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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO HEALTH.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 328, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part I to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§328- Customized patient medication package. (a)
A pharmacy may provide a customized patient medication package to any
patient of an institutional facility or any member of the general public;
provided that:
(1) The pharmacy
has obtained the consent of the patient, patient's caregiver, patient's
guardian, or prescribing practitioner;
(2) The consent is
accompanied by the patient's current prescription; and
(3) The customized
patient medication package meets the requirements of section 328-16.
(b) As used in this
section:
"Customized patient
medication package" means a package that is prepared by a pharmacist for a
specific patient and contains one or more prescribed solid oral dosage forms.
"Institutional
facility" has the same meaning as in section 461-1.
"Pharmacist" has the
same meaning as "registered pharmacist" in section 461-1.
"Pharmacy" has the same
meaning as in section 461-1."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2018.
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Report Title:
Prescription Drugs; Pharmacy; Customized Patient Medication Packages
Description:
Authorizes a pharmacy to provide a customized patient medication package to any patient of an institutional facility or any member of the general public, subject to certain conditions. Effective 7/1/2018.
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