H0126B3814A09476 MAB:NLG 09/25/18 #90 A09476
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 126
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE REED
Printer's No. 3814
Amend Bill, page 1, line 2, by inserting after "STATUTES,"
in prescribing opioids to minors, further providing for
procedure;
Amend Bill, page 6, lines 9 and 10, by striking out all of
said lines and inserting
Section 1. Section 52A04(b) of Title 35 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 52A04. Procedure.
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(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) does not apply if the minor's
treatment with a controlled substance containing an opioid meets
any of the following criteria:
(1) The treatment is associated with or incident to a
medical emergency as documented in the minor's medical
record.
(2) In the prescriber's professional judgment, complying
with subsection (a) with respect to the minor's treatment
would be detrimental to the minor's health or safety. The
prescriber shall document in the minor's medical record the
factor or factors which the prescriber believed constituted
cause for not fulfilling the requirements of subsection (a).
(3) The medical treatment is rendered while the minor
remains admitted to a licensed health care facility or
remains in observation status in a licensed health care
facility.
(4) The prescriber is continuing a treatment initiated
by another member of the prescriber's practice, the
prescriber who initiated the treatment followed the
procedures outlined in subsection (a) and the prescriber who
is continuing the treatment is not changing the therapy in
any way other than dosage.
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Section 2. Title 35 is amended by adding chapters to read:
Amend Bill, page 17, line 21, by striking out "2" and
inserting
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