Amended
IN
Senate
June 13, 2019 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 22, 2019 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 26, 2019 |
Assembly Bill | No. 1264 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Petrie-Norris (Coauthor: Senator Wieckowski) |
February 21, 2019 |
Existing law authorizes certain healing arts licensees to use a self-screening tool that will identify patient risk factors for the use of self-administered hormonal contraceptives by a patient, and, after appropriate prior examination, to prescribe, furnish, or dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptives to a patient.
(a)Notwithstanding any other law, a physician and surgeon, a registered nurse acting in accordance with Section 2725.2, a certified nurse-midwife acting within the scope of Section 2746.51, a nurse practitioner acting within the scope of Section 2836.1, a physician assistant acting within the scope of Section 3502.1, and a pharmacist acting within the scope of Section 4052.3 may use a self-screening tool that will identify patient risk factors for the use of self-administered hormonal contraceptives by a patient, and, after an appropriate prior examination, prescribe, furnish, or dispense, as applicable, self-administered hormonal contraceptives to the patient. Blood pressure, weight, height, and patient health history may be self-reported using the self-screening tool that identifies patient risk factors.
(b)An “appropriate prior examination” does not require a synchronous interaction between the patient and the healing arts licensee.