Pharmacists: opioid medications: consultation.
This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.
- Stage
- Session ended
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Apr 23, 2018
What it does
Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists by the California State Board of Pharmacy. A knowing violation of that law is a misdemeanor. That law requires a pharmacist to inform a patient orally or in writing of the harmful effects of a drug dispensed by prescription under specified circumstances, and requires a pharmacist to use professional judgment to provide a patient with directions for use that enhance the patient's understanding of those directions. Existing regulatory law requires a pharmacist to provide oral consultation to a patient upon the patient's request or whenever the pharmacist, in his or her professional judgment, deems it…
Where it stands
This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.
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Committee (Current step)
Floor (Needs attention)
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money in California.