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Senate committee advances bill to let pharmacists prescribe limited low‑risk medications
Summary
The Senate Committee on Government Organization voted to report a committee substitute for Senate Bill 526, the Pharmacist Prescribing Authority Act, which would allow pharmacists to prescribe certain low‑risk medications, preclude controlled substances and exempt the change from a Sunrise review.
The Senate Committee on Government Organization on an voice vote agreed to report a committee substitute for Senate Bill 526 to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass.
The bill, titled the Pharmacist Prescribing Authority Act, would create a new article in Article 5 of the West Virginia Code to authorize pharmacists to prescribe low‑risk medications when conditions meet specified limits, explicitly prohibit pharmacists from prescribing controlled substances, and add a final section exempting the act from a Sunrise examination.
Committee counsel told the…
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