290 Relating to: the administration by injection of prescribed drugs by pharmacists. (FE)

  Date of enactment: March 30, 2016
2015 Assembly Bill 865   Date of publication*: March 31, 2016

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication."

2015 WISCONSIN ACT 290

An Act to amend 450.02 (2g) (b), 450.035 (1r) and 450.035 (1t) of the statutes; relating to: the administration by injection of prescribed drugs by pharmacists.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1 . 450.02 (2g) (b) of the statutes, as affected by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55 , is amended to read:

450.02 (2g) (b) The board shall promulgate rules that establish requirements and procedures for the administration of a drug product or device, as defined in s. 450.035 (1g), by a pharmacist under s. 450.035 (1r) or by another person under s. 450.035 (1t) .

Section 2 . 450.035 (1r) of the statutes is amended to read:

450.035 (1r) A pharmacist may not administer by injection a prescribed drug product or device unless he or she has successfully completed a course of study and training in injection administration technique conducted by a course provider approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education or the board. A pharmacist may administer a prescribed drug product or device under this subsection only in the course of teaching self-administration techniques to a patient. A pharmacist who administers a prescribed drug product or device under this subsection shall comply with the requirements and procedures established in rules promulgated by the board under s. 450.02 (2g) (b). The pharmacist or his or her agent shall also, after the pharmacist administers a prescribed drug product or device under this subsection, notify the prescribing practitioner or enter the information in a patient record system shared by the prescribing practitioner.

Section 3 . 450.035 (1t) of the statutes is amended to read:

450.035 (1t) A person engaged in the practice of pharmacy under s. 450.03 (1) (f) or (g) may not administer a prescribed drug product or device unless he or she has successfully completed a course of study and training in administration technique conducted by a course provider approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education or the board. A person engaged in the practice of pharmacy under s. 450.03 (1) (f) or (g) may administer a prescribed drug product or device under this subsection only under the direct supervision of a pharmacist who has successfully completed a course of study and training in administration technique conducted by a course provider approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education or the board , and only in the course of teaching self-administration techniques to a patient . A person engaged in the practice of pharmacy under s. 450.03 (1) (f) or (g) who administers a prescribed drug product or device under this subsection shall comply with the requirements and procedures established in rules promulgated by the board under s. 450.02 (2g) (b). The person or his or her agent shall also, after the person administers a prescribed drug product or device under this subsection, notify the prescribing practitioner or enter the information in a patient record system shared by the prescribing practitioner.