Bill Text: AZ HB2199 | 2025 | Fifty-seventh Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced


Bill Title: Prescription drugs; advertising; requirements

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 16-2)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-22 - House read second time [HB2199 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2025-HB2199-Introduced.html

 

 

 

REFERENCE TITLE: prescription drugs; advertising; requirements

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

2025

 

 

 

HB 2199

 

Introduced by

Representatives Kupper: Aguilar, Biasiucci, Diaz, Fink, Gillette, Gress, Heap, Keshel, Lopez, Marshall, Nguyen, Peņa, Pingerelli, Simacek, Way, Willoughby, Wilmeth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending title 32, chapter 18, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 32-1962.01; relating to the Arizona state board of pharmacy.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 32, chapter 18, article 3, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 32-1962.01, to read:

START_STATUTE32-1962.01. Prescription drugs; nonprescription drugs; advertisements; requirements for major statement; definition

A. Any advertisement in this state for a human prescription drug or nonprescription drug that is in a television or radio format or on the internet must meet the following requirements relating to the major statement:

1. The audio information must be presented in the same volume, articulation and pacing used in the rest of the advertisement.

2. The advertisement may not include audio or visual elements, alone or in combination, that are likely to interfere with a person's understanding of the major statement.

B. For the purposes of this section, "major statement" means the information relating to the major side effects and contraindications of the prescription drug. END_STATUTE

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