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HB 286 Schedule VI prescriptions; allows practitioner to prescribe if there is an urgency for treatment.

Introduced by: Rosalyn R. Dance | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Schedule VI prescriptions; certain infectious diseases. Authorizes a health care practitioner to prescribe Schedule VI antibiotics and antiviral agents to a person in close contact with a diagnosed patient of the practitioner without first conducting a physical examination of the person when the practitioner has a bona fide practitioner-patient relationship with the diagnosed patient, the practitioner meets all requirements for a bona fide practitioner-patient relationship with the person in close contact with the diagnosed patient other than the requirement for a physical examination, the practitioner believes that there is urgency to begin treatment to prevent transmission of a communicable disease, and emergency treatment is necessary to prevent imminent risk of death, life-threatening illness, or serious disability.


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