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Thursday, June 10, 2005
Bill Text   -   S05619
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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K                   
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                                         5619                                  
                                                                               
                              2005-2006 Regular Sessions                       
                                                                               
                                   I N  S E N A T E                            
                                                                               
                                     June 8, 2005                              
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       Introduced  by Sen. FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules                     
                                                                               
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to banning the  sale,
         use, and prescription of any product containing the substance commonly
         known as Lindane                                                      
                                                                               
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:                                               
                                                                               
    1    Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
    2  2507 to read as follows:                                                
    3    S  2507.  SALE AND USE OF HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE OR GAMMA BENZENE HEXA-
    4  CHLORIDE RESTRICTED. 1. NO PERSON SHALL SELL, OFFER FOR SALE, OR USE ANY
    5  MATERIAL, COMPOUND, MIXTURE, OR PREPARATION WHICH CONTAINS ANY  QUANTITY
    6  OF  HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE OR GAMMA BENZENE HEXACHLORIDE, INCLUDING THEIR
    7  SALTS AND ISOMERS, FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANY DISEASE OR  CONDITION  OF  A
    8  PERSON, EXCEPT AS SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION.                            
    9    2.  ANY MATERIAL, COMPOUND, MIXTURE, OR PREPARATION WHICH CONTAINS ANY
   10  QUANTITY OF HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE OR GAMMA BENZENE HEXACHLORIDE, INCLUD-
   11  ING THEIR SALTS AND ISOMERS, MAY BE USED FOR THE TREATMENT OF AN  INFES-
   12  TATION SARCOPTES SCABEI, ALSO KNOWN AS SCABIES, PROVIDED THAT THE ADMIN-
   13  ISTERING  OF  THE HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE OR GAMMA BENZENE HEXACHLORIDE IS
   14  ORDERED AND COMMENCED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A HEALTH CARE PRACTITION-
   15  ER LICENSED UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW,  ACTING  WITHIN  THE
   16  LAWFUL  SCOPE OF HIS OR HER PRACTICE. THE HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER SHALL
   17  PROVIDE FOR APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTION FOR THE PATIENT, OR PARENT OR GUARD-
   18  IAN OF THE PATIENT, CONCERNING PROPER PROCEDURES PRIOR TO AND  FOLLOWING
   19  THE  COMMENCEMENT  OF  THE ADMINISTERING OF THE HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE OR
   20  GAMMA BENZENE HEXACHLORIDE, INCLUDING REMOVAL AND WASHING.              
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   22  it shall have become a law.                                             
                                                                               
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             { } is old law to be omitted.                     
                                                                  LBD06029-03-5
.SO DOC S 5619          *END*                    BTXT                 2005    
 
 

 

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