Act No. 7130 — An Act amending 19 V.I.C., requiring electronic prescribing by all Virgin Islands’ physicians consistent with the Medicare Prescription Drug
BILL NO. 28-0041 TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS Regular Session 2009 An Act amending 19 V.I.C., requiring electronic prescribing by all Virgin Islands’ physicians consistent with the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 --0-- Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands: SECTION 1. Title 19 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 32a, section 765 is amended to read as follows: § 765. Electronic prescriptions required; compliance (a) By no later than December 31, 2011, all duly licensed physicians within the Virgins Islands must electronically transmit all patient prescriptions to pharmacists. Such electronic prescription transmissions must, at a minimum, be in compliance with the final standards promulgated by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-173) for patient covered part D drugs prescribed for Medicare beneficiaries, regardless of whether the patient is a Medicare beneficiary. …
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