N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 3343

§ 3343. Reports and records. 1. Prescriptions and copies of\nprescriptions shall be preserved in the following manner:\n (a) dispensing practitioners filing information electronically\npursuant to subdivision six of section thirty-three hundred thirty-one\nof this article, shall dispose of any electronically recorded\ninformation in such manner as the commissioner in consultation with the\ncommissioner of education shall by regulation require;\n (b) pharmacists dispensing controlled substances upon prescription\nshall preserve such prescriptions in such manner as the commissioner in\nconsultation with the commissioner of education shall, by regulation,\nrequire.\n 2. Practitioners and pharmacies shall maintain records of all\ncontrolled substances received and dispensed in such manner as the\ncommissioner shall, by regulation, require.\n