00                   HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 132(HSS)                                                                
01 "An Act relating to the controlled substance prescription database."                                                    
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 17.30.200(k) is amended to read:                                                                     
04            (k)  In the regulations adopted under this section, the board shall provide                                  
05                 (1)  that prescription information in the database shall be purged from                                 
06       the database after two years have elapsed from the date the prescription was                                      
07       dispensed;                                                                                                        
08                 (2)  a method for an individual to challenge information in the database                                
09       about the individual that the person believes is incorrect or was incorrectly entered by                          
10       a dispenser;                                                                                                      
11                 (3)  a procedure and time frame for registration with the database;                                     
12 (4)  that a practitioner review the information in the database to check a                                              
13 patient's prescription records before dispensing, prescribing, or administering a                                       
14 schedule II or III controlled substance under federal law to the patient; the regulations                               
15 must provide that a practitioner is not required to review the information in the                                       

01       database before [DISPENSING, PRESCRIBING, OR ADMINISTERING]                                                       
02                      (A)  dispensing, prescribing, or administering a controlled                                      
03            substance to a person who is receiving treatment                                                             
04                           (i)  in an inpatient setting;                                                                 
05                           (ii)  at the scene of an emergency or in an ambulance; in                                     
06                 this sub-subparagraph, "ambulance" has the meaning given in                                             
07                 AS 18.08.200;                                                                                           
08                           (iii)  in an emergency room;                                                                  
09                           (iv)  immediately before, during, or within the first 48                                      
10                 hours after surgery or a medical procedure;                                                             
11 (v)  in a hospice or nursing home that has an in-house                                                                  
12                 pharmacy; [OR]                                                                                          
13 (B)  dispensing, prescribing, or administering a nonrefillable                                                        
14 prescription of a controlled substance in a quantity intended to last for not                                           
15            more than three days; or                                                                                   
16 (C)  prescribing a controlled substance if the practitioner is                                                        
17            a veterinarian.                                                                                            
18    * Sec. 2. AS 17.30.200(t) is amended to read:                                                                        
19 (t)  A practitioner or a pharmacist is not required to comply with the                                                  
20       requirements of (a) and (b) of this section if                                                                    
21 (1)  the practitioner is a veterinarian licensed under AS 08.98 who                                                   
22 is dispensing a prescription of a controlled substance in a quantity intended to                                      
23 last for not more than three days or who did not dispense a controlled substance                                      
24       during the daily reporting period; or                                                                           
25                 (2)  a controlled substance is                                                                        
26                      (A) [(1)]  administered to a patient at                                                          
27                           (i) [(A)]  a health care facility; or                                                       
28                           (ii) [(B)]  a correctional facility; or                                                   
29 (B) [(2)]  dispensed to a patient for an outpatient supply of 24                                                      
30            hours or less at a hospital                                                                                  
31                           (i) [(A)]  inpatient pharmacy; or                                                           

01                           (ii) [(B)]  emergency department.                                                           
02    * Sec. 3. AS 17.30.200(u) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                              
03                 (6)  "practitioner" means                                                                               
04 (A)  a physician, dentist, advanced practice registered nurse,                                                          
05 optometrist, scientific investigator, veterinarian, or other person licensed,                                           
06 registered, or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with                                       
07 respect to, or to administer or use in teaching or chemical analysis a controlled                                       
08            substance in the course of professional practice or research in the state;                                   
09                      (B)  a pharmacy, hospital, or other institution licensed,                                          
10            registered, or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with                            
11            respect to, or to administer a controlled substance in the course of professional                            
12            practice or research in the state.