HLS 24RS-625 ORIGINAL
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 193
BY REPRESENTATIVE TURNER
PHARMACIES: Authorizes the transfer of a prescription or prescription information for
controlled substances between pharmacies in conformance with federal regulations
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 40:978(I), relative to prescribing controlled substances; to authorize the
3 transfer of a prescription or prescription information for controlled substances
4 between pharmacies; to require conformance with certain federal provisions; and to
5 provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 40:978(I) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง978. Prescriptions
9 * * *
10 I. The transfer between pharmacies of a prescription or prescription
11 information for controlled substances is permissible in conformance with 21 CFR
12 Part 1306.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 193 Original 2024 Regular Session Turner
Abstract: Allows for the transfer of a prescription or prescription information for
controlled substances between pharmacies.
Proposed law permits the transfer between pharmacies of a prescription or prescription
information for controlled substances.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 24RS-625 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 193
Proposed law requires the provisions of proposed law to conform with present law.
(Adds 40:978(I))
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.