| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to prescription labeling; amending s. |
| 3 | 456.42, F.S.; revising provisions specifying the |
| 4 | information required to be included in written or |
| 5 | electronically generated prescriptions for medicinal |
| 6 | drugs; amending s. 465.186, F.S.; revising provisions |
| 7 | specifying the information required to be included on |
| 8 | the label of a container containing a medicinal drug; |
| 9 | providing an effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. Section 456.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 14 | read: |
| 15 | 456.42 Written prescriptions for medicinal drugs.- |
| 16 | (1) A written prescription for a medicinal drug issued by |
| 17 | a health care practitioner licensed by law to prescribe such |
| 18 | drug must: |
| 19 | (a) Be legibly printed or typed so as to be capable of |
| 20 | being understood by the pharmacist filling the prescription.; |
| 21 | (b) Include must contain the name of the prescribing |
| 22 | practitioner., |
| 23 | (c) Include the name and strength of the drug prescribed., |
| 24 | (d) Include the quantity of the drug prescribed., |
| 25 | (e) Include a legible, clear statement of the purpose for |
| 26 | which the drug is being prescribed. |
| 27 | (f) Include and the directions for use of the drug.; |
| 28 | (g) must Be dated.; and |
| 29 | (h) must Be signed by the prescribing practitioner on the |
| 30 | day when issued. |
| 31 | (2) However, A prescription that is electronically |
| 32 | generated and transmitted must: |
| 33 | (a) Include contain the name of the prescribing |
| 34 | practitioner., |
| 35 | (b) Include the name and strength of the drug prescribed., |
| 36 | (c) Include the quantity of the drug prescribed in |
| 37 | numerical format., |
| 38 | (d) Include a legible, clear statement of the purpose for |
| 39 | which the drug is being prescribed. and |
| 40 | (e) Include the directions for use of the drug. and must |
| 41 | (f) Be dated and signed by the prescribing practitioner |
| 42 | only on the day issued, which signature may be in an electronic |
| 43 | format as defined in s. 668.003(4). |
| 44 | (3)(2) A written prescription for a controlled substance |
| 45 | listed in chapter 893 must have the quantity of the drug |
| 46 | prescribed in both textual and numerical formats, must be dated |
| 47 | with the abbreviated month written out on the face of the |
| 48 | prescription, and must be either written on a standardized |
| 49 | counterfeit-proof prescription pad produced by a vendor approved |
| 50 | by the department or electronically prescribed as that term is |
| 51 | used in s. 408.0611. As a condition of being an approved vendor, |
| 52 | a prescription pad vendor must submit a monthly report to the |
| 53 | department which, at a minimum, documents the number of |
| 54 | prescription pads sold and identifies the purchasers. The |
| 55 | department may, by rule, require the reporting of additional |
| 56 | information. |
| 57 | Section 2. Paragraph (g) of subsection (3) of section |
| 58 | 465.186, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph (h), and |
| 59 | a new paragraph (g) is added to that subsection to read: |
| 60 | 465.186 Pharmacist's order for medicinal drugs; dispensing |
| 61 | procedure; development of formulary.- |
| 62 | (3) Affixed to the container containing a medicinal drug |
| 63 | dispensed pursuant to this section shall be a label bearing the |
| 64 | following information: |
| 65 | (g) A legible, clear statement of the purpose for which |
| 66 | the drug is being prescribed. |
| 67 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012. |