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ID H0182
Bill
Status
Passed
3/21/2019
Primary Sponsor
Health and Welfare Committee
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AI Summary
- Amends Idaho Code Section 54-1704 to clarify the definition of "practice of pharmacy" and expand pharmacist prescribing authority for specific products and conditions
- Authorizes pharmacists to prescribe drugs, drug categories, or devices adopted by the board in rules when limited to conditions that do not require new diagnosis, are minor and self-limiting, or use waived clinical laboratory improvement amendments tests
- Allows pharmacists to dispense sufficient emergency quantities of medications when professional judgment indicates delay would threaten patient health or safety, until patient can see another provider
- Prohibits the board from adopting rules that authorize pharmacists to prescribe controlled drugs, compounded drugs, or biological products
- Maintains existing pharmacist prescribing authority for dietary fluoride supplements, immunization agents, opioid antagonists, epinephrine auto-injectors, tobacco cessation products, and tuberculin purified protein derivative products
Legislative Description
Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding products that may be prescribed.
PHARMACISTS
Last Action
Reported Signed by Governor on March 21, 2019 Session Law Chapter 141 Effective: 07/01/2019
3/21/2019
Committee Referrals
Health and Welfare3/5/2019
Health and Welfare2/22/2019
Full Bill Text
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