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1998 SESSION
SB 654 Delivery of prescription drugs.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Delivery of prescription drugs. Requires certain conditions whenever any pharmacy permitted in Virginia and any nonresident pharmacy registered to do business in the Commonwealth delivers a prescription drug order by mail or common carrier or delivery service, when the drug order is not personally hand-delivered directly to the patient or his agent at the person's residence or other designated location, i.e., written notice be placed in each shipment alerting the consumer that under certain circumstances chemical degradation of drugs may occur and written notice be placed in each shipment providing a toll-free or local consumer access telephone number which is designed to respond to consumer questions pertaining to chemical degradation of drugs.
FULL TEXT
- 01/26/98 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 989253655 pdf
- 02/05/98 Senate: Committee substitute printed 986823655-S1 pdf
- 03/18/98 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB654ER) pdf
- 04/27/98 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0597) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/26/98 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 989253655
- 01/26/98 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/03/98 Senate: Assigned to Ed. & Health sub-committee: Health Care
- 02/05/98 Senate: Committee substitute printed 986823655-S1
- 02/05/98 Senate: Reported from Ed. & H. with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/98 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/98 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/98 Senate: Read second time
- 02/09/98 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/09/98 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 986823655-S1
- 02/09/98 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - comm. sub. 986823655-S1
- 02/10/98 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/98 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/98 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/11/98 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/12/98 House: Read first time
- 02/12/98 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/26/98 House: Reported from General Laws (26-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/98 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 03/03/98 House: Reported from H. W. I. (18-Y 3-N)
- 03/04/98 House: Read second time
- 03/05/98 House: Passed by for the day
- 03/06/98 House: Read third time
- 03/06/98 House: Motion for pending question agreed to
- 03/06/98 House: Pending question ordered
- 03/06/98 House: Passed House (73-Y 22-N)
- 03/06/98 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (73-Y 22-N)
- 03/18/98 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB654ER)
- 03/24/98 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/25/98 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/26/98 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/15/98 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 597 (effective 7/1/98)
- 04/27/98 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0597)