New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Chapter VIII - Official New York State Prescription Forms
Part 910 - Official New York State Prescription Forms
Section 910.1 - Definitions
Universal Citation: 10 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 910.1
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) For the purpose of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) Prescription means:
(i) a prescription pursuant to section 6810 of
the New York State Education Law and section 21 and article 33 of the New York
State Public Health Law; or
(ii) an
electronic prescription that utilizes standards established by the department and
may include compliance with section
63.6(a)(7)
of Title 8 NYCRR; or
(iii) an
out-of-state prescription, which means a prescription issued by a practitioner in
another state who is licensed by that state to prescribe, or a prescription
issued by a practitioner in a Federal facility exempted by the department from
the requirement to issue official New York State prescriptions, provided such
practitioner is authorized by that facility to prescribe.
(2) Practitioner means a person licensed,
authorized, or otherwise permitted in this State to issue a
prescription.
(3) Registered
practitioner means a practitioner duly registered with the department to be
issued official New York State prescription forms.
(4) Facility means a hospital, veterinary
hospital, clinic, dispensary, maternity home, nursing home, mental hospital, or
other facility licensed or authorized by a State agency and approved by the
department as authorized to be issued official New York State prescription forms
or facility labels.
(5) Registered
facility means a facility duly registered with the department to be issued
official New York State prescription forms or facility labels.
(6) Primary address means the address of a
registered practitioner's or registered facility's Federal Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA) registration or, if such practitioner or facility is not
registered with the DEA, an address designated as the primary address in the
practitioner's or facility's registration with the department.
(7) Staff practitioner means a practitioner who
is employed by, has admission privileges with or is otherwise affiliated with a
registered facility.
(8) Diversion of
drugs means possession, delivery or use of a drug or a prescription by a person
in a manner not specifically authorized by law.
(9) Facility label means a serialized
authentication label issued by the department only to a registered facility
exempted by the department as provided in section
910.2(a)
of this Part.
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