Creates provisions relating to over-the-counter purchase of ivermectin

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide additional details about safety, effectiveness, or age restrictions for over-the-counter use of ivermectin.

Making Ivermectin Tablets Available Without a Prescription

This act allows people to buy ivermectin tablets over-the-counter without a prescription or consultation with a pharmacist.

What This Bill Does

• Allows the sale of ivermectin tablets over-the-counter in Missouri.
• Removes the need for a prescription to purchase ivermectin tablets.
• Eliminates the requirement for consultation with a pharmacist before buying ivermectin.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who want to buy ivermectin tablets without a prescription.
• Pharmacies and stores that sell ivermectin tablets.

Terms To Know

Over-the-counter

Medicine or drugs that can be bought without a doctor's prescription.

Ivermectin

A medicine used to treat certain infections and parasites in humans and animals.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not address the safety or effectiveness of over-the-counter use of ivermectin.
• Does not specify any age restrictions for purchasing ivermectin tablets.

Official Summary Text

Creates provisions relating to over-the-counter purchase of ivermectin

Current Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 1684
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE WHALEY .
3864H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 195, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to over -the-counter
purchase of ivermectin tablets.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 195, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 195.1000, to read as follows:
195.1000. Notwithstanding any other pr ovision of law , ivermectin tablets shall be
2 available to the public thr ough over -the-counter pur chase in this state without a
3 pr escription or consultation with a pharmacist or other health care profes sional.
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EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.