H. B. 2232

(By Delegates Riggs and Staton)
[Introduced February 26, 1997; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources.]

A BILL to amend article five, chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section twelve-c, relating to requiring pharmacists to place an expiration date on prescription medicines.

Be it enacted by the legislature of West Virginia:
That article five, chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section twelve-c, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. PHARMACISTS, PHARMACY TECHNICIANS, PHARMACY INTERNS
AND PHARMACIES.
§30-5-12c. Expiration dates on prescription drugs.
Any person retailing, compounding or dispensing prescriptions or prescription drugs pursuant to this article shall place an expiration date on each prescription.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require an expiration date on prescription drugs.

This section is new; therefore strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.