PRINTER'S NO. 732
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
644
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, FONTANA, VULAKOVICH, COSTA AND BROWNE,
APRIL 20, 2017
REFERRED TO HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, APRIL 20, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), entitled
"An act relating to the manufacture, sale and possession of
controlled substances, other drugs, devices and cosmetics;
conferring powers on the courts and the secretary and
Department of Health, and a newly created Pennsylvania Drug,
Device and Cosmetic Board; establishing schedules of
controlled substances; providing penalties; requiring
registration of persons engaged in the drug trade and for the
revocation or suspension of certain licenses and
registrations; and repealing an act," further providing for
records of distribution of controlled substances.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 12 of the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233,
No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and
Cosmetic Act, is amended by adding a subsection to read:
Section 12. Records of Distribution of Controlled
Substances.--* * *
(d) Every person who sells or otherwise distributes
controlled substances in Schedule II may not accept a
prescription order from a person not personally known to him
unless he obtains, on the reverse side of the prescription, the
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printed name, signature and address of the person who submits
the prescription order.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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