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HB 622 Prescriptions; exception to requirement for patients in certain correctional institutions.

Introduced by: John M. O'Bannon, III | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Prescriptions written for patients residing in certain institutions.  Provides an exception to the requirement that prescription order forms must be for only one prescription to allow for submission of a single document containing multiple prescriptions written for patients residing in adult and juvenile detention centers, local or regional jails, or work release centers operated by the Department of Corrections. Exceptions are already provided for chart orders in hospitals and long-term care facilities, for home infusion patients, and hospice patients and for the orders through pharmacies operated by various state agencies, including the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Department of Corrections.


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