Chapter 128 |
2019 -- S 0291 AS AMENDED Enacted 07/08/2019 |
A N A C T |
RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- PHARMACIES |
Introduced By: Senators Valverde, Quezada, Goldin, Miller, and Lawson |
Date Introduced: February 13, 2019 |
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: |
5-19.1-34. Notice of warning regarding use of schedule II controlled substances to be |
posted. |
(a) The director of the department of health shall compile a list of at least the ten (10) |
most prescribed drugs containing opioids and/or other schedule II controlled substances as listed |
in ยง 21-28-2.08 and forward it to the board of pharmacy which shall distribute that list to all |
pharmacies in the state. The list shall also contain warnings relating to the overuse, misuse, and |
mixing of those drugs with other drugs, specifically benzodiazepines, and/or alcohol, including, |
but not limited to, dependence, addiction, or death. |
(b) Each pharmacy shall conspicuously display the list at or adjacent to the place in the |
pharmacy where prescriptions are presented for compounding and dispensing. |
(c) The pharmacist shall also inform the patient that the pharmacist may dispense a partial |
fill of the prescription if requested by the patient and the procedure for other partial fills until the |
full prescription is dispensed within thirty (30) days of the date on which the prescription was |
written. |
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on September 1, 2019. |
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