Bill > SB519

This bill modifies Missouri state law regarding pharmacists' ability to dispense emergency prescription medication supplies. Specifically, the bill expands the circumstances under which pharmacists can provide an emergency medication supply without direct prescriber authorization. Pharmacists may now dispense an emergency supply if they determine that interrupting the patient's medication could cause undesirable health consequences, the pharmacy has previously filled the prescription, the medication is not a controlled substance, the patient is informed that future refills require prescriber authorization, and the emergency dispensing is documented. The key change is increasing the maximum emergency supply from seven to ninety days in most cases, and from thirty to ninety days in situations where the prescriber is deceased, incapacitated, or unable to provide medical services. The pharmacist must promptly notify the prescriber's office about the emergency dispensing, cannot dispense if the prescriber has specifically prohibited such emergency supplies, and the emergency supply determination must be made by a licensed pharmacist. The Missouri Board of Pharmacy is required to create rules implementing these new provisions.

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https://www.senate.mo.gov/25info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=860789