Senate Engrossed

State of Arizona Senate Fifty-first Legislature Second Regular Session 2014

SENATE BILL 1075

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 23, chapter 6, article 7, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 23-1032; relating to workers' compensation.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 23, chapter 6, article 7, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 23-1032, to read:

START_STATUTE23-1032.  Physician-dispensed medications

A carrier, a self‑insured employer or the commission shall not be liable for payment for medications that a physician dispenses unless both of the following occur:

1.  The physician dispenses the medication within fourteen days after the employee first seeks medical treatment for the injury.

2.  The physician dispenses no more than an aggregate thirty-day supply of the medication. END_STATUTE