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SENATE BILL NO. 1144 – Controlled substance/nurse dispense

SENATE BILL NO. 1144

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S1144.................................................by HEALTH AND WELFARE
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - Adds to existing law to provide for the
dispensation by nurses of certain controlled substances in a narcotics
treatment facility.
                                                                        
02/12    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/13    Rpt prt - to Health/Wel
02/21    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/22    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/01    3rd rdg - PASSED - 32-0-3
      AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett,
      Cameron, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon, Goedde, Hammond,
      Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Little, Lodge,
      Malepeai, McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Richardson, Schroeder, Siddoway,
      Stegner, Stennett, Werk
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Coiner, Geddes, Pearce
    Floor Sponsor - Hammond
    Title apvd - to House
03/02    House intro - 1st rdg - to Health/Wel
03/13    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/14    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/19    3rd rdg - PASSED - 63-0-7
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black,
      Block, Bock, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Chew, Clark,
      Collins, Crane, Durst, Edmunson, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Henderson,
      Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador, Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher,
      Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer, Nielsen, Nonini,
      Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Ruchti, Rusche,
      Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Shively,
      Smith(30), Smith(24), Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Vander Woude,
      Wills, Wood(27), Wood(35)
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Chavez, Harwood, Henbest, Moyle, Roberts,
      Thayn, Mr. Speaker
    Floor Sponsor - Loertscher
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/20    To enrol
03/21    Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
03/22    To Governor
03/28    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 250
         Effective: 07/01/07

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2007
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1144
                                                                        
                              BY HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; AMENDING ARTICLE III, CHAPTER 27, TITLE 37,
  3        IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 37-2727, IDAHO CODE, TO  PRO-
  4        VIDE  FOR THE DISPENSATION BY NURSES OF CERTAIN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN A
  5        NARCOTICS TREATMENT FACILITY AND TO EXEMPT CERTAIN NURSES  FROM  REGISTRA-
  6        TION REQUIREMENTS.
                                                                        
  7    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  8        SECTION  1.  That  Article  III, Chapter 27, Title 37, Idaho Code, be, and
  9    the same is hereby amended by the addition thereto of a  NEW  SECTION,  to  be
 10    known and designated as Section 37-2727, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 11        37-2727.  CONTROLLED  SUBSTANCES  IN NARCOTIC TREATMENT PROGRAMS. (1) At a
 12    facility with a controlled substance registration certificate  issued  by  the
 13    United  States department of justice, drug enforcement administration, for the
 14    operation of a narcotic treatment program, a nurse licensed under chapter  14,
 15    title  54,  Idaho Code, may, pursuant to a valid order of a physician licensed
 16    under chapter 18, title 54, Idaho Code:
 17        (a)  Prepare and administer to a patient at  that  facility  a  controlled
 18        substance whether or not a practitioner is present; and
 19        (b)  Deliver  at  that  facility  to  a  patient for subsequent use by the
 20        patient off-site, take-home doses  of  a  controlled  substance,  provided
 21        that:
 22             (i)   The  patient is entitled to receive take-home doses of the con-
 23             trolled substance;
 24             (ii)  The take-home doses delivered by the nurse to the patient  were
 25             obtained  at  the  facility  by  the nurse from a locked storage area
 26             suitable to prevent unauthorized access and to ensure a proper  envi-
 27             ronment for preservation of the drugs within such area; and
 28             (iii) The  take-home doses were prepared pursuant to a valid order of
 29             the physician by a pharmacist licensed under chapter  17,  title  54,
 30             Idaho  Code, and were delivered by the pharmacist to the locked stor-
 31             age area at  the  facility  in  a  suitable  container  appropriately
 32             labeled  for  subsequent delivery by the nurse to the patient and for
 33             subsequent use by the patient entitled to receive the take-home doses
 34             of the controlled substance.
 35        (2)  A nurse acting under the authority of this section is exempt from the
 36    registration requirements imposed by this chapter.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                                
                            RS 16933
                                
This legislation permits nurses to administer controlled substances 
to patients at narcotic treatment facilities pursuant to a doctor's
orders.

Currently there are no narcotic treatment facilities in Idaho because 
the daily doses of medication may be administered only by a physician, 
physician s assistant or advance practice professional nurse. Not only 
does this require unnecessary additional cost, making these centers
uneconomic, it is not ajob that requires the advanced skills those 
people possess. Passage of this legislation will enable narcotics 
treatment to be made available in Idaho.



                           FISCAL NOTE
                                
There will be no direct fiscal impact to the general fund although to 
the extent treatment is available for people with narcotics addiction, 
demands placed on the general fund by those people should be reduced.


CONTACT
Name:   Ken McClure
Phone:  388-1200
       
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                     S 1144