Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-378

EHS 378

Medical Adherence

Ms. Flanagan moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section __, the following new section:-

SECTION ___. Section 1 of chapter 94C of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in the definition of “administer”, clause (c) and inserting in place thereof the following clauses:-

(c) a registered pharmacist at the direction of a prescribing practitioner in the course of the practitioner’s professional practice with respect to prescriptions for mental health and substance abuse only; or

(d) an ultimate user or research subject at the direction of a practitioner in the course of his professional practice.