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2000 SESSION
HB 1437 Pharmacy; practitioner-patient relationship.
Introduced by: James K. (Jay) O'Brien, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Health professions; pharmacy. Expands the definition of a bona fide practitioner-patient relationship to mean that the practitioner, prior to prescribing a drug, has obtained or has access to a readily available medical and drug history, communicated the benefits and risks of the drug being prescribed, performed an appropriate examination of the patient, and initiated additional interventions and follow-up, if needed. The bill also prohibits out-of-state pharmacists from dispensing any drugs to patients in Virginia that do not result from a bona fide practitioner-patient relationship. Further, no prescription is to be filled by such pharmacists unless there is a bona fide practitioner-patient-pharmacist relationship and a prescription not issued in the usual course of treatment or for authorized research is not valid prescription. Nonresident pharmacies must aver that their pharmacists do not knowingly fill or dispense a prescription for a patient in Virginia in violation of these requirements. These provisions are recommendations by the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health Professions in their study of the sale of drugs via the Internet.
FULL TEXT
- 01/24/00 House: Presented & ordered printed 000986872 pdf
- 02/03/00 House: Printed as engrossed 000986872-E pdf
- 03/06/00 Senate: Committee substitute printed 006187872-S1 pdf
- 03/20/00 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1437ER) pdf
- 05/04/00 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0882) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/24/00 House: Presented & ordered printed 000986872
- 01/24/00 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/26/00 House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 1
- 02/01/00 House: Reported from H. W. I. w/amendment (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/00 House: Read first time
- 02/03/00 House: Read second time
- 02/03/00 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/03/00 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/03/00 House: Printed as engrossed 000986872-E
- 02/04/00 House: Read third time and passed House (Block Vote) (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/00 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/00 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/07/00 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/07/00 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 03/05/00 Senate: Reported from Ed. & H. with substitute (12-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 03/06/00 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/00 Senate: Committee substitute printed 006187872-S1
- 03/06/00 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/00 Senate: Read third time
- 03/07/00 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/07/00 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 006187872-S1
- 03/07/00 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - comm. sub. 006187872-S1
- 03/07/00 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 03/07/00 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 03/08/00 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/09/00 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (94-Y 1-N)
- 03/09/00 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (94-Y 1-N)
- 03/20/00 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1437ER)
- 03/22/00 House: Enrolled
- 03/22/00 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/24/00 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/09/00 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 882 (effective 7/1/00)
- 05/04/00 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0882)