Sec. 7012. Programs and materials for training on certain circumstances under which a pharmacist may decline to fill a prescription
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, shall develop and disseminate programs and materials for training pharmacists, health care providers, and patients on— circumstances under which a pharmacist may, consistent with section 201 of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 811 ) and regulations thereunder, including section 1306.04 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, decline to fill a prescription for a controlled substance because the pharmacist suspects the prescription is fraudulent, forged, or otherwise indicative of abuse or diversion; and any Federal requirements pertaining to declining to fill a prescription under such circumstances.
In developing materials under subsection (a), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall include information educating— pharmacists on how to decline to fill a prescription and actions to take after declining to fill a prescription; and other health care practitioners and the public on a pharmacist’s responsibility to decline to fill prescriptions in certain circumstances. In developing the programs and materials required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall seek input from relevant national, State, and local associations, boards of pharmacy, medical societies, licensing boards, health care practitioners, and patients.
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Sec. 7012
Programs and materials for training on certain circumstances under which a pharmacist may decline to fill a prescription
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