HB499 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Ritchie Whorton Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to prescription drugs; to provide for the dispensing of Ivermectin by a pharmacist without an individual prescription pursuant to a standing order issued by a physician, physician's assistant, or certified registered nurse practitioner; to protect physicians, physician's assistants, certified registered nurse practitioners, and pharmacists from licensure disciplinary action due to dispensing Ivermectin.

Description

Existing law requires Ivermectin to be dispensed by a pharmacist only on the prescription of a licensed physician.

This bill would permit a physician, a physician's assistant, or a certified registered nurse practitioner to give a pharmacist a standing order that has been approved by the State Board of Pharmacy to dispense Ivermectin to individuals without a prescription. The standing order would contain a protocol providing the pharmacist with guidelines for providing Ivermectin to individuals who request it.

This bill would prohibit health care providers and pharmacists from participating in any program or receiving any benefit that would induce them to encourage patients or the public to use Ivermectin.

This bill would also prohibit health care providers qualified to give a standing order and pharmacists who follow a standing order from being subject to disciplinary action from the respective governing licensing board as a result of dispensing Ivermectin.

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Subjects

Ivermectin; allow physicians and other health care professionals to prescribe by standing order.