Legislative Update of Dispensing Medicinal Drugs
Posted
about 4 years ago
by
Susie Hemberger
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Senate Bill 262, Dispensing Medicinal Drugs, was signed into law by Governor DeSantis. The effective Date is July 1, 2021. The bill authorizes medicinal drugs to be dispensed by a hospital that operates a Class II or Class Ill institutional pharmacy to any inpatient upon discharge or patient discharged from an emergency department if the prescribing practitioner determines that the medicinal drug is warranted and community pharmacy services are not readily accessible to the patient. The drug may be dispensed up to a 48-hour supply or through the end of the next business day. During a declared state of emergency, a 72-hour supply may be dispensed by a hospital located in an area affected by the emergency.
The full text of the bill can be found here.
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