GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 59*

Short Title:  Mobile Pharmacies.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Foxx; Allran, Ballantine, Carpenter, Carrington, Clodfelter, Cochrane, East, Forrester, Garrou, Garwood, Gulley, Hagan, Harris, Hartsell, Horton, Jordan, Kerr, Kinnaird, Lee, Lucas, Metcalf, Purcell, Robinson, Rucho, Shaw of Cumberland, Shaw of Guilford, Soles, Warren, Weinstein, and Wellons.

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Referred to:  Commerce.

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February 9, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE PHARMACY PRACTICE ACT TO DEFINE THE TERM MOBILE PHARMACY AND TO ALLOW SUCH A PHARMACY TO REGISTER ANNUALLY WITH THE BOARD OF PHARMACY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 90-85.3 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( l2)	"Mobile pharmacy"means a mobile unit that is either self-propelled or moveable by another vehicle that is self-propelled and from which prescription drugs are dispensed or compounded.  Each mobile unit shall be considered a single pharmacy."
Section 2.  G.S. 90-85.21 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( a1)	A mobile pharmacy shall register annually with the Board in the manner prescribed in subsection (a) of this section, and the registration shall be renewed annually."
Section 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.