Except in the case of authorized prescription refills, nothing in the bill's provisions would authorize an animal owner to fill a prescription, if the prescription has already been filled by a co-owner on a previous occasion. In such a case, the bill would authorize the dispensation of the drug to any of the owners listed on the prescription blank, and it would further authorize any of those identified owners to possess the drugs for the purposes of administering it to the animal. In the event that an animal is jointly owned by multiple owners, and more than one of the owners wishes to engage in administration of the drug to the animal, the bill would require the prescribing veterinarian, upon request, to list the names of each such owner on the prescription blank. Only the person who is named on the prescription blank will be authorized to possess the drug for the purposes of administering it to the identified animal. The bill would amend the State's veterinarian practice laws to specify that, whenever a veterinarian prescribes a medication for use by an animal: (1) the prescription is to be issued in the name of the animal owner and (2) the prescription blank must identify both the name of the animal owner and the name of the animal that is to be administered the prescribed medication.
This bill would impose certain requirements to better ensure that prescription drugs issued by a veterinarian, for the treatment of an animal, are not misused, abused, or subject to diversion by the humans who have control over those drugs.
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