Chapter 150
2018 -- H 7416
Enacted 07/02/2018

A N   A C T
RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS - PHARMACIES--PARTIAL FILLS

Introduced By: Representatives Mattiello, McNamara, Serpa, Ackerman, and Edwards
Date Introduced: February 02, 2018

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
     SECTION 1. Chapter 5-19.1 of the General Laws entitled "Pharmacies" is hereby
amended by adding thereto the following section:
     5-19.1-33. Partial fill of Schedule II controlled substance.
     (a) A pharmacist may dispense a Schedule schedule II controlled substance, as listed in §
21-28-2.08, as a partial fill if requested by the patient or the prescriber.
     (b) If a pharmacist dispenses a partial fill on a prescription pursuant to this section, the
pharmacy shall retain the original prescription, with a notation of how much of the prescription
has been filled, until the prescription has been fully dispensed. The total quantity dispensed shall
not exceed the total quantity prescribed.
     (c) Subsequent fills, until the original prescription is completely dispensed, shall occur at
the pharmacy where the original prescription was partially filled. The full prescription shall be
dispensed not more than thirty (30) days after the date on which the prescription was written.
Thirty-one (31) days after the date on which the prescription was written, the prescription shall
expire and no more of the drug shall be dispensed without a subsequent prescription.
     (d) The pharmacist shall record in the prescription-drug-monitoring-program
prescription-drug-monitoring program, maintained by the department of health pursuant to §
21-28-3.18, only the actual amounts of the drug dispensed.
     (e) The pharmacist shall record the date and amount of each partial fill in a readily
retrievable form and on the original prescription, and shall include the initials of the pharmacist
who dispensed each partial fill.
     (f) This section is not intended to conflict with or supersede any other requirement
established for the prescription of a Schedule schedule II controlled substance.
     (g) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
     (1) "Original prescription" means the prescription presented by the patient to the
pharmacy or submitted electronically to the pharmacy.
     (2) "Partial fill" means a part of a prescription filled that is of a quantity less than the
entire prescription.
     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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