Bill > HB382

This bill, titled the "Prescription Drug Security, Supervision, and Return Act," makes several changes to Georgia law, primarily concerning controlled substances and pharmacy operations. It revises the definition of Schedule I controlled substances to exclude specific forms of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and psilocybin if they are approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and scheduled by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) under federal law. The bill also modifies the responsibilities of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, allowing technicians to perform certain technical functions remotely and establishing new supervisory ratios, including a pharmacist to technician ratio of one to four within the licensed pharmacy area, with remote technicians not counted towards this ratio. Additionally, it removes a previous restriction on the State Board of Pharmacy requiring wholesale drug distributors to accept the return of drugs essential to healthcare treatment only if their expiration date was less than one year from manufacturing, now allowing the board to exempt such drugs without that specific expiration date limitation. The effectiveness of the changes related to LSD and psilocybin is contingent on federal approval and scheduling of these specific drug forms.

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https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70182