Bill > A09117

This bill amends the New York State education law to allow licensed pharmacists to prescribe and order certain immunizations, medicines, drugs, or therapeutic devices, but only within the limits established by rules and regulations created jointly by the commissioners of education and health. The proposed change expands the traditional role of pharmacists from dispensing medications to potentially prescribing them, subject to specific regulatory guidelines. The bill will take effect three months after becoming law, and in the interim, the state education department and health department are authorized to develop the necessary rules and regulations to implement this new pharmacist prescribing authority. This legislation represents an effort to increase healthcare accessibility by allowing pharmacists, who are highly trained healthcare professionals, to play a more active role in patient care and treatment.

Education

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A9117