April 21, 2021 - Introduced by Senators Feyen, Ballweg, Carpenter and
Felzkowski, cosponsored by Representatives Murphy, Brandtjen, Gundrum,
Horlacher, Milroy, Mursau, Novak, Tittl, Skowronski and Thiesfeldt.
Referred to Committee on Health.

SB308,1,8 1An Act to repeal 450.062 (intro.); to renumber 450.062 (1) to (4); to renumber
2and amend 450.09 (2); to amend 450.06 (1), 450.06 (2) (b), 450.06 (2m), 450.09
3(1) (a) and 450.09 (2) (title); and to create 450.01 (11o), 450.01 (21c), 450.02 (5),
4450.03 (1) (L) and 450.09 (2) (b) of the statutes; relating to: licensing and
5regulation of pharmacies and remote dispensing sites under the pharmacy
6practice law, the practice of pharmacy, extending the time limit for emergency
7rule procedures, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and
8granting rule-making authority.

Generally, under current law, no pharmacist may dispense at any location in
this state that is not licensed as a pharmacy by the Pharmacy Examining Board,
except that a pharmacist may, pursuant to rules promulgated by the board, dispense
at certain specifically identified types of locations that are not licensed as
pharmacies, which include health care facilities, health care provider offices or
clinics, and jails and other adult and juvenile correctional or residential facilities.

This bill provides instead that a pharmacist may dispense at one of those
locations only if the location is licensed by the board as a pharmacy. The bill requires
this kind of pharmacy to adhere to a number of requirements that apply to other

pharmacies, including the requirement for a managing pharmacist to be designated
for the pharmacy. However, the bill allows this kind of pharmacy to be operated as
a remote dispensing site, in which case a pharmacist is not required to be present at
the pharmacy but must supervise it remotely. The bill also allows the board to
promulgate rules governing pharmacies operated as remote dispensing sites, which
may exempt pharmacies operated as remote dispensing sites from rules that apply
to other pharmacies.