N.Y. Education Law § 6804: State board of pharmacy

§ 6804. State board of pharmacy. A state board of pharmacy shall be

appointed by the regents on recommendation of the commissioner for the

purpose of assisting the regents and the department on matters of

professional licensing and professional conduct in accordance with

section sixty-five hundred eight of this title. The board shall be

composed of not less than nine pharmacists licensed in this state for at

least five years and two registered pharmacy technicians. The initial

registered pharmacy technician members of the state board of pharmacy

need not be licensed prior to their appointment but shall have met all

other requirements of licensure pursuant to section sixty-eight hundred

forty-two of this title except for filing an application and paying a

fee. An executive secretary to the board shall be appointed by the

regents on recommendation of the commissioner and shall be a pharmacist

licensed in this state for at least five years. The board shall provide

assistance to the department:

a. To regulate the practice of pharmacy, registered pharmacy

technicians and the employment of interns and employees in pharmacies,

b. To regulate and control the sale, distribution, character and

standard of drugs, poisons, cosmetics, devices and new drugs,

c. To prevent the sale or distribution of such drugs, poisons,

cosmetics, devices and new drugs as do not conform to the provisions of

this article or of the public health law,

d. To investigate alleged violations of the provisions of this

article, and

e. To issue limited permits or registrations.