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Committee backs amendment to SB504 to clarify pharmacist authority, keeps bill on regular calendar
Summary
The committee adopted amendment 1742H to SB504 to add 'in accordance with applicable state and federal law' around pharmacists' prescribing and to address licensed advanced pharmacy technician exam access; the committee voted to report the bill 'ought to pass' with the amendment.
The House Executive Departments and Administration Committee voted to adopt amendment 1742H to Senate Bill 504 and moved the bill 'ought to pass' as amended.
According to sponsors, the amendment inserts the phrase "in accordance with applicable state and federal law" into the sections governing pharmacists' prescribing, ordering and administration of laboratory tests and certain drugs to avoid creating an unintended shortcut that would permit prescribing controlled substances…
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