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Ohio Pill Mill Legislation in the State's Senate
Ohio legislation aimed to fight illegally operating pain clinics is currently being considered by the state’s senate. As explained in the May 2011 Ohio State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter, the bill (HB 93) includes the following provisions: “First of all, it will require each pain clinic (as defined by the law) to license with the Board of Pharmacy as a Terminal Distributor of Dangerous Drugs, whether or not they possess drugs in the office or are otherwise exempt from licensure. This bill will also require that the pain clinic be owned by one or more physicians to eliminate those that are being run by convicted felons. It requires criminal background checks on the owners and requires the owners to run criminal background checks on their employees. It also limits the amount of controlled substances that a prescriber may personally furnish a patient to a 72-hour supply and it requires those prescribers who do personally furnish these drugs to patients to report those transactions to the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System (OARRS) program.” The bill includes an emergency clause that would make it effective immediately upon its approval by the state’s governor. Additional details are provided in the May 2011 Ohio State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter (PDF).
