REFERENCE TITLE: custodial parents; medication; full access

State of Arizona House of Representatives Fiftieth Legislature Second Regular Session 2012

HB 2252

Introduced by Representative Proud

 

AN ACT

 

Amending title 25, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 25-416; relating to child custody.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 25, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 25-416, to read:

START_STATUTE25-416.  Custodial parents; full access to prescription medications; violation; classification

A.  Each parent with joint legal custody of a child has full access to all medication prescribed for that child.

B.  It is unlawful for a parent with joint legal custody of a child who has an illness to withhold or deny the other parent full access to that child's prescribed medication or to direct that an insurer limit the ability of a parent to fill the prescription medication order.  A parent who violates this subsection is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor. END_STATUTE