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Committee amends HB 1582 to clarify pharmacist prescribing under collaborative practice agreements, then refers bill to courts
Summary
HB 1582 was amended to replace the term 'implement' with 'prescribing' in collaborative practice language to allow pharmacists to prescribe Suboxone under physician agreements; the committee approved the amendment and referred the bill for further review.
Committee members amended HB 1582 to clarify that pharmacists may "prescribe" drugs under collaborative practice agreements rather than merely "implement" therapy, a change the patron said is intended to satisfy DEA terminology and permit pharmacists to prescribe Suboxone in a planned substance‑use clinic in Southwest Virginia.
Delegate Waxman, the bill patron, explained the…
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