09 LC 33
3233S
The House Committee on Health and Human Services offers the following substitute
to SB 49:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 5 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to prescription drugs, so as to limit a pharmacist from
substituting a drug as part of immunosuppressive therapy; to provide for related
matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
5 of Chapter 4 of Title 26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to prescription drugs, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as
follows:
"26-4-81.1.
A
pharmacist shall not engage in drug product selection or substitution of any
primary immunosuppressant pharmaceutical that is prescribed as a part of
immunosuppressive therapy for a patient who has received an organ or tissue
transplant without first notifying the patient or his or her designee. The
pharmacist shall notify the prescribing physician prior to the substitution by
means of phone, facsimile, or electronic transmission. The prescribing
physician shall indicate on the prescription the diagnosis 'for organ or tissue
transplant patient.'"
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.