DE SB73

Licensed pharmacists, pharmacist interns, or pharmacy students under supervision may provide hypodermic syringes or needles without a prescription to persons 18 years or older who self-administer prescription medications or administer them to their minor children, with age verification required.

Eliminates previous requirements for practitioners to provide written or oral orders for syringe/needle delivery and removes record-keeping obligations for retailers.

Removes the requirement that non-practitioners possess a physician's certificate certifying medical necessity to lawfully possess hypodermic syringes or needles.

Maintains existing penalties (Class G felony) for delivering or dispensing syringes or needles outside prescribed methods and preserves exceptions for veterinary, agricultural, and industrial uses.

Adds new exception allowing licensed nurses to provide syringes or needles during patient teaching, discharge teaching, or routine care for indigent clients in in-patient, out-patient, and community settings.