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Committee advances bill clarifying pharmacists' prescribing and dispensing authority; some members dissent
Summary
Senate File 117, which clarifies pharmacists' authority to prescribe, order, dispense and administer certain drugs within the scope of practice, advanced to the Senate calendar after a recorded roll-call vote of 11-4; one committee member said she could not support the bill because it may bypass the Board of Pharmacy's licensure standards.
Senate File 117, a bill "relating to the prescribing, ordering, dispensing, and administering authority of pharmacists and practitioners," was advanced by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee after amendment and a recorded committee vote of 11 yeses and 4 noes.
Senator Campbell presented the bill and an aligning amendment that…
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