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Regular Session, 2013 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 187
BY SENATORS THOMPSON, CORTEZ, DORSEY-COLOMB, GALLOT, GUILLORY,
JOHNS, LONG, MILLS, NEVERS, WALSWORTH AND WARD AND
REPRESENTATIVES ANDERS, BARROW, DANAHAY, HAZEL,
HENSGENS, HOWARD, LEGER, MONTOUCET, PIERRE, PUGH,
PYLANT, RITCHIE, THIBAUT, THIERRY, ALFRED WILLIAMS
AND PATRICK WILLIAMS
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1013(C), to enact R.S. 40:1004(C), and to repeal R.S.2
40:1003(6)(e), 1005(A)(5) and (26), relative to veterinarians and the Prescription3
Monitoring Program; to provide for a veterinarian exception to the Prescription4
Monitoring Program; to remove the veterinarian exception for "dispenser"; to5
remove certain members from the Prescription Monitoring Program Advisory6
Council; to repeal certain provisions with respect to the levying and collecting of7
fees to veterinarians by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy; and to provide for related8
matters.9
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:10
Section 1. R.S. 40:1013(C) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 40:1004(C)11
is hereby enacted to read as follows:12
§1004. Establishment of prescription monitoring program13
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C. This Part shall not apply to any person licensed pursuant to R.S.15
37:1511 et seq.16
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§1013. Funding authority18
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C. The board shall have the authority to levy and collect an annual fee from20
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each of the following practitioners in possession of authority to prescribe or dispense1
controlled dangerous substances: physicians, podiatrists, dentists, veterinarians,2
optometrists, advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, medical3
psychologists, or any other person subsequently authorized by law to prescribe4
controlled dangerous substances. The board shall also have the authority to levy and5
collect an annual fee from each pharmacy licensed by the board. The annual fee6
levied and collected from each person enumerated in this Subsection and each7
pharmacy shall not exceed twenty-five dollars.8
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Section 2. R.S. 40:1003(6)(e) and R.S.40:1005(A)(5) and (26) are hereby repealed.10
Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not11
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature12
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If13
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become14
effective on the day following such approval.15
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: