SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO 2005 SENATE BILL 652
March 6, 2006 - Offered by Committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and
Long Term Care
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SB652-SSA1,1,5 1An Act to renumber and amend 961.235; to amend 146.81 (4), 961.23 (6),
2961.41 (3j) and 961.453 (1) (a); and to create 961.235 (1) and 961.235 (3) of the
3statutes; relating to: substances covered by certain criminal statutes relating
4to the controlled substance pseudoephedrine and law enforcement officers'
5access to pharmacy records regarding sales of pseudoephedrine products.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Weight-based crimes involving pseudoephedrine; what is measured
Current law contains a number of provisions that regulate the possession or
acquisition of the controlled substance pseudoephedrine. One such provision
prohibits the possession of products containing pseudoephedrine (as well as certain
other products and materials) with the intent to manufacture the controlled
substance methamphetamine. Under that law, a person's possession of more than
nine grams of pseudoephedrine, other than pseudoephedrine contained in
liquid-filled gelcaps or certain other products, creates a rebuttable presumption that
the person intended to manufacture methamphetamine. Whether that presumption
applies depends on the weight of the pseudoephedrine itself, as opposed to the weight
of the product containing it. The weight of pseudoephedrine products, however, does
matter in the context of prohibitions relating to the acquisition of pseudoephedrine.

For example, current law prohibits a person from purchasing more than seven and
one-half grams of a pseudoephedrine product within a 30-day period, other than by
purchasing it in person from a pharmacy or pharmacist.
This substitute amendment revises weight-based prohibitions relating to the
acquisition of pseudoephedrine (all of which involve a seven and one-half gram
threshold) so that they relate to the weight of the pseudoephedrine itself — not the
weight of the product containing it. The prohibitions affected are: 1) the prohibition
described above regarding certain purchases that are not made in person from a
pharmacy or pharmacist; 2) the prohibition regarding certain purchases made
without the authorization of a physician, dentist, or veterinarian; and 3) the
prohibition regarding attempting to acquire pseudoephedrine under certain
circumstances by having another person purchase it on his or her behalf.
Records of sales of pseudoephedrine; access by law enforcement officers
Current law specifies that, whenever a person purchases a pseudoephedrine
product from a pharmacy, the pharmacist must record the person's name and address
and the name and amount of the pseudoephedrine product. Current law further
specifies that only pharmacists and law enforcement officers have access to that
information. In separate provisions, however, current law limits access to a broad
range of patient health care records, including records related to the health of a
patient that are prepared by or under the supervision of pharmacist. Under those
provisions, patient health care records are confidential and may be made available
only to certain individuals under specified circumstances. None of the exceptions to
the confidentiality requirement apply specifically to law enforcement officers.
This substitute amendment specifies that the records described above relating
to the sale of pseudoephedrine products are not patient health care records. In
addition, the substitute amendment revises the provision stating that law
enforcement officers may have access to those records and specifies that pharmacists
must provide those records to a law enforcement officer who requests them.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB652-SSA1, s. 1 1Section 1. 146.81 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB652-SSA1,3,42 146.81 (4) "Patient health care records" means all records related to the health
3of a patient prepared by or under the supervision of a health care provider, including
4the records required under s. 146.82 (2) (d) and (3) (c), but not those records subject
5to s. 51.30, reports collected under s. 69.186, records of tests administered under s.
6252.15 (2) (a) 7., 343.305, 938.296 (4) or (5) or 968.38 (4) or (5), records related to sales
7of pseudoephedrine products, as defined in s. 961.01 (20c), that are maintained by

1pharmacies under s. 961.235,
fetal monitor tracings, as defined under s. 146.817 (1),
2or a pupil's physical health records maintained by a school under s. 118.125. ``Patient
3health care records" also includes health summary forms prepared under s. 302.388
4(2).
SB652-SSA1, s. 2 5Section 2. 961.23 (6) of the statutes, as created by 2005 Wisconsin Act 14, is
6amended to read:
SB652-SSA1,3,107 961.23 (6) No person other than a physician, dentist, veterinarian, or
8pharmacist may purchase more than 7.5 grams of a pseudoephedrine product
9within a 30-day period without the authorization of a physician, dentist, or
10veterinarian.
SB652-SSA1, s. 3 11Section 3. 961.235 of the statutes, as created by 2005 Wisconsin Act 14, is
12renumbered 961.235 (2) and amended to read:
SB652-SSA1,3,1813 961.235 (2) Records required under s. 961.23 (4) with respect to the sale of a
14pseudoephedrine product sales may be kept in either a paper or electronic format and
15shall be maintained by the pharmacy for at least 2 years. Only Except as provided
16in sub. (3), only
a pharmacist or a law enforcement officer may have access to records
17of pseudoephedrine sales and
information recorded under s. 961.23 (4) with respect
18to the sale of a pseudoephedrine product
contained in those records.
SB652-SSA1, s. 4 19Section 4. 961.235 (1) of the statutes is created to read:
SB652-SSA1,3,2120 961.235 (1) In this section, "records of pseudoephedrine sales" means records
21required under s. 961.23 (4) with respect to the sale of a pseudoephedrine product.
SB652-SSA1, s. 5 22Section 5. 961.235 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
SB652-SSA1,4,223 961.235 (3) A pharmacist shall make records required under s. 961.23 (4)
24available to a law enforcement officer who requests them. Law enforcement officers
25may make those records available to other persons or redisclose information from

1those records to other persons only in connection with a criminal investigation or
2prosecution under this chapter.
SB652-SSA1, s. 6 3Section 6. 961.41 (3j) of the statutes, as created by 2005 Wisconsin Act 14, is
4amended to read:
SB652-SSA1,4,105 961.41 (3j) Purchases of pseudoephedrine products. Whoever purchases
6more than 7.5 grams of a pseudoephedrine product within a 30-day period, other
7than by purchasing the product in person from a pharmacy or pharmacist, is guilty
8of a Class I felony. This subsection does not apply to a purchase by a physician,
9dentist, veterinarian, or pharmacist or a purchase that is authorized by a physician,
10dentist, or veterinarian.
SB652-SSA1, s. 7 11Section 7. 961.453 (1) (a) of the statutes, as created by 2005 Wisconsin Act 14,
12is amended to read:
SB652-SSA1,4,1513 961.453 (1) (a) No person may, with the intent to acquire more than 7.5 grams
14of a pseudoephedrine product within a 30-day period, knowingly solicit, hire, direct,
15employ, or use another to purchase a pseudoephedrine product on his or her behalf.
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