220.65 to expand the crime of "criminal sale of a prescription for a controlled substance" to include the sale of controlled substances by practitioners or pharmacists acting outside the scope of good faith professional practice
  • Adds a new provision criminalizing practitioners and pharmacists who knowingly and unlawfully sell controlled substances while purporting to act within their license authority but acting in bad faith
  • Applies the expanded offense to both practitioners and pharmacists as defined in Public Health Law Section 3302
  • Classifies the offense as a class C felony
  • Takes effect immediately upon enactment

Legislative Description

Relates to criminalizing the sale of a controlled substance by a practitioner or pharmacist.

Last Action

substituted by s7902

6/19/2014

Committee Referrals

Rules6/18/2014
Codes6/17/2014

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