Chapter 265
2013 -- H 6123 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/15/13
A N A C T
RELATING TO
BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PHARMACIES - RADIOLOGIC
TECHNOLOGISTS
Introduced By: Representative Donna M. Walsh
Date Introduced: May 16, 2013
It is enacted by the
General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 5-19.1-8 of the General Laws in Chapter
5-19.1 entitled
"Pharmacies" is
hereby amended to read as follows:
5-19.1-8.
Licensing required. – (a) No person shall engage in the practice
of pharmacy,
establish, conduct, or maintain a pharmacy or wholesale drug
operation, or manufacture drugs
without obtaining a license under this chapter. It shall be
unlawful for any person to practice
pharmacy or to institute or operate any pharmacy unless such
person shall be a licensed
pharmacist or shall place in charge of the pharmacy a licensed
pharmacist. Provided, persons who
provide acceptable evidence of being currently licensed by
examination or endorsement under the
laws of other states of the
practicing in this state for a period of ninety (90) days from
the date on the application receipt,
provided that they become duly licensed in this state within
ninety (90) days. The board may,
through regulations, establish the responsibilities and
duties of the pharmacist-in-charge.
(b) The director of
health may, upon determination that a waiver of the licensing
requirement is necessary in the interest of public health, waive
the licensing requirement for the
dispensing of prescription medication in the limited instance
where such medication will be
dispensed by a licensed healthcare professional at a licensed
ambulatory care facility located on
mainland.
SECTION 2. Section 5-68.1-4 of the General Laws in Chapter
5-68.1 entitled
"Radiologic
Technologists" is hereby amended to read as follows:
5-68.1-4. License
required. -- (a) No individual shall practice radiologic technology or
shall represent themselves as practicing radiologic
technology, unless they are licensed under this
chapter. The provisions of this section do not apply to:
(1) A licensed
practitioner when practicing within his or her field of expertise.
(2) A student of
medicine, when under the general supervision of an instructor who is a
radiologist and when acting within the scope of practice.
(3) A dentist, licensed
dental hygienist or certified dental assistant when practicing
within his or her field of expertise.
(4) A podiatry
assistant who has received a "certificate of completion" from the
having taken and passed the course on "radiography for
podiatry assistance" and when acting
within the practice of podiatry.
(5) A medical physicist
when practicing within his or her field of expertise.
(6) A licensed
healthcare provider at a licensed ambulatory care facility on
and where the director of health determines a waiver of
the licensure requirements to be in the
interest of public health.
(b) Nothing in this
chapter is intended to limit, preclude or interfere with the practice of
persons and health care providers licensed by appropriate
agencies of
(c) This chapter does
not prohibit an individual enrolled in an approved school of
radiologic technology, under the direct supervision of a
radiologist or a licensed radiologic
technologist, from performing those duties essential for
completion of a student's clinical service.
(d) This chapter is not
intended to supersede the mammography rules and regulations
promulgated pursuant to section 23-17-32.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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