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Senate amends and passes SB100 to clarify pharmacists' scope and patient privacy protections
Summary
The Utah Senate amended and passed Senate Bill 100, clarifying that pharmacists' scope of practice includes nutritional counseling and aligning patient rights provisions with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; the bill passed 24–0 with five absent and will be sent to the House.
The Utah Senate amended and then gave final passage to Senate Bill 100, a measure that clarifies pharmacy licensing language and the scope of pharmacists' duties.
Speaker 3, summarizing the committee amendment, said the change "makes absolutely no changes to what we discussed on the second reading" but "highlights the fact that pharmacists do give nutritional counseling as part of their ongoing daily duties and responsibilities." He added the amendment…
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