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HB82 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021
HB82 Alabama 2017 Session
House Bill
In Committee
Current Status
Regular Session 2017
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2017
Title
State Bd. of Pharmacy, licensed pharmacists authorized to dispense interchangeable or therapeutically equivalent substitutes for biological products, Secs. 34-23-1, 34-23-8 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy regulates the manner in which a licensed pharmacist may dispense a different drug or brand of drug than that ordered or prescribed without the express permission of the person ordering or the prescriber.

This bill would authorize licensed pharmacists to dispense a substitute biological product for certain biological products that have been identified as interchangeable or therapeutically equivalent by the federal Food and Drug Administration.

Subjects
Pharmacy, Alabama State Board of

Bill Actions

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health

Bill Text

Votes

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature