HB 0207 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to pharmacy; amending s. 465.017, F.S.;
3	requiring the Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules
4	establishing guidelines for pharmacies to dispose of
5	patient records; providing an effective date.
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7	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9	Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 465.017, Florida
10	Statutes, is amended to read:
11	465.017 Authority to inspect; disposal.--
12	(2)(a)Except as permitted by this chapter, and chapters
13	406, 409, 456, 499, and 893, records maintained in a pharmacy
14	relating to the filling of prescriptions and the dispensing of
15	medicinal drugs shall not be furnished to any person other than
16	to the patient for whom the drugs were dispensed, or her or his
17	legal representative, or to the department pursuant to existing
18	law, or, in the event that the patient is incapacitated or
19	unable to request said records, her or his spouse except upon
20	the written authorization of such patient. Such records may be
21	furnished in any civil or criminal proceeding, upon the issuance
22	of a subpoena from a court of competent jurisdiction and proper
23	notice to the patient or her or his legal representative by the
24	party seeking such records.
25	(b) The board shall adopt rules to establish practice
26	guidelines for pharmacies to dispose of records maintained in a
27	pharmacy relating to the filling of prescriptions and the
28	dispensing of medicinal drugs. Such rules shall be consistent
29	with the duty to preserve the confidentiality of such records in
30	accordance with applicable state and federal law.
31	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
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