Relates to requiring additional licensed pharmacists to be on staff during any period in which more than two hundred prescriptions are dispensed
This bill requires pharmacies dispensing over 200 prescriptions in any 14-hour period to have at least two licensed pharmacists on staff during that time. It mandates pharmacies to maintain daily logs showing hourly prescription counts and pharmacist coverage for audit purposes. The bill also prohibits employers from terminating pharmacists who refuse unsafe prescription quotas that endanger patient safety, and bans policies interfering with pharmacists' professional judgment on ethics or drug distribution. The law takes effect 30 days after enactment.
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Feb 2025
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Governor
Introduced Feb 26, 2025
Last action Jan 7, 2026
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Jan 7, 2026
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REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
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Feb 26, 2025
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upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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John Liu
DDemocratic
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