Statute · New York Education Law
N.Y. Educ. Law § 6842 — Definitions
N.Y. Educ. Law § 6842
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- New York Education Law
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 6842. Definitions. As used in this article:
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N.Y. Educ. Law § 6842 — Definitions is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 6842. Definitions. As used in this article:
1. "Licensed pharmacist" means a person licensed to practice pharmacy pursuant to article one hundred thirty-seven of this title.
2. "Pharmacy intern" means a person practicing under a limited permit pursuant to section sixty-eight hundred six of this title.
3. "Professional judgment" means professional decision-making by a licensed pharmacist, including, but not limited to, such activities as:
a. interpreting a prescription or medication order for therapeutic acceptability and appropriateness or engaging in the calculations behind any such formulations;
b. interpreting and evaluating a prescription or medication order for conformance with legal requirements, authenticity, accuracy and interaction of the prescribed drug with other known prescribed and over-the-counter drugs;
c. receiving oral prescriptions from prescribers; or
d. counseling patients.
4. "Compounding" means the combining, admixing, mixing, diluting, pooling, reconstituting, or otherwise altering of a drug or bulk drug substance to create a drug.
5. "Drugs", "pharmacopeia", "labeling" and "sterile drug" shall have the same definitions as set forth in section sixty-eight hundred two of this title.