N.Y. Public Health Law 3318 – Identification of controlled substances
§ 3318. Identification of controlled substances. 1. No controlled substance may be manufactured or delivered within this state in solid or capsule form unless it has clearly marked or imprinted upon each such capsule or solid:
Terms Used In N.Y. Public Health Law 3318
- Commissioner: means commissioner of health of the state of New York. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3302
- Controlled substance: means a substance or substances listed in section thirty-three hundred six of this title. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3302
- delivery: means the actual, constructive or attempted transfer from one person to another of a controlled substance, whether or not there is an agency relationship. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3302
- Drug: means
(a) substances recognized as drugs in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them;
(b) substances intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or animals; and
(c) substances (other than food) intended to affect the structure or a function of the body of man or animal. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3302 - Person: means individual, institution, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3302
(a) an individual symbol or number assigned to the person who manufactured the controlled substance in such form, and
(b) a code number or symbol assigned by the commissioner identifying such substance or combination of substances.
2. No controlled substance contained within a bottle, vial, carton or other container, or in any way affixed or appended to or enclosed within a package of any kind, and designed or intended for delivery in such container or package to an ultimate consumer, shall be manufactured, delivered or distributed within this state unless such container or package has clearly and permanently marked or imprinted upon it:
(a) an individual symbol or number assigned to the person who packaged the controlled substance in such form; and
(b) a code number or symbol assigned by the commissioner identifying such substance or combination of substances.
3. The commissioner shall assign a code number or symbol to each controlled substance, and in his discretion for combinations of substances, so as to provide ready identification of such substance. Upon application by a manufacturer of controlled substances, the commissioner shall assign to such manufacturer an identifying number or symbol. Wherever possible and practical, the commissioner shall assign code numbers which conform to the national drug code system.