Indiana Senate Bill 506

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-16 - First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
Pending: Senate Health and Provider Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Pharmacy employment regulations. Provides that a pharmacy shall not require a pharmacist to work longer than 13 hours per work day, and requires a pharmacy to allow at least eight hours between consecutive shifts. Requires a pharmacy to provide certain pharmacists with a break with certain conditions. Allows a Category I pharmacy to allow certain individuals to pick up prescription refills while a pharmacist is unavailable under certain circumstances. Provides that if a pharmacist is on break or unavailable when a person requests to speak to the pharmacist, the person must be informed of the reason for the pharmacist being unavailable and given certain options.

Pharmacy employment regulations.

Sen. Spencer Deery [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-16	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
2025-01-16	Senate	Authored by Senator Deery

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/506/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0506/SB0506.01.INTR.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0506/fiscal-notes/SB0506.01.INTR.FN001.pdf