Florida Senate - 2012 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1006 Barcode 355720 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: WD . 02/27/2012 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Health Regulation (Fasano) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (416374) (with title 2 amendment) 3 4 Between lines 256 and 257 5 insert: 6 Section 3. Paragraph (c) of subsection (15) of section 7 499.0121, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 8 499.0121 Storage and handling of prescription drugs; 9 recordkeeping.—The department shall adopt rules to implement 10 this section as necessary to protect the public health, safety, 11 and welfare. Such rules shall include, but not be limited to, 12 requirements for the storage and handling of prescription drugs 13 and for the establishment and maintenance of prescription drug 14 distribution records. 15 (15) DUE DILIGENCE OF PURCHASERS.— 16 (c) A wholesale distributor shall review documentation of 17 the receiving entity’s state and federal licenses and permits 18 before distributing a controlled substance to that entity. A 19 wholesale distributor may not distribute controlled substances 20 to an entity without verification of the required state and 21 federal licenses and permitsif any criminal history record22check for any person associated with that entity shows that the23person has been convicted of, or entered a plea of guilty or24nolo contendere to, regardless of adjudication, a crime in any25jurisdiction related to controlled substances, the practice of26pharmacy, or the dispensing of medicinal drugs.27 28 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 29 And the title is amended as follows: 30 Delete line 337 31 and insert: 32 relating to controlled substances; amending s. 33 499.0121, F.S.; requiring wholesale distributors to 34 review a receiving entity’s licenses and permits 35 before distributing a controlled substance to the 36 entity; prohibiting such distribution without 37 verification of the licenses and permits; deleting 38 provisions prohibiting such distribution if the 39 receiving entity has been convicted of, or pled guilty 40 of nolo contendere to, certain crimes; providing an