Bill 234 — Second Session, 21St Legislature, 36 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 234 An Act To Amend the Pharmaceutical Association Act (Legislature 21, Session 2)

L21 S2 3137

Alberta — Bills

1987 BILL Second Session, 21st Legislature, 36 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION ACT MR. GOGO First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Bill Mr. Gogo BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION ACT (Assented to , 1987) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Pharmaceutical Association Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section is amended by striking out "may use a dnig or drug combination" and substituting "shall use the least expensive drug or drug combination available to the pharmaceutical chemist". Explanatory Notes This BiU wiU amend

chapter P-7 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 2

Section presendy reads as follows: 59 When a prescription refers to a drug or drug combination by a brand name or a name other than its generic name, a pharmaceutical chemist, in dispensing the prescription, may use a drug or drug combination that is the generic or brand ruvne equivalent of that named in the prescription unless the prescriber indicates otherwise (

a) by designating the name of the manufacturer, or (

b) by specifying that no equivalent is to be dispensed. Title: 1987 (21st, 2nd) Bill 234,

An Act to Amend the Pharmaceutical Association Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L21 S2 3137
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L21 S2 3137
Language	en
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