2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 28 - (2800 - 2823) HOSPITALS
2803-E - Residential health care facilities; return and redistribution of unused medication.

 
    * §   2803-e.   Residential   health   care   facilities;  return  and
  redistribution of unused medication. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent
  provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary,  the  commissioner
  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  permit  either  a resident or
  consultant pharmacist in a residential health care facility to return to
  the pharmacy from which it was purchased any unused medication  provided
  that  such medication is sealed in unopened, individually packaged units
  and within the recommended period of shelf life, and provided that  such
  medication   is  not  a  controlled  substance  as  defined  in  section
  thirty-three hundred six of the public health law.
    2. The pharmacy to which such medication as described  in  subdivision
  one  of  this section is returned shall be permitted to receive, restock
  and redistribute that medication.
    3. The pharmacy to which such medication as described  in  subdivision
  one of this section is returned shall be required to reimburse or credit
  the  purchaser  of  that  medication  for  the unused medication that is
  restocked and redistributed. No pharmacy shall be required to accept any
  medication returned under subdivision one of this section.
    4. Neither an individual patient or the  state,  if  a  patient  is  a
  recipient  of  a  state  funded  program,  shall  be  charged for unused
  medication which according to the provisions of this law is returned for
  reimbursement or credit.
    * NB There are 2 § 2803-e's