HB453 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jamie Ison

Republican

Co-Sponsor

Jim Barton

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Pharmacy, Alabama State Board of, pharmacists, regulation and licensing, pharmacy services permit defined, Sec. 34-23-1 am'd.

Summary

HB453 would define and create a Pharmacy Services Permit issued by the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy to authorize entities that offer or perform pharmacy services.

What This Bill Does

It would authorize the Board to issue a Pharmacy Services Permit to any person, firm, or corporation that offers or performs pharmacy services, with the exact scope defined by Board rule. The permit would not require receipt or inventory of drugs, medicines, devices, chemicals, or poisons. The Board would establish qualifications and fees for issuing the permit by rule. The act becomes effective immediately after passage and governor approval.

Who It Affects

• People, firms, or corporations that operate or plan to operate pharmacies, wholesale drug distributors, repackagers, bottlers, manufacturers, or packers of drugs, medicines, chemicals, or poisons, who would need the Pharmacy Services Permit as defined by board rules.
• Physicians licensed to practice medicine, who are exempt from needing this permit for activities related to their professional practice.

Key Provisions

• Defines and authorizes the Pharmacy Services Permit to be issued by the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy to entities that offer or perform pharmacy services.
• Pharmacy services are defined by rules to be issued by the Board; the permit does not apply to receipt or inventory of drugs, medicines, devices, chemicals, or poisons.
• The Board must establish, by rule, the qualifications and fees for obtaining the Pharmacy Services Permit.
• The act becomes effective immediately after passage and governor approval; physicians are exempt from requiring the permit for professional practice activities.

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Subjects

Pharmacy, Alabama State Board of