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What is NYC AC § 20-622?

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This section mandates that every chain pharmacy must offer free and competent translation services for prescription medication labels and other written materials to limited English proficient (LEP) individuals. The statute ensures that these services are provided in the individual's primary language if it aligns with the pharmacy's primary languages. Applies to chain pharmacies serving LEP individuals.

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§ 20-622 Provision of translation services required.

AC § 20-622

Every chain pharmacy shall provide free, competent translation of prescription medication labels, warning labels and other written material to each LEP individual filling a prescription at such chain pharmacy if that individual's primary language is one of the pharmacy primary languages, in addition to providing such labels and materials in English. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a chain pharmacy from providing dual- or multi-language medication labels, warning labels or other written materials to LEP individuals who speak one of the pharmacy primary languages if one of the languages included on such labels or sheets is the LEP individual's primary language. Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2009/055.

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