| Chapter 150 |
| 2018 -- H 7416 Enacted 07/02/2018 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PHARMACIES--PARTIAL FILLS |
| Introduced By: Representatives Mattiello, McNamara, Serpa, Ackerman, and Edwards |
| Date Introduced: February 02, 2018 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Chapter 5-19.1 of the General Laws entitled "Pharmacies" is hereby |
| amended by adding thereto the following section: |
| 5-19.1-33. Partial fill of Schedule II controlled substance. |
| (a) A pharmacist may dispense a Schedule schedule II controlled substance, as listed in § |
| 21-28-2.08, as a partial fill if requested by the patient or the prescriber. |
| (b) If a pharmacist dispenses a partial fill on a prescription pursuant to this section, the |
| pharmacy shall retain the original prescription, with a notation of how much of the prescription |
| has been filled, until the prescription has been fully dispensed. The total quantity dispensed shall |
| not exceed the total quantity prescribed. |
| (c) Subsequent fills, until the original prescription is completely dispensed, shall occur at |
| the pharmacy where the original prescription was partially filled. The full prescription shall be |
| dispensed not more than thirty (30) days after the date on which the prescription was written. |
| Thirty-one (31) days after the date on which the prescription was written, the prescription shall |
| expire and no more of the drug shall be dispensed without a subsequent prescription. |
| (d) The pharmacist shall record in the prescription-drug-monitoring-program |
| prescription-drug-monitoring program, maintained by the department of health pursuant to § |
| 21-28-3.18, only the actual amounts of the drug dispensed. |
| (e) The pharmacist shall record the date and amount of each partial fill in a readily |
| retrievable form and on the original prescription, and shall include the initials of the pharmacist |
| who dispensed each partial fill. |
| (f) This section is not intended to conflict with or supersede any other requirement |
| established for the prescription of a Schedule schedule II controlled substance. |
| (g) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: |
| (1) "Original prescription" means the prescription presented by the patient to the |
| pharmacy or submitted electronically to the pharmacy. |
| (2) "Partial fill" means a part of a prescription filled that is of a quantity less than the |
| entire prescription. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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