North Carolina HB 618: Ivermectin Access Act.

Status: Amend Failed A1 (as of 2025-05-07)

State: North Carolina · Session: 2025 · Bill: HB 618

Subjects: ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; DHHS; HEALTH SERVICES; OCCUPATIONS; PHARMACEUTICALS; PHARMACISTS & PHARMACIES; PUBLIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATE EMPLOYEES; LIABILITY; STATE HEALTH DIRECTOR

Sponsors: Almond, N. Jackson, Zenger, Arp, Balkcom, Biggs, Blust, Branson, Cairns, Clampitt, Cotham, Echevarria, Eddins, Johnson, Kidwell, Loftis, McNeely, Moss, Rhyne, Riddell, Ross, Scott, Setzer, Ward, Warren

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 618

Short Title: Ivermectin Access Act. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Almond, Zenger, N. Jackson, and Rhyne (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Health, if favorable, Judiciary 1, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of
the House
April 1, 2025
*H618-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT DIRECTING THE STATE HEALTH DIRECTOR TO ISSUE A STATEWIDE 2
STANDING ORDER TO ALLOW PHARMACISTS TO DISPENSE IVERMECTIN 3
WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION; AND PROVIDING IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL OR 4
CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR THE STATE HEALTH DIRECTOR AND ANY 5
PHARMACIST WHO DISPENSES IVERMECTIN PURSUANT TO THE STATEWIDE 6
STANDING ORDER. 7
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 8
SECTION 1. Article 6 of Chapter 130A of the General Statutes is amended by 9
adding a new Part to read: 10
"Part 2A. Statewide Standing Order to Control the Spread of Disease. 11
"§ 130A-158.15. Statewide standing order for the dispensing of ivermectin. 12
(a) The State Health Director shall issue a statewide standing order authorizing a 13
pharmacist licensed under Article 4A of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes to dispense 14
ivermectin suitable for human use without a written prescription or consultation with a healthcare 15
professional. 16
(b) A pharmacist licensed under Article 4A of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes may 17
dispense ivermectin in accordance with the statewide standing order issued pursuant to 18
subsection (a) of this section. 19
(c) All of the following individuals are immune from any civil or criminal liability for 20
actions authorized by this section as follows: 21
(1) The State Health Director acting pursuant to this section. 22
(2) Any pharmacist who dispenses ivermectin pursuant to a statewide standing 23
order issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. 24
"§§ 130A-158.16. through 130A-158.20. Reserved for future codification purposes." 25
SECTION 2. The State Health Director shall issue the statewide standing order 26
authorized by G.S. 130A-158.15(a), as enacted by Section 1 of this act, by October 1, 2025. 27
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law. 28

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