Friday, February 17, 2012

Substitute 5 of SB 161 Passed Senate 21-8

Senate Bill 161 allows doctors to prescribe and then dispense medication without oversight by pharmacists.


"Bramble said numerous changes were made to the bill to win support of most doctor and pharmacist groups — although hospital pharmacists still oppose it, even on the bill’s fifth full rewrite."   Lee Davidson Salt Lake Tribune


Sen. Margaret Dayton, R-Orem, expressed concern that the proposed system may not have enough recording-keeping to ensure all drug are accounted for and dispensed safely, and that it could be a step toward allowing doctors to offer other drugs without pharmacists.  Doctors don't have to be licensed to dispense the medication according to the bill.
Dayton, Hillyard, Jenkins,S., McAdams, Morgan,K., Romero, Thatcher, Weiler all voted against the bill.

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