Bill Text: CA SB204 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled

California Senate Bill 204 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Prescription drugs: labeling.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2014-09-28 - In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending. [SB204 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB204-Enrolled.html

BILL NUMBER: SB 204	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 26, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 21, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 10, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 27, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 23, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 24, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Corbett

                        FEBRUARY 8, 2013

   An act to add and repeal Section 4076.3 of the Business and
Professions Code, relating to pharmacy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 204, Corbett. Prescription drugs: labeling.
   The Pharmacy Law provides for the licensure and regulation of
pharmacists by the California State Board of Pharmacy. Existing law
prohibits a pharmacist from dispensing any prescription unless it is
in a specified container that is correctly labeled to include, among
other information, the directions for the use of the drug. Existing
regulations of the board provide standardized directions for use that
are required to be used on drug container labels, as specified.
   This bill would require the board to conduct a survey of a
representative sample of licensed pharmacists to determine the usage
of the directions for use described above. The bill would require
this survey to address certain issues, including, but not limited to,
whether and how often the pharmacist utilizes the directions for
use, barriers to utilizing the directions for use, and other
directions for use utilized by the pharmacist. The bill would also
require the board to conduct a similar survey of vendors that provide
electronic health records (EHR) to pharmacies and prescribers to
determine the type of directions for use included in the vendor's EHR
programming, as specified. The bill would authorize these surveys to
be conducted with other routine surveys conducted by the board
during its regular course of business. The bill would require the
board to report the survey findings at its July 2016 board meeting
and to publish the findings on the board's Internet Web site, as
specified.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 4076.3 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   4076.3.  (a) The board shall conduct a survey of a representative
sample of licensed pharmacists to determine the utilization of the
standardized directions for use provided in paragraph (4) of
subdivision (a) of Section 1707.5 of Article 2 of Division 17 of
Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations. The survey shall
address, but not be limited to, all of the following issues:
   (1) Whether the pharmacist utilizes the standardized directions
for use.
   (2) How often the pharmacist utilizes the standardized directions
for use.
   (3) Challenges or barriers to utilizing the standardized
directions for use.
   (4) Other directions for use utilized by the pharmacist.
   (b) The board shall conduct a survey of vendors that provide
electronic health records (EHR) to pharmacies and prescribers to
determine the type of directions for use included in the vendor's EHR
programming. The survey shall address, but not be limited to, all of
the following issues:
   (1) Whether the standardized directions for use described in
subdivision (a) are included in the vendor's EHR programming.
   (2) Challenges or barriers to utilizing the standardized
directions for use in the vendor's EHR programming.
   (3) Other directions for use utilized by the vendor in its EHR
programming.
   (c) The surveys required by this section may be conducted with
other routine surveys conducted by the board during its regular
course of business.
   (d) The board shall report the findings of the surveys required by
this section in the aggregate at its July 2016 board meeting and
publish these findings on its Internet Web site.
   This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020,
and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.