(The Center Square) – Arizona’s pharmacies could test and treat patients for COVID-19, strep throat and other diseases under legislation passed by the Senate.
Senate Bill 1214, which is now headed to the state House, won bipartisan support March 3 with a 22-7 vote in the Senate.
The legislation would allow pharmacists or their staffs to perform tests for influenza group A streptococcus pharyngitis, better known as strep throat, COVID-19 or other coronavirus respiratory illnesses, and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis or post-exposure prophylaxis. But only pharmacists could interpret the test results under the bill…