Bill Text: FL S0278 | 2014 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Pharmacy
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-02 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 323 (Ch. 2014-113) [S0278 Detail]
Download: Florida-2014-S0278-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Pharmacy
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-02 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 323 (Ch. 2014-113) [S0278 Detail]
Download: Florida-2014-S0278-Comm_Sub.html
Florida Senate - 2014 CS for CS for SB 278 By the Committees on Regulated Industries; and Health Policy; and Senator Grimsley 580-02895-14 2014278c2 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to pharmacy; amending s. 465.014, 3 F.S.; increasing the number of registered pharmacy 4 technicians which a licensed pharmacist may supervise; 5 amending s. 465.004, F.S.; revising the composition of 6 the Board of Pharmacy; amending ss. 456.42 and 893.04, 7 F.S.; requiring written prescriptions for specified 8 controlled substances to be legibly dated in a 9 specified format; providing an effective date. 10 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 13 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 465.014, Florida 14 Statutes, is amended to read: 15 465.014 Pharmacy technician.— 16 (1) A person other than a licensed pharmacist or pharmacy 17 intern may not engage in the practice of the profession of 18 pharmacy, except that a licensed pharmacist may delegate to 19 pharmacy technicians who are registered pursuant to this section 20 those duties, tasks, and functions that do not fall within the 21 purview of s. 465.003(13). All such delegated acts mustshallbe 22 performed under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist 23 who isshall beresponsible for all such acts performed by 24 persons under his or her supervision. Apharmacyregistered 25 pharmacy technician, under the supervision of a pharmacist, may 26 initiate or receive communications with a practitioner or his or 27 her agent, on behalf of a patient, regarding refill 28 authorization requests. A licensed pharmacist may not supervise 29 more than one registered pharmacy technician unless otherwise 30 permitted by the guidelines adopted by the board. The board 31 shall establish guidelines to be followed by licensees or 32 permittees in determining the circumstances under which a 33 licensed pharmacist may supervise more than onebut not more34than threepharmacy techniciantechnicians. 35 Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 465.004, Florida 36 Statutes, is amended to read: 37 465.004 Board of Pharmacy.— 38 (2) Seven members of the board must be licensed pharmacists 39 who are residents of this state and who have been engaged in the 40 practice of the profession of pharmacy in this state for at 41 least 4 years and, to the extent practicable, represent the 42 various pharmacy practice settings. Of the pharmacist members, 43 threeonemust be currently engaged in the practice of pharmacy 44 in a community pharmacy, threeonemust be currently engaged in 45 the practice of pharmacy in a Class II institutional pharmacy or 46 a Modified Class II institutional pharmacy, and onefiveshall 47 be a pharmacistpharmacistslicensed in this state irrespective 48 of practice setting. The remaining two members must be residents 49 of the state who have never been licensed as pharmacists and who 50 are in no way connected with the practice of the profession of 51 pharmacy. No person may be appointed as a consumer member who is 52 in any way connected with a drug manufacturer or wholesaler. At 53 least one member of the board must be 60 years of age or older. 54 Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 456.42, Florida 55 Statutes, is amended to read: 56 456.42 Written prescriptions for medicinal drugs.— 57 (2) A written prescription for a controlled substance 58 listed in chapter 893 must have the quantity of the drug 59 prescribed in both textual and numerical formats, must be dated 60 in numeric month/day/year format, or with the abbreviated month 61 written out, or the month written out in wholeon the face of62the prescription, and must be either written on a standardized 63 counterfeit-proof prescription pad produced by a vendor approved 64 by the department or electronically prescribed as that term is 65 used in s. 408.0611. As a condition of being an approved vendor, 66 a prescription pad vendor must submit a monthly report to the 67 department thatwhich, at a minimum, documents the number of 68 prescription pads sold and identifies the purchasers. The 69 department may, by rule, require the reporting of additional 70 information. 71 Section 4. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section 72 893.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 73 893.04 Pharmacist and practitioner.— 74 (2) 75 (d) Each written prescription prescribed by a practitioner 76 in this state for a controlled substance listed in Schedule II, 77 Schedule III, or Schedule IV must include both a written and a 78 numerical notation of the quantity of the controlled substance 79 prescribedon the face of the prescriptionand a legible 80 notation of the date in numeric month/day/year format, or,with 81 the abbreviated month written out, or the month written out in 82 wholeon the face of the prescription. A pharmacist may, upon 83 verification by the prescriber, document any information 84 required by this paragraph. If the prescriber is not available 85 to verify a prescription, the pharmacist may dispense the 86 controlled substance but may insist that the person to whom the 87 controlled substance is dispensed provide valid photographic 88 identification. If a prescription includes a numerical notation 89 of the quantity of the controlled substance or date, but does 90 not include the quantity or date written out in textual format, 91 the pharmacist may dispense the controlled substance without 92 verification by the prescriber of the quantity or date if the 93 pharmacy previously dispensed another prescription for the 94 person to whom the prescription was written. 95 Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.