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SB 904: Controlled Substances

GENERAL BILL by Fasano

Controlled Substances; Providing that the management of pain in certain patients requires consultation with or referral to a psychiatrist, rather than a physiatrist; requiring that a pain-management clinic register with the Department of Health unless the clinic is wholly owned and operated by certain health care professionals, including a board-certified psychiatrist or rheumatologist; authorizing a pharmacist to fill a prescription for drugs or medicinal supplies which is transmitted or written by a physician, dentist, veterinarian, or other practitioner licensed to practice in another state under certain circumstances; requiring the pharmacist to obtain proof to a reasonable certainty of the validity of the prescription under certain circumstances, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2012
 Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Died in Health Regulation, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 787 (Ch. 2012-160)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Regulation (HR)
  2. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  3. Budget (BC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/10/2011 Senate • Filed
12/6/2011 Senate • Referred to Health Regulation; Criminal Justice; Budget -SJ 76
1/10/2012 Senate • Introduced -SJ 76
3/9/2012 Senate • Died in Health Regulation, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 787 (Ch. 2012-160)