SB300: Bill Text

SB300,9,19 450.10 (1) (a) 3. Practicing Engaging in the practice of pharmacy or practicing as a pharmacy technician while the person's ability to practice is impaired by alcohol or other drugs or physical or mental disability or disease.

SB300,28 Section 28. 450.10 (1) (a) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB300,9,23 450.10 (1) (a) 6. Engaging in conduct in the practice of the licensee or registrant which that evidences a lack of knowledge or ability to apply professional principles or skills.

SB300,29 Section 29. 450.10 (1) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB300,10,4 450.10 (1) (b) (intro.) Subject to subch. II of ch. 111 and the rules adopted under s. 440.03 (1), the board may reprimand the licensee or registrant or deny, revoke, suspend, or limit the license or registration or any combination thereof of any person licensed under this chapter who has:

SB300,30 Section 30. 450.10 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB300,10,7 450.10 (1) (b) 3. Been found guilty of an offense the circumstances of which substantially relate to the practice of the licensee or registrant.

SB300,31 Section 31. 450.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB300,10,12 450.10 (2) In addition to or in lieu of a reprimand or denial, limitation, suspension, or revocation of a license or registration under sub. (1), the board may, for the violations enumerated under sub. (1), assess a forfeiture of not more than $1,000 for each separate offense. Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.

SB300,32 Section 32. 450.10 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB300,10,15 450.10 (3) (a) 1. A pharmacist or pharmacy technician licensed or registered under this chapter.

SB300,33 Section 33. 450.11 (1b) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB300,10,23 450.11 (1b) (bm) A pharmacist, pharmacy technician, or other person dispensing or delivering a drug shall legibly record the name on each identification card presented under par. (b) to the pharmacist, pharmacy technician, or other person, and the name of each person to whom a drug is dispensed or delivered subject to par. (e) 2., and shall maintain that record for a time established by the board by rule or, for a record that is subject to s. 961.385, until the name is delivered to the controlled substances board under s. 961.385, whichever is sooner.

SB300,34 Section 34. 450.11 (1b) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB300,11,5 450.11 (1b) (d) A pharmacist or pharmacy technician is immune from any civil or criminal liability and from discipline under s. 450.10 for any act taken by the pharmacist or pharmacy technician in reliance on an identification card that the pharmacist reasonably believed was authentic and displayed the name of the person to whom the drug was being delivered if the sale was made in good faith.

SB300,35 Section 35. 450.11 (1b) (e) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB300,11,10 450.11 (1b) (e) 2. The pharmacist, pharmacy technician, or other person dispensing or delivering the drug has personal knowledge of the person to whom the drug is dispensed or delivered and that the person is the ultimate user or the ultimate user's authorized representative.

SB300,36 Section 36. 450.11 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB300,11,16 450.11 (3) Preparation of prescription drugs. Except as provided in sub. (1i) (b) and ss. 118.2925 (4), 255.07 (3), and 450.076, no person other than a pharmacist or practitioner or their agents and employees as directed, supervised, and inspected by the pharmacist or practitioner, including pharmacy technicians, may prepare, compound, dispense, or prepare for delivery for a patient any prescription drug.

SB300,37 Section 37. 450.11 (7) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB300,11,20 450.11 (7) (d) No person may, for the purpose of obtaining a prescription drug, falsely assume the title of, or represent himself or herself to be, a manufacturer, distributor, pharmacist, pharmacy technician, or practitioner.

SB300,38 Section 38. 450.11 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB300,11,23 450.11 (8) (a) The board, insofar as this section applies to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

SB300,39 Section 39. 450.17 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB300,12,4 450.17 Violations. Each member of the board shall investigate and institute actions for violations of this chapter by any person and for violation of ch. 961 by pharmacists or pharmacy technicians. The district attorney of the proper county shall promptly prosecute any such violation upon notice from any source.

SB300,40 Section 40 . Nonstatutory provisions.

SB300,12,14 (1) The pharmacy examining board may promulgate emergency rules under s. 227.24 necessary to implement this act. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (c) and (2), emergency rules promulgated under this subsection remain in effect until May 1, 2024, or the date on which permanent rules take effect, whichever is sooner. Notwithstanding s. 227.24 (1) (a) and (3), the examining board is not required to provide evidence that promulgating a rule under this subsection as an emergency rule is necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, or welfare and is not required to provide a finding of emergency for a rule promulgated under this subsection.

SB300,41 Section 41. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the first day of the 13th month beginning after publication or on May 31, 2022, whichever is later, except as follows:

SB300,12,18 (1) Section 40 (1 ) of this act takes effect on the day after publication.

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