N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 3342

§ 3342. Dispensing and administering by institutional dispensers. 1.\nAn institutional dispenser may cause controlled substances to be\nadministered or dispensed for use on its premises or for the immediate\ncare or treatment of a patient lawfully being transferred in an\nemergency situation, as defined by rule or regulation of the\ncommissioner, to an alternative medical facility only pursuant to a\nwritten order by a practitioner for medication. Such orders shall be\nmade and preserved in the manner and form as the commissioner shall, by\nregulation, prescribe.\n 2. An institutional dispenser may dispense controlled substances for\nuse off its premises only pursuant to a prescription, prepared and filed\nin conformity with this title, provided, however, that, in an emergency\nsituation as defined by rule or regulation of the department, a\npractitioner in a hospital without a full-time pharmacy may dispense\ncontrolled substances to a patient in a hospital emergency room for use\noff the premises of the institutional dispenser for a period not to\nexceed twenty-four hours.\n 2-a. A practitioner in any institutional dispenser may dispense\ncontrolled substances as emergency treatment to a patient for use off\nthe premises of the institutional dispenser as authorized by the federal\ndrug enforcement administration for the purpose of initiating\nmaintenance treatment, detoxification treatment, or both.\n 3. An institutional dispenser shall maintain records of all controlled\nsubstances dispensed and administered in such manner as the commissioner\nshall, by regulation, require.\n