Licensing and regulation of pharmacies and remote dispensing sites under the pharmacy practice law, the practice of pharmacy, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

What it does

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Generally, under current law, no pharmacist may dispense at any location in this state that is not licensed as a pharmacy by the Pharmacy Examining Board, except that a pharmacist may, pursuant to rules promulgated by the board, dispense at certain specifically identified types of locations that are not licensed as pharmacies, which include health care facilities, health care provider offices or clinics, and jails and other adult and juvenile correctional or residential facilities.

This bill provides instead that a pharmacist may dispense at one of those locations only if the location is licensed by the board as a pharmacy. The bill requires this kind of pharmacy to adhere to a number of requirements that apply to other pharmacies, including the requirement for a managing pharmacist to be designated for the pharmacy. However, the bill allows this kind of pharmacy to be operated as a remote dispensing site, in which case a pharmacist is not required to be present at the pharmacy but must supervise it remotely. The bill also allows the board to promulgate rules governing pharmacies operated as remote dispensing sites, which may exempt pharmacies operated as remote dispensing sites from rules that apply to other pharmacies.

Who's behind it

4 senators are its authors⁠. 3 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.

11 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.

What it would cost

State agencies filed a cost estimate. Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

• Fiscal Estimate From DSPS