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Senate adopts licensing framework for physician-run dispensing clinics
Summary
The Utah Senate on Feb. 20 approved first substitute Senate Bill 55, creating a licensing framework for 'dispensing medical practitioners' and dispensing clinics (including employer-sponsored clinics), consolidating prior exemptions and prohibiting dispensing of controlled substances.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 20 approved first substitute Senate Bill 55, establishing a licensing framework for dispensing medical practitioners and dispensing clinics that will bring prior, piecemeal exemptions under a single regulatory structure.
Sponsor Senator Vickers said the bill moves exemptions that previously allowed dermatologists, oncologists and other practitioners to dispense certain products into a unified licensing scheme and creates a new category for employer-sponsored clinics. "So what Senate Bill 55 does is it creates a licensing requirement for a dispensing medical practitioner and a…
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