SB310 clarifies that the Alabama Board of Pharmacy can adopt safety-first rules that may be anti-competitive and provides immunity from anti-trust liability for those rules.
The bill adds a new section authorizing the board to regulate pharmacy practice in a way that prioritizes patient safety and wellness, even if the rule is anti-competitive. It immunizes the board and its members from state and federal anti-trust liability for adopting such rules. Rules must not conflict with statutes defining the practice of pharmacy, and the act takes effect immediately after the governor’s approval.
Assigned Act No. 2016-410.
Signature Requested
Enrolled
Passed Second House
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 567
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 860
Beasley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 566
Hammon motion to Previous Question adopted Roll Call 859
Beasley Amendment Offered
Third Reading Passed
Beasley motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 565
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Beasley Amendment Offered
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health
Third Reading Passed
Engrossed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Health and Human Services
Source: Alabama Legislature