AB 182

This bill makes various changes to the pharmacy practice law and to

administrative rules promulgated by the Pharmacy Examining Board, described as

follows:

1. The bill repeals a requirement that a license issued by the board be displayed

in the place of practice.

2. The bill provides that a prescription order entered on the chart or medical

record of an inpatient or resident of a health care facility is not required to include

the address of the practitioner, which is otherwise required for other prescription

orders.

3. The bill modifies the definition of “long term care facility” in the rules

promulgated by the board to conform it to a definition used in similar regulations

adopted by the federal Drug Enforcement Administration. The definition is used in

various provisions in the rules relating to prescriptions for controlled substances.

4. The bill repeals a requirement that every pharmacy be equipped with proper

pharmaceutical utensils for compounding and dispensing prescriptions and a

requirement that the board prescribe, by rule, minimum standards of professional

and technical equipment. The bill also repeals the rules promulgated by the board

relating to minimum equipment for pharmacies.