2018 New York Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 33 - Controlled Substances
Title 6 - Records and Reports
3370 - Preserving and Inspection of Records.

§ 3370. Preserving and inspection of records. 1. Any record, including
  prescriptions,  required  to be kept or maintained by this article shall
  be preserved for a period of at least five years following the  date  of
  the  event  or  transaction recorded, unless a shorter period of time is
  specifically provided.
2. Such records shall be made  available  during  business  hours  for
  inspection  and copying by any officer or employee of the department who
  is charged with the enforcement of this article and to  any  officer  or
  employee  of this state charged with the duty of regulating or licensing
  of any person who by virtue of such license  is  authorized  to  obtain,
  distribute, dispense or administer controlled substances.
3.  Every  record,  including prescriptions, required to be kept under
  this article shall be maintained at  the  premises  where  the  licensed
  activity is conducted.
4.  The  department shall cause to be expunged or otherwise destroyed,
  within five years from the date of receipt thereof, any  record  of  the
  name  of  any patient received by it pursuant to the filing requirements
  of  subdivision  six  of  section   thirty-three   hundred   thirty-one,
  subdivision  four  of  section  thirty-three  hundred  thirty-three, and
  subdivision four of section thirty-three  hundred  thirty-four  of  this
  article.
5.  Electronic  prescription records shall be maintained and preserved
  in accordance with regulations of the commissioner.