ENROLLED
Senate Bill No. 285
(By Senators Stollings, Foster, Hall, Jenkins, Laird, Palumbo, Prezioso,
Tucker, Wills and Yost)
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[Passed March 12, 2011; in effect ninety days from passage.]
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AN ACT to amend and reenact §16-5W-5 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to extending the time frame in
which West Virginia practitioners must write prescriptions on
official West Virginia tamper-resistant prescription paper.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §16-5W-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5W. WEST VIRGINIA OFFICIAL PRESCRIPTION PROGRAM ACT.
§16-5W-5. Legislative rules.
The board shall propose rules for legislative approval in
accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter
twenty-nine-a of this code to accomplish the requirements of this
article.
The legislative rules shall include, at a minimum:
(1) That on and after January 1, 2012, every prescription
written in West Virginia by a practitioner shall be written on
official West Virginia tamper-resistant prescription paper.
(2) Contracting requirements for contracting with a program
vendor or vendors including auditing requirements for printing
facilities and standard prescription pad formatting requirements.
(3) Standard format for prescription paper and the development
of identifying markers on prescription paper. These markers shall
be on the front and back of the prescription paper to be used by
practitioners throughout the state.
(4) A means of reporting unauthorized use, theft or
destruction of authorized state prescription paper.
(5) Fees for the distribution of standard format prescription
paper to practitioners and facilities.