HB102 Alabama 2020 Session

Updated Feb 12, 2020

House Bill

Expired

Current Status

Regular Session 2020

Session

1

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: April Weaver Senator
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2020
Title: Controlled substance database, access by board of nursing authorized for monitoring licensees, Sec. 20-2-214 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, the Department of Public Health maintains a controlled substances prescription database program. The law specifies who may access the database, including health care practitioners with privileges to prescribe controlled substances and the Board of Medical Examiners to monitor prescriptions of controlled substances prescribed by physicians.
This bill would authorize the Alabama Board of Nursing to access the controlled substances database for inquiries related to investigations or disciplinary activities concerning nurses who are authorized to prescribe controlled substances and nurses who are prescribed controlled substances.
This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
Subjects: Nursing, Board of

Boards, Agencies and Commissions first Amendment Offered

Pending third reading on day 13 Favorable from Boards, Agencies and Commissions with 1 amendment

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Boards, Agencies and Commissions