N.Y. Public Health Law § 3342: Dispensing and administering by institutional dispensers

§ 3342. Dispensing and administering by institutional dispensers. 1.

An institutional dispenser may cause controlled substances to be

administered or dispensed for use on its premises or for the immediate

care or treatment of a patient lawfully being transferred in an

emergency situation, as defined by rule or regulation of the

commissioner, to an alternative medical facility only pursuant to a

written order by a practitioner for medication. Such orders shall be

made and preserved in the manner and form as the commissioner shall, by

regulation, prescribe.

2. An institutional dispenser may dispense controlled substances for

use off its premises only pursuant to a prescription, prepared and filed

in conformity with this title, provided, however, that, in an emergency

situation as defined by rule or regulation of the department, a

practitioner in a hospital without a full-time pharmacy may dispense

controlled substances to a patient in a hospital emergency room for use

off the premises of the institutional dispenser for a period not to

exceed twenty-four hours.

2-a. A practitioner in any institutional dispenser may dispense

controlled substances as emergency treatment to a patient for use off

the premises of the institutional dispenser as authorized by the federal

drug enforcement administration for the purpose of initiating

maintenance treatment, detoxification treatment, or both.

3. An institutional dispenser shall maintain records of all controlled

substances dispensed and administered in such manner as the commissioner

shall, by regulation, require.