H0353B0365A01628 AJB:JSL 06/05/17 #90 A01628

AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 353

Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE TOPPER

Printer's No. 365

Amend Bill, page 1, line 21, by striking out the bracket

after "II[,"

Amend Bill, page 1, line 21, by inserting after "may"

] shall

Amend Bill, page 2, line 2, by inserting after "situations"

and as otherwise provided under this subsection

not available due to a temporary technological or electrical

failure;

(3) by a practitioner and dispensed by a pharmacy located

outside this Commonwealth;

(4) by a practitioner who does not have Internet access ; or

(5) by a practitioner treating a patient in a health care

facility u nder circumstances when the practitioner reasonably

determines that electronically prescribing a controlled

substance would cause an untimely delay resulting in an adverse

impact on the patient's medical condition.

Amend Bill, page 2, line 13, by inserting after

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"practitioner."

As prescribed by the secretary by regulation, the secretary

shall provide an exception to the electronic prescription

requirement under this subsection if the prescription is issued :

(1) b y a veterinarian;

(2) under circumstances when an electronic prescription is

not available due to a temporary technological or electrical

failure;

substance would cause an untimely delay resulting in an adverse

impact on the patient's medical condition.

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