Lt. Gov. Brian Calley (R) signed into law a package of legislation intended to address the opioid epidemic and several bills of which directly pertain to pharmacy. SB 166requires prescribers by Friday, June 1, 2018 to register with the Prescription Monitoring Program and, with certain exceptions, to obtain reports for controlled substance prescriptions of greater than a three-day supply. SB 274 allows pharmacists in certain circumstances to partially fill a controlled substances prescription and prohibits prescribers from prescribing more than a seven-day supply in a seven-day period when treating a patient for acute pain.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Joel Kurzman at 847-905-0555.