Permits specialist assistants to prescribe controlled substances as a practitioner.
Relates to prescribing opioids to a minor; prohibits practitioners from prescribing to a minor more than a seven day supply of any controlled substance containing an opioid; requires practitioners to obtain written parental consent before issuing a first prescription of a controlled substance containing an opioid to a minor; establishes exceptions.
Permits physician assistants to order home care services and clarify nurse practitioners' authority to order home care services.
Permits prescription labels for medication abortion prescription drugs to include the name of the prescribing health care practice instead of the name of the prescriber at the prescriber's request.
Permits prescription refills to be filled fifteen days prior to their refill date upon the declaration of a state disaster emergency; excludes controlled substances.
Allows physician assistants to serve as primary care practitioners for purposes of Medicaid managed care plans.
Allows physician assistants to serve as primary care practitioners for purposes of Medicaid managed care plans.
Establishes certain offenses based on homicide due to criminal sale of a controlled substance; establishes the offense of criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child in the first degree; expands the definition of controlled substances with respect to certain offenses; increases the felony classification of certain controlled substance offenses; includes electronic prescriptions and blank prescription forms in the definition of certain controlled substance offenses.
Establishes certain offenses based on homicide due to criminal sale of a controlled substance; establishes the offense of criminal sale of a controlled substance to a child in the first degree; expands the definition of controlled substances with respect to certain offenses; increases the felony classification of certain controlled substance offenses; includes electronic prescriptions and blank prescription forms in the definition of certain controlled substance offenses.
Requires hospital and emergency room physicians to consult the prescription monitoring program registry and to notify a patient's prescriber that such patient is being treated for a controlled substance overdose.