Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part LIII - Pharmacists
Chapter 5 - Pharmacists
Subchapter B - Professional Practice Procedures
Section LIII-519 - State of Emergency
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code LIII-519
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. When the Governor issues, or renews, a state of emergency pursuant to the Emergency Assistance and Disaster Act of 1993, R.S. 29:721 et seq. or a state of public health emergency pursuant to the Louisiana Health Emergency Powers Act, R.S. 29:760 et seq.:
1. A pharmacist may dispense an emergency
prescription of up to a 90-day supply of a prescribed medication if:
a. in the pharmacist's professional opinion
the medication is essential to the maintenance of life or to the continuation
of therapy; and
b. the pharmacist
makes a good faith effort to reduce the information to a written prescription
marked "emergency prescription", then file and maintain the prescription as
required by law.
2. A
pharmacist not licensed in Louisiana, but currently licensed in another state,
may dispense prescription medications in the affected parish(es) during the
time a state of emergency exists when:
a. the
pharmacist has some type of identification to verify current unrestricted
licensure in another state;
b. the
pharmacist has obtained a special work permit from the board;
c. the pharmacist is engaged in a legitimate
relief effort during the emergency period; and
d. the pharmacist and pharmacy notify the
board of their presence and approximate location in the affected parish or
parishes prior to the engagement of professional practice.
B. The authority provided for in this Section shall cease with the termination of the state of emergency.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1182.
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