Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 181 - SPECIAL HEALTH PROGRAMS
Chapter 8 - NONSURGICAL PHARMACEUTICAL GENDER ALTERING TREATMENTS
Section 181-8-009 - PHARMACIST REQUIREMENTS
Current through September 17, 2024
A pharmacist dispensing puberty blocking drugs, as defined in the Let Them Grow Act, to a patient under the age of 19 shall comply with the following restrictions:
(A) Prescribed medications picked up from a pharmacy are required to be picked up by the patient's parent, legal guardian, or the patient if the patient is an emancipated minor;
(B) Unless the individual taking receipt of the dispensed medications is personally and positively known to the pharmacist and or dispensing practitioner, the individual shall display a valid driver's or operator's license, a state identification card, or military identification card, an alien registration card, or a passport as proof of identification; and
(C) Prescription drugs that are otherwise lawful to be sent by home delivery, must be delivered to the address of patient's parent or legal guardian, or the patient's address if the patient is an emancipated minor.
009.01 EXEMPTIONS. The additional requirements of this subsection shall not apply if the pharmacist documents that the patient began receiving the prescribed medication prior to October 1, 2023, that the medication is not being prescribed for the treatment of gender nonconformity or gender dysphoria, or that the patient has reached the age of 19. A pharmacist is not required to determine that the prescribing practitioner has complied with the additional requirements of this chapter prior to dispensing prescribed medications, as defined in this chapter, to a patient under the age of 19.
009.02 PHARMACIST AUTHORITY. This chapter does not otherwise limit or expand the scope of practice of a pharmacist. Prescriptions must continue to meet all other state and federal statutes, rules, and regulations.
