No. CS/CS/HB 89
Filed under Healthcare.
Veterinary Prescription Disclosure; Requires veterinarian to inform client of right to receive written prescription or option to have prescription filled at veterinary establishment; specifies certain transmission methods for "written prescriptions"; requires disclosure to include acknowledgement signed by client; requires acknowledgement to include certain information; prohibits certain statements, notifications, warnings, or assumptions; requires posting of certain information; provides requirements therefor; provides exceptions.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDBefore dispensing medication, a veterinarian must tell the client they can get a written prescription to fill at any pharmacy, instead of automatically filling it in-house.
The client's choice must be documented with a signed, one-time acknowledgement using specific statutory language, and the signed form must be filed in the animal's medical record.
That acknowledgement can't include any warning or claim about the safety or effectiveness of filling the prescription at an outside pharmacy, and the practice must also post a sign at checkout stating the same rights.
The requirement does not apply when immediate dispensing is needed to preserve life or prevent suffering, or when the prescription is for a restricted controlled substance.
AIBefore dispensing a prescription medication, a veterinarian or authorized staff member must clearly tell the client they can get a written prescription fillable at any pharmacy of their choice.
AIThe client's chosen option must be documented with a one-time acknowledgement, signed by the client in a near-verbatim statutory form, and filed in the patient's medical record.
AIThe signed acknowledgement form cannot contain any statement, notification, warning, or assumption about how safe or effective it is to fill the prescription through an outside pharmacy.
AIA veterinary establishment must post a clear, conspicuous sign near the point of sale or checkout area restating the client's right to a written prescription or in-house fill.
AIThe required disclosure must be made verbally for an in-person consultation, or electronically when the consultation is conducted through veterinary telehealth.
AIThe entire disclosure and acknowledgement requirement does not apply when immediate dispensing is necessary to preserve life or prevent suffering, or when the drug is a restricted controlled substance.