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Pharmacists: furnishing contraceptives.

It became law on Sep 26, 2025.

CA AB 50 · Assembly Bill · 2025–2026

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Latest action
Sep 26, 2025

What it does

Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, establishes in the Department of Consumer Affairs the California State Board of Pharmacy to license and regulate the practice of pharmacy. Exiting law requires a pharmacist, when furnishing self-administered hormonal contraceptives, to follow specified standardized procedures or protocols developed and approved by both the board and the Medical Board of California in consultation with the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the California Pharmacists Association, and other appropriate entities. Existing law requires those standardized procedures or protocols to require that the patient use a self-screening tool that will identify related…

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This bill passed and is now law.

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    Sep 26, 2025

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