Bill Text: HI HB2766 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Veterinary Medicine; Prescriptions
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-27 - (H) Referred to HLT, JUD, referral sheet 8 [HB2766 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HB2766-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to veterinary medicine.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 328-16, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) In addition to the requirements enumerated in subsection (a), a prescription drug shall be dispensed only:
(1) By a pharmacist pursuant to a valid prescription or section 461-1;
(2) By a medical oxygen distributor pursuant to a prescription or certificate of medical necessity; provided that the drug to be dispensed is medical oxygen; or
(3) By a practitioner to an ultimate user[;] or
if prescribed by a veterinarian licensed under chapter 471 for an animal, to
the owner of the animal; provided that:
(A) The practitioner shall inform the patient[,]
or the owner of an animal, prior to dispensing any drug other than a
professional sample, that the patient or owner may have a written,
orally ordered, or electronically transmitted or conveyed prescription directed
to a pharmacy or a medical oxygen distributor of the patient's or owner's
own choice;
(B) The practitioner shall promptly record in the practitioner's records:
(i) The prescription in full;
(ii) The name, strength, and quantity of the drug, and specific directions for the drug's use;
(iii) The date the drug was dispensed; and
(iv) The name and address of the person for whom the drug was prescribed or the name of the owner of the animal for which the drug was prescribed;
(C) The records described in subparagraph (B) shall be subject to the inspection of the department or its agents at all times; and
(D) No undisclosed rebate, refund, commission, preference, discount, or other consideration, whether in the form of money or otherwise, has been offered to the practitioner as compensation or inducement to dispense or prescribe any specific drug in preference to other drugs that might be used for the identical therapeutic indication."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Veterinary Medicine; Prescriptions
Description:
Requires veterinarians to allow animal owners to have a written, orally ordered, or electronically transferred prescription sent to a pharmacy of the owner's choosing.
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