La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LIII-3117

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section LIII-3117 - Effect of Violation ; Sanctions [Formerly Section 2717]

A. Effect of Violation. Any violation of, or failure of compliance with, the prohibitions and provision of §3113 of this Chapter shall be deemed a violation of the Pharmacy Practice Act, R.S. 37:1161 et seq., providing cause for the board to sanction a pharmacist or pharmacy culpable of such violation.

B. Administrative Sanctions. In addition to the sanctions provided for by R.S. 37:1241, upon proof of violation of §3113 by a pharmacist or pharmacy, the board may order that all or any portion of any amounts paid by a patient, and/or by any third-party payor on behalf of a patient, for health care items or services furnished upon a referral by the pharmacist or pharmacy in violation of §3113, be refunded by the pharmacist or pharmacy to such patient and/or third-party payor, together with legal interest on such payments at the rate prescribed by law calculated from the date on which any such payment was made by the patient and/or third-party payors.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LIII-3117

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Pharmacy, LR 29:2114 (October 2003), effective January 1, 2004, repromulgated LR 34:2160 (October 2008).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1182.