# Delaware SB 180: AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 25, TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BOARD OF PHARMACY. Delaware SB 180, AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 25, TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BOARD OF PHARMACY., is a 153rd General Assembly (2024–2026) Senate bill sponsored by Nicole Poore (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-06-30 (Signed by Governor); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/DE-SB180-153 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Delaware SB 180 - State: Delaware - Session: 153rd General Assembly (2024–2026) - Title: AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 25, TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BOARD OF PHARMACY. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-06-06 - Last action: 2025-06-30, Signed by Governor - Sponsor: Nicole Poore (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 21 - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (61 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 24 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Pharmacists can provide HIV prevention medicine: benefit, medium. Beginning one year after enactment, pharmacists can start, dispense, or administer HIV prevention medicines under a statewide public health protocol. They must complete Board-approved training within the year before first providing these services. PrEP, which prevents HIV before exposure, is limite… - Patients get deadlines for pharmacy records: benefit, low. Patients must receive requested pharmacy records as soon as reasonably possible, no later than 15 business days. Records must be provided immediately when an emergency or medical condition requires them. Pharmacies can use nonpaper records and provide records in formats other than paper. Prescripti… - Patients get drug information and flexible prescriptions: benefit, low. Licensed practitioners can issue lawful prescriptions in writing, verbally, electronically, or by fax, with details required by Board rules. Pharmacy containers must carry labels with Board-required information, replacing the statute’s fixed list. Practitioners dispensing directly must provide a la… - Patients can get emergency medicine refills: benefit, low. Beginning one year after enactment, pharmacists can provide patients an emergency supply of a noncontrolled drug. The Board of Pharmacy sets the requirements for these supplies. The law does not state a supply amount, exact qualifying situations, or patient price. - Pet owners gain another prescription seller: benefit, low. Board-registered businesses that are not pharmacies can sell noncontrolled prescription drugs designated for veterinary use. A licensed veterinarian must authorize the sale by written, electronic, fax, or verbal order. Verbal orders must be put in writing. - Pharmacy students gain supervised practice options: benefit, low. Pharmacy interns and students in approved college practical-experience programs can perform functions allowed by Board rules. A licensed pharmacist must directly supervise them and remain in the licensed establishment containing the pharmacy department. The supervising pharmacist is responsible for… - Compounded drugs must meet safety standards: benefit, low. All drug compounding must meet applicable United States Pharmacopeia standards. The definition covers specified preparation based on prescriptions or practitioner requests, including advance preparation based on routine prescribing patterns. It also covers research, teaching, and chemical analysis,… - Pharmacy Board puts public safety first: benefit, low. The Board must put public protection first, including protection from unsafe practices, reduced competition, and price fixing. It can set pharmacy recordkeeping, drug-monitoring, and operating standards and inspect pharmacies for violations. Authorized officials can seize harmful drugs or materials… - Non-drug businesses shed pharmacy licensing rules: benefit, low. Beginning one year after enactment, these pharmacy supervision and licensing requirements cover drugs rather than non-drug personal-care products. Businesses making, packing, packaging, or distributing non-drug toiletries, tooth-care products, or cosmetics no longer face these particular requiremen… - Patients lose pharmacist service payment protection: cost, medium. Beginning one year after enactment, health plans no longer face this specific rule against denying payment for licensed pharmacist services. The removed rule applied when plans covered the same service from a doctor, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant. Patients' coverage and out-of-poc… - Drug establishments face new licensing checks: cost, low. Covered drug establishments need qualified supervision, suitable key personnel, fingerprint-based state and federal checks, paid fees, and separate licenses for each location. They must meet regulatory-history requirements and keep licenses available for inspection. Manufacturers and outsourcing fa… - Medical gas sellers keep records longer: cost, low. Registered Delaware businesses selling prescription medicinal gases must keep order records onsite for at least 3 years, up from 2. Sales require a licensed practitioner’s written, electronic, fax, or verbal order; verbal orders must be put in writing. Storage and dispensing must follow Board requi… - Out-of-state pharmacies face licensing and penalties: cost, low. Out-of-state pharmacies need a Delaware license before providing prescription drugs to anyone in the state by any delivery method. Applicants must pay a fee, provide sworn compliance evidence and pharmacy-department plans, and meet good-standing, regulatory-history, and inspection requirements. An… - Pharmacy businesses face major violation penalties: cost, low. Pharmacies and pharmaceutical establishments can face reprimands, probation, suspension, permanent license revocation, and monetary penalties. Maximum penalties are $250,000 per violation and $250,000 for each day a violation continues. After a hearing, pharmacy discipline can follow legal violatio… - Unlicensed out-of-state pharmacies face higher fines: cost, low. Beginning one year after enactment, operators of out-of-state pharmacies face higher fines for delivering prescription drugs into Delaware without a Delaware license. The maximum fine rises from $50 to $10,000 for each day the offense occurs or continues. - Pharmacies must clear licensing before opening: cost, low. The Board reviews applications and issues licenses to qualifying pharmacies and establishments, replacing