GA SB346

Expands the exceptions allowing pharmacies to sell, distribute, and deliver prescription drugs by mail or common carriers in Georgia, including allowing delivery to a patient on behalf of any pharmacy (not just group model HMOs) and removing the limitation that only refills could be mailed by HMO pharmacies

Adds a new exception permitting a pharmacist or pharmacy to dispense a prescription and deliver it via mail or common carrier to another pharmacist or pharmacy, where the patient can pick it up and receive counseling, with the State Board of Pharmacy directed to adopt implementing rules

Defines "remote order entry" as a pharmacist located within Georgia reviewing and approving or disapproving a hospital patient's drug order from a remote location and entering the information into the hospital's patient record system

Authorizes hospital pharmacies to use remote order entry when the pharmacy is closed and a pharmacist will be physically present within 16 hours, or when at least one pharmacist is on-site and another is practicing in the hospital but not in the pharmacy

Requires a hospital's director of pharmacy to submit written remote order entry policies to the Board of Pharmacy—aligned with American Society of Health-System Pharmacists standards—covering quality assurance, medication error reporting, secure electronic access, and confidentiality, with the Board empowered to issue cease and desist orders for noncompliance