Bill Text: FL S0708 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Automated Pharmacy Systems
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-12 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 59 [S0708 Detail]
Download: Florida-2020-S0708-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Automated Pharmacy Systems
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-12 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 59 [S0708 Detail]
Download: Florida-2020-S0708-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2020 SB 708 By Senator Hutson 7-00933-20 2020708__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to automated pharmacy systems; 3 amending s. 465.0235, F.S.; authorizing a community 4 pharmacy to use an automated pharmacy system under 5 certain circumstances; providing that certain 6 medicinal drugs stored in an automated pharmacy system 7 for outpatient dispensing are part of the inventory of 8 the pharmacy providing services through such system; 9 requiring the Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules; 10 providing an effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1. Section 465.0235, Florida Statutes, is amended 15 to read: 16 465.0235 Automated pharmacy systems used by long-term care 17 facilities, hospices, or state correctional institutions, or for 18 outpatient dispensing.— 19 (1) A pharmacy may provide pharmacy services to a long-term 20 care facility or hospice licensed under chapter 400 or chapter 21 429 or a state correctional institution operated under chapter 22 944 through the use of an automated pharmacy system that need 23 not be located at the same location as the pharmacy. 24 (2) A community pharmacy, as defined in s. 465.003, which 25 is licensed in this state may provide pharmacy services for 26 outpatient dispensing through the use of an automated pharmacy 27 system that need not be located at the same location as the 28 community pharmacy if: 29 (a) The automated pharmacy system is under the supervision 30 and control of the community pharmacy. 31 (b) The community pharmacy providing services through the 32 automated pharmacy system notifies the board of the location of 33 the automated pharmacy system and any changes in such location. 34 (c) The automated pharmacy system is under the supervision 35 and control of a pharmacist, as defined in s. 465.003, who is 36 licensed in this state and is available and accessible for 37 patient counseling before the dispensing of any medicinal drug. 38 (d) The automated pharmacy system does not contain or 39 dispense any controlled substances listed in Schedule II, 40 Schedule III, Schedule IV, or Schedule V of s. 893.03 or 21 41 U.S.C. s. 812. 42 (e) The community pharmacy maintains a record of the 43 medicinal drugs dispensed, including the identity of the 44 pharmacist responsible for verifying the accuracy of the dosage 45 and directions and providing patient counseling. 46 (f) The automated pharmacy system ensures the 47 confidentiality of personal health information. 48 (3)(2)Medicinal drugs stored in bulk or unit of use in an 49 automated pharmacy system servicing a long-term care facility, 50 hospice, or correctional institution, or for outpatient 51 dispensing, are part of the inventory of the pharmacy providing 52 pharmacy services to that facility, hospice, or institution, or 53 for outpatient dispensing, and medicinal drugs delivered by the 54 automated pharmacy system are considered to have been dispensed 55 by that pharmacy. 56 (4)(3)The operation of an automated pharmacy system must 57 be under the supervision of aFlorida-licensedpharmacist 58 licensed in this state. To qualify as a supervisor for an 59 automated pharmacy system, the pharmacist need not be physically 60 present at the site of the automated pharmacy system and may 61 supervise the system electronically. TheFlorida-licensed62 pharmacist shall be required to develop and implement policies 63 and procedures designed to verify that the medicinal drugs 64 delivered by the automated pharmacydispensingsystem are 65 accurate and valid and that the machine is properly restocked. 66 (5)(4)The Legislature does not intend for this section to 67 limit the current practice of pharmacy in this state. This 68 section is intended to allow automated pharmacy systems to 69 enhance the ability of a pharmacist to provide pharmacy services 70 in locations that do not employ a full-time pharmacist. This 71 section does not limit or replace the use of a consultant 72 pharmacist. 73 (6)(5)The board shall adopt rules governing the use ofan74 automated pharmacy systemssystem by January 1, 2005,which must 75 includespecify: 76 (a) Recordkeeping requirements.;77 (b) Security requirements.; and78 (c) Labeling requirements that permit the use of unit-dose 79 medications if the facility, hospice, or institution maintains 80 medication-administration records that include directions for 81 use of the medication and the automated pharmacy system 82 identifies: 83 1. The dispensing pharmacy.;84 2. The prescription number.;85 3. The name of the patient.; and86 4. The name of the prescribing practitioner. 87 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.