Bill Text: IN HB1183 | 2015 | Regular Session | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Physician assistants. Allows a physician assistant who is delegated authority to prescribe a controlled substance after practicing for at least 1,800 hours. (Current law allows a physician assistant to be delegated to prescribe a controlled substance after practicing for one year after graduating from a physician assistant program and practicing for at least 1,800 hours.) Removes requirement that supervising physician must delegate prescribing authority by the name of the drug or drug classification. Specifies that a physician assistant may refill a prescription as allowed for in the physician assistant's supervisory agreement. Provides that a pharmacist may not require the supervising
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-04 - Public Law 135 [HB1183 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2015-HB1183-Engrossed.pdf
Bill Title: Physician assistants. Allows a physician assistant who is delegated authority to prescribe a controlled substance after practicing for at least 1,800 hours. (Current law allows a physician assistant to be delegated to prescribe a controlled substance after practicing for one year after graduating from a physician assistant program and practicing for at least 1,800 hours.) Removes requirement that supervising physician must delegate prescribing authority by the name of the drug or drug classification. Specifies that a physician assistant may refill a prescription as allowed for in the physician assistant's supervisory agreement. Provides that a pharmacist may not require the supervising
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-04 - Public Law 135 [HB1183 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2015-HB1183-Engrossed.pdf
