2019 New York Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 33 - Controlled Substances
Title 4 - Dispensing to Ultimate Users
3343-B - Safe Disposal of Unused Controlled Substances.

§  3343-b.  Safe  disposal  of  unused  controlled  substances. 1. The
  department shall oversee a program  for  the  safe  disposal  of  unused
  controlled  substances  by  consumers in accordance with federal law and
  article two-B of this chapter. Individual members of the public shall be
  authorized to voluntarily  surrender  controlled  substances  listed  on
  schedule  II,  III,  IV or V of section thirty-three hundred six of this
  article  in  a  secure  manner,  without  identifying  themselves.  Safe
  disposal  methods  shall  be publicized consistent with the prescription
  pain  medication  awareness  program  established  pursuant  to  section
  thirty-three  hundred  nine-a  of this article and article two-B of this
  chapter.
2. The surrender of a controlled substance pursuant  to  this  section
  and  article  two-B of this chapter shall not constitute the possession,
  transfer or sale of such  controlled  substance  for  purposes  of  this
  article or the penal law.
3. Except as provided in article two-B of this chapter, disposal sites
  shall  be  operated  by  law  enforcement agencies, pharmacies and other
  Federal Drug  Enforcement  Administration  authorized  collectors  on  a
  voluntary  basis,  provided, however, that such disposal sites shall not
  be precluded from  operating  as  part  of  a  drug  take  back  program
  established  pursuant  to article two-B of this chapter. Nothing in this
  section  shall  require  any  political  subdivision  of  the  state  to
  participate in the program established in this section.