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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
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