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1998 SESSION
SB 710 Ethics in Prescription Drug Choice Act; created.
Introduced by: Charles R. Hawkins | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Pharmacy; Virginia Ethics in Prescription Drug Choice Act. Creates the Virginia Ethics in Prescription Drug Choice Act, which would prohibit the practice of soliciting or encouraging, after a prescribing practitioner issues a prescription for a drug, the substitution of that drug with a chemically dissimilar drug for the purposes of rebate, kick-back, or other such remuneration. The bill establishes civil penalties ranging from $10 to $1,000 and provides for recovery of damages, if any.
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HISTORY
- 01/27/98 Senate: Consent to introduce (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/98 Senate: VOTE: CONSENT TO INTRODUCE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/98 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 989097667
- 01/27/98 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/03/98 Senate: Assigned to Ed. & Health sub-committee: Health Care
- 02/12/98 Senate: Continued to 1999 in Ed. & Health (9-Y 6-N)