Exhibit 10(i)(ii)


     Amendment to the Retirement  Benefit  Restoration Plan Adopted by the
     Board of Directors on October 16, 2001

     Section 5.7 of the Becton, Dickinson and Company Retirement Benefit
     Restoration Plan is amended effective as of November 1, 2001 to read in its
     entirety as follows:

5.7 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan,

     (a) the Committee may defer the distribution of any Plan benefits to a
         Participant if the Committee anticipates that the amount of such Plan
         benefits, or any portion thereof, would be nondeductible for corporate
         income tax purposes to the Company pursuant to Section 162(m) of the
         Code; and

     (b) a Participant who is a participant in the Becton, Dickinson and Company
         Deferred Compensation Plan (the "DCP"), on or after November 1, 2001,
         may elect to defer receipt of any amount otherwise payable under this
         Plan, provided that such a deferral election must be made at least
         twelve (12) months before the date that the distribution is otherwise
         payable to the Participant under this Plan. Once made, any such
         deferral election cannot be changed or revoked except as provided in
         the DCP. Such deferred distribution shall be credited to the
         Participant's Deferred SERP Distribution Account under the DCP as soon
         as practicable after such amount would otherwise have been paid to the
         Participant under this Plan. If the Participant otherwise becomes
         entitled to a distribution under this Plan after having made a deferral
         election and before the end of the applicable twelve-month period, such
         deferral election shall be ineffective and the applicable distribution
         shall be made under this Plan and not deferred under the DCP. In all
         events, if an amount otherwise payable hereunder is deferred under the
         DCP in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the Participant shall
         have no further right or interest under this Plan and the amount to
         which the Participant is entitled thereafter shall be determined solely
         under the terms of the DCP.