HB79 Alabama 2025 Session

Updated Jan 14, 2026

House Bill

In Committee

Current Status

2025 Regular Session

Session

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Chip Brown Representative
Republican
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Title: State Board of Pharmacy and Employers, prohibited from disciplining pharmacists who recommend off-label medical treatments
Description: Existing law prohibits the State Board of Medical Examiners and the Medical Licensure Commission from taking action against the license of a physician when the physician recommends or prescribes a medical treatment that is off-label.
This bill would give pharmacists the same protection by prohibiting the Board of Pharmacy from suspending, revoking, or refusing to renew the license of a pharmacist who either recommends the off-label use of a drug or fills a prescription for the off-label use of a drug.
This bill would prohibit any entity that furnishes pharmacy services from terminating or taking adverse action against a pharmacist for recommending the off-label use of a drug or filling a prescription for the off-label use of a drug, and would provide a civil action for a pharmicist who is so terminated or disciplined.
This bill would also prohibit a pharmacy benefits manager from taking any action against a pharmacist or his or her employing pharmacy in retaliation for recommending, or filling a prescription for, the off-label use of a drug.
HB79 INTRODUCED.
Subjects: Occupational Licensing Boards