GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	2 

SENATE BILL 793
Judiciary I/Constitution Committee Substitute Adopted 5/9/95

Short Title:  Pharmacy Practice Amendments.	(Public)

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April 24, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELEASE OF PHARMACY RECORDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING REIMBURSEMENT AND TO PROVIDE REGULATION OF LOCATIONS SHIPPING, MAILING, OR DELIVERING DEVICES OR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 90-85.36(a)(10) reads as rewritten:
"(10)	Any firm, association, partnership, business trust, corporation, or company charged by law or by contract with the responsibility of providing for or paying for medical care for the patient for whom the prescription order was issued, or the patient's parent, spouse, or agent for the purpose of submitting this information to such firm, association, partnership, business trust, corporation, or company;".
Sec. 2.  G.S. 95-85.21A is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( g)	Any location operating outside the State that ships, mails, or delivers in any manner devices or medical equipment to the user of the equipment in this State shall comply with the provisions of G.S. 90-85.22, G.S. 90-85.24, and rules adopted by the Board governing such locations."
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.