GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

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HOUSE BILL 656*

Short Title:        Photo ID for Certain Controlled Substances.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Guice, Ingle, and Faircloth (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, see Bill Information on the NCGA Web Site.
Referred to:	Judiciary Subcommittee B.

April 7, 2011

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to direct pharmacies to require photo identification prior to dispensing schedule Ii controlled substances.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Article 5 of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 90-106.1. Photo ID requirement for Schedule II controlled substances.

Immediately prior to dispensing a Schedule II controlled substance, each pharmacy holding a valid permit pursuant to G.S. 90-85.21 shall require the person seeking the dispensation to present one of the following valid, unexpired forms of government-issued photographic identification: (i) a drivers license, (ii) a special identification card issued under G.S. 20-37.7, (iii) a military identification card, or (iv) a passport. Upon presentation of the required photographic identification, the pharmacy shall document the name of the person seeking the dispensation, the type of photographic identification presented by the person seeking the dispensation, and the photographic identification number. The pharmacy shall retain this identifying information on the premises or at a central location apart from the premises as part of its business records for a period of three years following dispensation. The pharmacy shall make the identifying information available to any person authorized under G.S. 90-113.74 to receive prescription information data in the controlled substances reporting system within 72 hours after a request for the identifying information. A pharmacy that submits the identifying information required under this section to the controlled substances reporting system established and maintained pursuant to G.S. 90-113.73 is deemed in compliance with this section."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2012.