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| To amend section 4729.03 and to enact section 4729.43 | 1 |
| of the Revised Code to change the requirements to | 2 |
| serve as the Executive Director of the State Board | 3 |
| of Pharmacy and to establish standards for the | 4 |
| delivery of non-self-injectable cancer drugs. | 5 |
| Section 1. That section 4729.03 be amended and section | 6 |
| 4729.43 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
| Sec. 4729.03. The state board of pharmacy shall organize by | 8 |
| electing a president and a vice-president who are members of the | 9 |
| board. The president shall preside over the meetings of the board, | 10 |
| but shall not vote upon matters determined by the board, except in | 11 |
| the event of a tie vote, in which case the president shall vote. | 12 |
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The board shall also employ an executive director | 13 |
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| board. Each of the officers elected shall serve for a term of one | 16 |
| year. The members of the board shall receive an amount fixed | 17 |
| pursuant to division (J) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code for | 18 |
| each day employed in the discharge of their official duties and | 19 |
| their necessary expenses while engaged therein. | 20 |
| Sec. 4729.43. (A) As used in this section: | 21 |
| (1) "Home health agency" has the same meaning as in section | 22 |
| 3701.881 of the Revised Code. | 23 |
| (2) "Hospice care program" and "hospice patient" have the | 24 |
| same meanings as in section 3712.01 of the Revised Code. | 25 |
| (B) With regard to a dangerous drug that is indicated for the | 26 |
| treatment of cancer or a cancer-related illness, must be | 27 |
| administered intravenously or by subcutaneous injection, and | 28 |
| cannot reasonably be self-administered by the patient to whom the | 29 |
| drug is prescribed or by an individual assisting the patient with | 30 |
| the self-administration, a pharmacist or pharmacy intern shall not | 31 |
| dispense the drug by delivering the drug directly to any of the | 32 |
| following or causing the drug to be delivered directly to any of | 33 |
| the following: | 34 |
| (1) The patient; | 35 |
| (2) The patient's representative, which may include the | 36 |
| patient's guardian or a family member or friend of the patient; | 37 |
| (3) The patient's private residence unless any of the | 38 |
| following is the case: | 39 |
| (a) The patient's private residence is a nursing home, | 40 |
| residential care facility, rehabilitation facility, or similar | 41 |
| institutional facility or heath care facility. | 42 |
| (b) If the patient is an adult and a hospice patient or | 43 |
| client of a home health agency, the patient, the licensed health | 44 |
| professional authorized to prescribe drugs who prescribed the drug | 45 |
| to the patient, or an employee or agent of the prescriber has | 46 |
| notified the pharmacist or pharmacy intern that the patient is a | 47 |
| hospice patient or client of a home health agency and an employee | 48 |
| or agent of the hospice care program or home health agency will be | 49 |
| administering the drug to the patient. | 50 |
| (c) If the patient is a minor and a hospice patient or client | 51 |
| of a home health agency, either of the following has notified the | 52 |
| pharmacist or pharmacy intern that the patient is a client of a | 53 |
| home health agency and an employee or agent of the hospice care | 54 |
| program or home health agency will be administering the drug to | 55 |
| the patient: | 56 |
| (i) The licensed health professional authorized to prescribe | 57 |
| drugs who prescribed the drug to the patient or an employee or | 58 |
| agent of the prescriber; | 59 |
| (ii) The parent, guardian, or other person who has care or | 60 |
| charge of the patient and is authorized to consent to medical | 61 |
| treatment on behalf of the patient. | 62 |
| Section 2. That existing section 4729.03 of the Revised Code | 63 |
| is hereby repealed. | 64 |