REFERENCE TITLE: topical medications State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 HB 2405 Introduced by Representatives Heap: Bliss, Kupper, Marshall AN ACT Amending title 36, chapter 4, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-434.02; relating to health care institutions. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
REFERENCE TITLE: topical medications
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
HB 2405
Introduced by Representatives Heap: Bliss, Kupper, Marshall
REFERENCE TITLE: topical medications
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
2025
HB 2405
Introduced by
Representatives Heap: Bliss, Kupper, Marshall
AN ACT
Amending title 36, chapter 4, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-434.02; relating to health care institutions.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Title 36, chapter 4, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-434.02, to read: START_STATUTE36-434.02. Facility-provided medication; definition A. If a facility-provided medication is ordered at least twenty-four hours before a surgical procedure and is administered to a patient at a hospital or outpatient surgical center, any unused portion of the facility-provided medication may be offered to the patient on discharge if the facility-provided medication is required for continuing treatment. B. If the facility-provided medication is used in an operating room or emergency department setting, the prescriber is responsible for counseling the patient on the proper use and administration of the facility-provided medication and any pharmacist counseling requirement is waived. C. A facility-provided medication shall be labeled consistent with the labeling requirements under title 32, chapter 18. D. For the purposes of this section, "facility-provided medication" means any topical antibiotic or anti-inflammatory, dilation or glaucoma drop or ointment that the staff of a hospital operating room, emergency department or outpatient surgical center has ordered or retrieved from a dispensing system for a specific patient for use during a procedure or visit. END_STATUTE Sec. 2. Short title This act may be cited as the "Topical Medical Waste Reduction Act".
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 36, chapter 4, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-434.02, to read:
START_STATUTE36-434.02. Facility-provided medication; definition
A. If a facility-provided medication is ordered at least twenty-four hours before a surgical procedure and is administered to a patient at a hospital or outpatient surgical center, any unused portion of the facility-provided medication may be offered to the patient on discharge if the facility-provided medication is required for continuing treatment.
B. If the facility-provided medication is used in an operating room or emergency department setting, the prescriber is responsible for counseling the patient on the proper use and administration of the facility-provided medication and any pharmacist counseling requirement is waived.
C. A facility-provided medication shall be labeled consistent with the labeling requirements under title 32, chapter 18.
D. For the purposes of this section, "facility-provided medication" means any topical antibiotic or anti-inflammatory, dilation or glaucoma drop or ointment that the staff of a hospital operating room, emergency department or outpatient surgical center has ordered or retrieved from a dispensing system for a specific patient for use during a procedure or visit. END_STATUTE
Sec. 2. Short title
This act may be cited as the "Topical Medical Waste Reduction Act".