Legislative Update

drugs

Pharmacists and ephedrine

Filed Under: Civil, Criminal

The House Public Health Committee heard SB 80, sponsored by Rep. Smaltz and Rep. Davisson, on pharmacists and ephedrine.  The bill authorizes a pharmacist to deny the sale of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine if in the pharmacist’s professional judgment, there is not a legitimate medical and pharmaceutical needed for these drugs. The bill provides civil immunity for the exercise of the ph … [Read more...] about Pharmacists and ephedrine

Methamphetamine matters

Filed Under: Criminal

The House Public Health Committee heard SB 161 sponsored by Rep. Frizzell on methamphetamine matters.  The bill requires courts to report drug related felonies to the State Police Department for transmission to the National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx) and is substantially the same as HB 1157 already approve by this Committee.  NPLEx will generate stop sale alerts to prevent ind … [Read more...] about Methamphetamine matters

Criminal law matters

Filed Under: Criminal

The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee heard SB 174 on criminal law matters sponsored by Rep. Frizzell. The bill establishes that a person who with intent to (1) deceive, or (2) induce compliance with the person’s instructions, orders or requests, falsely represents that the person is a public servant, commits impersonation of a public servant, a Class A misdemeanor.  The pe … [Read more...] about Criminal law matters

Methamphetamine matters

Filed Under: Criminal

The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee heard HB 1157 authored by Rep. Frizzell on methamphetamine matters. The bill (like Senate Bill 161) requires the Division of State Court Administration to report all drug-related felony convictions to the NPLEx registry to generate a stop-sale alert for pseudoephedrine purchases. The Consumer Healthcare Products Association testified … [Read more...] about Methamphetamine matters