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AZ HB2532

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/5/2016

Primary Sponsor

Heather Carter

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-second Legislature - Second Regular Session (2016)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona law (A.R.S. 32-1976) to modify requirements for dispensing replacement soft contact lenses.

  • Requires prescription orders to include the prescribing physician or optometrist's name, issuance date, lens brand name, type, tint, and all specifications necessary for accurate dispensing.

  • Changes prescription expiration period from one year to a blank period (to be filled in) after issuance, with prescribers required to document health-related reasons if prescribing for less than the standard period.

  • Requires refills within 60 days of expiration to be dispensed in sufficient quantity only through the expiration date, in compliance with FDA packaging standards.

  • Requires pharmacies to include warning notice about eye discomfort symptoms with dispensed lenses and to disclose all associated charges in advertisements for replacement soft contact lenses.

Legislative Description

Contact lenses; prescriptions

Last Action

Introduced in House and read first time

5/5/2016

Full Bill Text

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