HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3098        FILED ON: 1/18/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3359

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to 72 hour emergency prescribing.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Thomas A. Golden, Jr.

16th Middlesex

1/18/2013

Colleen M. Garry

36th Middlesex

 

Eileen M. Donoghue

First Middlesex

 

Martin J. Walsh

13th Suffolk

 

Bruce E. Tarr

First Essex and Middlesex

 

William Smitty Pignatelli

4th Berkshire

3/11/2013

Claire D. Cronin

11th Plymouth

 

Kevin J. Murphy

18th Middlesex

3/13/2013

Cory Atkins

14th Middlesex

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3098        FILED ON: 1/18/2013

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3359

By Mr. Golden of Lowell, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3359) of Thomas A. Golden, Jr. and others relative to the dispensing of controlled substances by emergency room physicians.  Public Health.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Thirteen

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An Act relative to 72 hour emergency prescribing.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Chapter 94C of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-

Section 50. A physician practicing in an emergency room shall not be permitted to provide to a patient seeking emergency care more than 72 hours worth of a controlled substance as defined by this chapter.