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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
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CHAPTER 30
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HOUSE BILL 2405 |
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AN ACT
Amending title 36, chapter 4, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-434.02; relating to health care institutions.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 36, chapter 4, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-434.02, to read:
36-434.02. Facility-provided multidose medication; definition
A. If a facility-provided multidose medication is ordered at least twenty-four hours before a surgical procedure and is administered to a patient at a hospital or outpatient surgical center, any unused portion of the facility-provided multidose medication may be offered to the patient on discharge if the facility-provided multidose medication is required for continuing treatment.
B. If the facility-provided multidose medication is used in an operating room or emergency department setting, the prescriber is responsible for counseling the patient on the proper use and administration of the facility-provided multidose medication and any pharmacist counseling requirement is waived.
C. A facility-provided multidose medication shall be labeled consistent with the labeling requirements under title 32, chapter 18.
D. For the purposes of this section, "facility-provided multidose medication" means any topical antibiotic or anti-inflammatory, dilation or glaucoma drop or ointment that the staff of a hospital operating room, emergency department or outpatient surgical center has ordered or retrieved from a dispensing system for a specific patient for use during a procedure or visit.
Sec. 2. Short title
This act may be cited as the "Topical Medical Waste Reduction Act".
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR MARCH 31, 2025.
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE MARCH 31, 2025.