Arizona 2025 Regular Session

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1		-	House Engrossed topical medications State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 CHAPTER 30 HOUSE BILL 2405 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)
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56	59		Amending title 36, chapter 4, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-434.02; relating to health care institutions.
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66	69		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 multidose medication; definition A. If a facility-provided multidose 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 multidose medication may be offered to the patient on discharge if the facility-provided multidose medication is required for continuing treatment. B. If the facility-provided multidose 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 multidose medication and any pharmacist counseling requirement is waived. C. A facility-provided multidose medication shall be labeled consistent with the labeling requirements under title 32, chapter 18. D. For the purposes of this section, "facility-provided multidose 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".
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74	77		A. If a facility-provided multidose 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 multidose medication may be offered to the patient on discharge if the facility-provided multidose medication is required for continuing treatment.
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76	79		B. If the facility-provided multidose 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 multidose medication and any pharmacist counseling requirement is waived.
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78	81		C. A facility-provided multidose medication shall be labeled consistent with the labeling requirements under title 32, chapter 18.
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80	83		D. For the purposes of this section, "facility-provided multidose 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
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