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SB 506 IN

Pharmacy employment regulations.

IN · session 2025 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 16, 2025

Latest action (Jan 16, 2025) First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services

Summary

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.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (2)

  1. Jan 16, 2025 Authored by Senator Deery · upper
  2. Jan 16, 2025 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services · upper
Subjects
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES; PharmaciesHEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; PharmacistsLABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Collective Bargaining, Benefits, and Wages

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