its prior permit authority. Pharmacies must apply, pay the required fee, provide sworn compliance evidence, and pass inspection before opening. Each pharmacy must have a licensed pharmacist in… - Pharmacists face revised discipline and penalties: mixed, high. The act takes effect one year after enactment. Pharmacist discipline now focuses on current conditions that impair judgment or safe practice, rather than drug use during the past 2 years. Breaking the Board’s Code of Ethics is also a ground for discipline. Maximum penalties are $10,000 for a first… - Pharmacists get renewal and return-to-work rules: mixed, medium. Pharmacist licenses renew every 2 years with a fee and continuing education, which the Board may randomly audit. A lapse longer than 1 year but shorter than 4 years requires a late fee, education, fingerprints, and disciplinary-history review. A lapse longer than 4 years also requires passing the m… - Revised licensing rules for Delaware pharmacists: mixed, medium. Pharmacist applicants must meet education, internship, conduct, and fitness standards and pass national and pharmacy-law exams. Foreign-educated applicants must meet Board education rules; foreign graduates seeking reciprocal licenses must also pass the foreign-graduate certification exam. Pharmaci… - Drug substitutions come with patient safeguards: mixed, low. Pharmacists can replace brand-name drugs with therapeutically equivalent drugs when the prescriber authorizes substitution. Written forms must include “Substitution Permitted” and space to handwrite “Brand Necessary” or “Brand Medically Necessary.” Biological substitutes require FDA designation as… - Pharmacy applicants face registration and background checks: mixed, low. Beginning one year after enactment, pharmacy students must apply for intern registration after entering their first professional year at an accredited school. Applications require class-standing and preceptor statements; foreign-educated applicants must meet Board education rules. Intern applicants… - Pharmacy Board drops specific oversight duties: mixed, low. The law removes the Board’s specific duty to keep a drug-outlet registry and monitor those outlets for safe practices. It also removes the Board’s express subpoena power in this law for witnesses, books, and papers. Pharmaceutical-establishment inspections still follow pharmacy inspection rules, bu… - Out-of-state pharmacies face fewer service rules: mixed, low. Beginning one year after enactment, licensed out-of-state pharmacies no longer report the previously specified corporate officers and dispensing pharmacists. They no longer must offer pharmacist phone service at least 6 days and 40 hours weekly. They also no longer must print that number on each pr… - Pharmacy closings and layouts follow Board rules: mixed, low. Temporary and permanent pharmacy closings must follow Board rules. The law removes fixed advance notices: 14 days for permanent closings and 5 days for temporary closings exceeding 7 business days. Pharmacy licenses automatically end when ownership changes, legal existence ends, or business or prof… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Nicole Poore (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Darius J. Brown (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Eric Buckson (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Daniel Cruce (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Stephanie L. Hansen (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Gerald W. Hocker (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Kyra L. Hoffner (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Russell Huxtable (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Kamela T Smith (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Dave G. Lawson (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: S. Elizabeth Lockman (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Spiros Mantzavinos (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Trey Paradee (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Brian Pettyjohn (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Marie Pinkney (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Bryant L. Richardson (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Ray Seigfried (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: David P. Sokola (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Laura V. Sturgeon (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Bryan Townsend (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: John "Jack" Walsh (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: David L. Wilson (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-06-30 | House | Passed (SM required) | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-06-26 | Senate | Passed (SM required) | pass | 21 | 0 | | ## Actions (9) - 2025-06-30: Signed by Governor (Governor) - 2025-06-30: Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 VACANT (House) - 2025-06-27: Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 On Its Merits (House) - 2025-06-27: Assigned to Administration Committee in House (House) - 2025-06-26: Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES (Senate) - 2025-06-26: Amendment SA 1 to SB 180 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES (Senate) - 2025-06-25: Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 4 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits (Senate) - 2025-06-24: Amendment SA 1 to SB 180 - Introduced and Placed With Bill (Senate) - 2025-06-06: Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate (Senate) ## Bill text - Current, 2025-06-06: [HTML](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=142466&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2) ## Related bills - HS 1 for HB 449: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DIETITIAN/NUTRITIONIST LICENSURE ACT. (passed house) - HB 357: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 10 AND 13 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DUTY TO SUPPORT POOR PERSONS. (signed) - SB 279: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL-BASED OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS. (vetoed) - HB 393: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 26 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PROTECTIONS FOR PUBLIC UTILITY CONSUMERS. (vetoed) - SB 231: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS. (vetoed) - HB 356: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PFAS IN FIREFIGHTING FOAM AND EQUIPMENT. 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