General Assembly Raised Bill No. 436
February Session, 2012 LCO No. 2436
*02436_______PH_*
Referred to Committee on Public Health
Introduced by:
(PH)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 436
February Session, 2012
LCO No. 2436
*02436_______PH_*
Referred to Committee on Public Health
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT CONCERNING PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 21a-317 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2012):
Every practitioner who distributes, administers or dispenses any controlled substance or who proposes to engage in distributing, prescribing, administering or dispensing any controlled substance within this state shall (1) obtain a certificate of registration issued by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and (2) register for access to the electronic prescription drug monitoring program, established in accordance with subsection (j) of section 21a-254, in the manner prescribed by the commissioner.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2012 21a-317
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2012
21a-317
Statement of Purpose:
To require health care practitioners to register for access to the electronic prescription drug monitoring program.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]