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AL HB577
Bill
Status
4/27/2011
Primary Sponsor
Gregory Wren
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AI Summary
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Allows appropriately trained and licensed pharmacists or registered pharmacy technicians under direct pharmacist supervision to provide therapeutic diabetic shoes and inserts, notwithstanding the Prosthetics and Orthotics Act (Sections 34-25A-1 to 34-25A-14).
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Defines "appropriately trained" as completion of one of the following: a National Commission of Orthotic and Prosthetic Education-approved course, a manufacturer's training course with fitting assessment, a course approved by a nationally recognized orthotic and prosthetic certification organization, or a continuing education course offered by the Alabama Pharmacy Association or Alabama Board of Pharmacy.
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Specifies four Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System codes (A5500, A5510, A5512, A5513) that define qualifying therapeutic diabetic shoes and inserts, including depth-inlay shoes, compression-molded inserts, heat-molded inserts with specific durometer specifications, and custom-molded inserts.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor, or upon becoming law by other means.
Legislative Description
Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians supervised by pharmacist, appropriately trained, authorized to provide therapeutic diabetic shoes and inserts
Pharmacists
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health
4/27/2011