Directs any retail establishment that sells any product or products containing as the only active ingredient dextromethorphan, shall limit access to persons eighteen years of age or younger to such products in a manner designed to prevent the misuse or abuse of such products.

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A1642-2011 Actions

• Mar 30, 2012: enacting clause stricken
• Jan 4, 2012: referred to higher education
• Jan 11, 2011: referred to higher education

A1642-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                    1642

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                              January 11, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JAFFEE,  ZEBROWSKI,  CASTRO, GUNTHER, GALEF,
    BURLING, BARRON, McDONOUGH, TOBACCO, CALHOUN,  CAMARA,  COOK,  CROUCH,
    JEFFRIES, MAISEL, MARKEY, MAYERSOHN, NOLAN, PHEFFER, SAYWARD, SCHIMEL,
    WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Educa-
    tion

  AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to restricting access to
    dextromethorphan, commonly known as "dxm"

    THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 6811-c
  to read as follows:

    S  6811-C.    RESTRICTED  ACCESS  TO  RETAIL SALE OF DEXTROMETHORPHAN,
  COMMONLY KNOWN AS "DXM".  ANY RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT THAT SELLS ANY  PROD-
  UCT  OR  PRODUCTS CONTAINING AS THE ONLY ACTIVE INGREDIENT DEXTROMETHOR-
  PHAN, SHALL LIMIT ACCESS TO PERSONS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER  TO
  SUCH  PRODUCTS  IN  A  MANNER DESIGNED TO PREVENT THE MISUSE OR ABUSE OF
  SUCH PRODUCTS.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
  the  rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this
  act shall be promulgated and take effect on or before  the  one  hundred
  eightieth day after this act shall have become a law.




   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD05561-01-1