as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
A bill for an act
relating to prescription drugs; requiring pharmacists to obtain consent to dispense
certain epilepsy drugs; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 151.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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When a pharmacist receives a prescription for a drug for the treatment of epilepsy,
or for the treatment or prevention of seizures, the pharmacist shall not dispense a
therapeutically equivalent generic name drug, unless the pharmacist obtains and
documents the consent of the prescriber and the patient for whom the drug was prescribed.
If the pharmacist dispenses a refill of a prescription drug for the treatment of epilepsy,
or for the treatment or prevention of seizures, the pharmacist shall dispense the same
prescription drug from the same manufacturer that was last dispensed, unless the
pharmacist obtains and documents the consent of the prescriber and the patient for whom
the prescription is being refilled.
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