Report Title:
Pharmacy; Unannounced Inspections
Description:
Requires the board of pharmacy to make unannounced site visits to pharmacies at least once every 2 years. Makes acceptance of on-site visits a condition to receiving a permit to operate a pharmacy.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO PHARMACY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 461-4.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) In addition to any other powers and duties authorized by law, the board:
(1) Shall adopt, amend, and repeal rules pursuant to chapter 91, as it deems proper for the purposes of this chapter, Public Law 100-293, and 21 Code of Federal Regulations part 205;
(2) Shall examine, license, reinstate, and renew the licenses of qualified applicants for registered pharmacists and wholesale prescription drug distributors, and issue and renew permits to operate pharmacies;
(3) May require the inspection of any wholesale
prescription drug distributor premises in the State to ensure compliance with
this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter, or may require an applicant
for a pharmacy license to submit a statement that the premises, including but
not limited to security and sanitation, are in conformance with the board's
requirements and that the applicant possesses the reference materials and
technical clinical equipment and supplies as may be specified in rules adopted
under this chapter; [and]
(4) May fine, suspend, or revoke any license or
permit for any cause prescribed by this chapter, or for any violation of the
rules adopted under this chapter, and refuse to grant or renew any license or
permit for any cause which would be ground for revocation or suspension of a
license or permit[.]; and
(5) Shall make an unannounced on-site inspection of each pharmacy operating under a permit under section 461-14 at least once during the two-year permit period in order to ensure compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter."
SECTION 2. Section 461-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
"(c) On evidence satisfactory to the board a permit shall be issued, provided:
(1) That the pharmacy for which the permit is sought is or will be, in full compliance with this chapter and rules of the board;
(2) That the location and appointments of the
pharmacy are such that it can be operated and maintained without endangering
the public health or safety; [and]
(3) That the pharmacy will be under the personal and
immediate supervision of a registered pharmacist[.]; and
(4) That the pharmacy shall accept unannounced on-site visits by the board pursuant to the exercise of the board's duties under section 461-4.5(a)(5)."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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