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Introduced
01/28/2026
01/28/2026
In Committee
02/03/2026
02/03/2026
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
104th General Assembly
Bill Summary
Amends the Pharmacy Practice Act. In provisions exempting the practice of specified professionals and their prescribing of such drugs, medicines, or poisons as may seem appropriate to the professionals, provides that this exemption is without regard to whether such drugs, medicines, or poisons are not typically prescribed by such licensed individuals or by licensed individuals in a same or similar specialty or are self-prescribed, with the exception of controlled substances. Provides that a licensee does not act in good faith when the licensee refuses to compound, fill, or dispense prescriptions of physicians licensed to practice medicine in all its branches solely because the prescriptions are not typically issued by that physician or by physicians in the same or similar specialty or are self-prescribed, with the exception of controlled substances. Provides that it is a violation of specified provisions for any prescriber or dispenser to adopt a contrary policy. Effective immediately.
AI Summary
This bill amends the Pharmacy Practice Act to clarify when a pharmacist is acting in "good faith" when refusing to dispense a prescription. Specifically, it states that a pharmacist does not act in good faith if they refuse to fill or dispense a prescription from a physician solely because the prescription is not typically issued by that physician or by physicians in a similar specialty, or if the prescription is self-prescribed, with the exception of controlled substances. The bill also makes it a violation for any prescriber or dispenser to adopt a policy that contradicts this provision. This aims to prevent pharmacists from refusing to fill legitimate prescriptions based on their own judgment about what a physician typically prescribes, unless it involves controlled substances, which have separate regulations.
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Referred to Rules Committee (on 02/03/2026)
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