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UTAH STATE SENATE
UTAH STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX * 320 STATE CAPITOL

P.O. BOX 145115 * SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5115 * (801) 538-1035

February 12, 2014

Mr. President:

    The Health and Human Services Committee recommends S.B. 55, PHARMACEUTICAL DISPENSING AMENDMENTS, by Senator E. Vickers, be replaced and favorably recommends 1st Sub. S.B. 55, PHARMACEUTICAL DISPENSING AMENDMENTS with the following amendments:

1.    Page 21, Lines 631 through 632 :    

             631          (2) "Employer sponsored clinic" means an entity that

  has a medical director who is licensed as a physician as defined in Section 58-67-102 and       offers health care only to the

             632      employees of an exclusive group of employers and the employees' dependents.

2.    Page 22, Line 653 :    

             653      prescribed by the division and pay a fee established by the
{   department   }        division       .


3.    Page 25, Lines 741 through 749 :    

             741          (1)
  (a)       The division      {   , in consultation with the board shall:

             742          (a) report a violation of this chapter by a dispensing medical practitioner to   }
  shall consult with       the

             743      dispensing medical practitioner's appropriate licensing board as designated in Subsection

             744      58-17b-102 (23)(a)
  regarding a violation of this chapter       ; and

             745          (b)
  the Pharmacy Board shall, if requested by the licensing board of the dispensing medical practitioner,       assist the licensing board for the dispensing medical practitioner with reviewing the

             746      violations of the provisions of this chapter.
             747          (2) The division
{   , in collaboration with the Board of Pharmacy,   } may take appropriate

             748      action against a dispensing medical practitioner, in accordance with this chapter, if the
             749      licensing board designated in Subsection 58-17b-102 (23)(a) recommends to the division that

        Respectfully,

        Evan J. Vickers
        Committee Chair

Voting: 4-0-1
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