Bill Summaries: all (2011-2012 Session)

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  • Summary date: Jun 30 2011 - View summary

    AN ACT TO DIRECT PHARMACIES TO REQUIRE PHOTO IDENTIFICATION PRIOR TO DISPENSING CERTAIN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Summarized in Daily Bulletin 3/30/11, 4/19/11, 4/20/11, and 6/15/11. Enacted June 27, 2011. Effective March 1, 2012.


  • Summary date: Jun 15 2011 - View summary

    House committee substitute makes the following changes to 3rd edition. Changes the effective date from January 1, 2012, to March 1, 2012.


  • Summary date: Apr 20 2011 - View summary

    Senate amendment makes the following changes to 2nd edition. Provides that nothing in GS 90-106.1 applies to the dispensation of controlled substances to employees of a health care facility when the controlled substances are delivered to a facility for the benefit of its residents or patients.


  • Summary date: Apr 19 2011 - View summary

    Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to 1st edition.
    Amends proposed GS 90-106.1 to require the person seeking dispensation of a Schedule II controlled substance or any of the listed Schedule III controlled substances to present one of four valid forms of government-issued photographic identification at the pharmacy, as specified. Makes a conforming change to the bill title. Adds that the person seeking dispensation and the person identified on the prescription need not be the same person. Makes organizational changes.


  • Summary date: Mar 30 2011 - View summary

    Enacts new GS 90-106.1, directing each pharmacy to require the person seeking dispensation to present one of four valid forms of government-issued photographic identification, before dispensing a Schedule II controlled substance. Requires the pharmacy to document the person’s name, type of identification, and identification number, and retain all collected information as part of the pharmacy’s business records for three years. Directs the pharmacy to make the identifying information available to any authorized person in the controlled substances reporting system within 72 hours after a request. Effective January 1, 2012.