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SB1804 • 2026

Prohibits certain professional licensing boards from waiving or modifying administrative rules related to prescription authority

Prohibits certain professional licensing boards from waiving or modifying administrative rules related to prescription authority

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Beck, Doug; House handler: N/A
Last action
2026-05-07
Official status
Second Read and Referred S Emerging Issues and Professional Registration Committee
Effective date
2028-08-28

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits certain professional licensing boards from waiving or modifying administrative rules related to prescription authority

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1804 - This act provides that certain professional licensing boards shall not grant any regulatory mitigation or waive or modify any rules related to dispensing, prescribing, administering, or otherwise distributing, including renewing, medications or controlled substances to a person or business developing, creating, or generating artificial intelligence for such prescription activities.

What This Bill Does

  • The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1804 - This act provides that certain professional licensing boards shall not grant any regulatory mitigation or waive or modify any rules related to dispensing, prescribing, administering, or otherwise distributing, including renewing, medications or controlled substances to a person or business developing, creating, or generating artificial intelligence for such prescription activities.
  • KATIE O'BRIEN

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-07 S1609

    Second Read and Referred S Emerging Issues and Professional Registration Committee

  2. 2026-02-26 S486

    S First Read

Official Summary Text

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Introduced

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SB 1804 - This act provides that certain professional licensing boards shall not grant any regulatory mitigation or waive or modify any rules related to dispensing, prescribing, administering, or otherwise distributing, including renewing, medications or controlled substances to a person or business developing, creating, or generating artificial intelligence for such prescription activities.
KATIE O'BRIEN

Current Bill Text

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1804
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BECK.
7472S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 324, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to administrative rules
for prescription authority of certain health care professionals.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 324, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 324.049, to read as 2
follows:3
324.049. 1. The board of registration for the healing 1
arts, the Missouri dental board, the board of nursing, and 2
the board of pharmacy shall not grant any regulatory 3
mitigation or waive or modify any rules related to 4
dispensing, prescribing, including prescription renewals, 5
administering, or otherwise distributing medications or 6
controlled substances to a person or business developing, 7
creating, or generating artificial intelligence for the use 8
of dispensing, prescribing, including prescription renewals, 9
administering, or otherwise distributing medications or 10
controlled substances. 11
2. As used in this section, the term "artificial 12
intelligence" means an artificial intelligence technology 13
system that: 14
(1) Is trained on data; 15
(2) Is designed to simulate human conversation with a 16
consumer through text, audio, or visual communication; and 17
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(3) Generates nonscripted outputs similar to outputs 18
created by a human, with limited or no human oversight. 19
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