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House Bill 1924 |
House Author: Heflin |
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Effective: 6-19-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Seliger |
House Bill 1924 amends the Occupations Code to establish standards for withdrawing medication from rural hospital pharmacies. The bill authorizes a nurse or practitioner to withdraw a prescription drug or device from a rural hospital pharmacy to fill a prescription order if the pharmacy is closed or the pharmacist is off duty and to withdraw a prescription drug or device from the institutional pharmacy in the original manufacturer's container or a prepackaged container in a rural hospital using a floor-stock method of drug distribution. In both cases, the hospital pharmacist is required to verify the withdrawals and perform a drug regimen review not later than the seventh day after withdrawal. The bill authorizes a rural hospital to allow a pharmacy technician under certain conditions to perform duties related to medication and drug order distribution during the hours that the institutional pharmacy is open without the direct supervision of a pharmacist.
House Bill 1924 authorizes the Texas State Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules regarding drug use reviews and requires the board to adopt rules relating to recordkeeping, policy and procedure requirements, and training requirements relating to the pharmacy technician verification process. The bill authorizes a Class C pharmacy that has an ongoing clinical pharmacy program to allow a pharmacy technician to verify the work of another technician and requires the pharmacist-in-charge of the program to adopt policies for the verification process.