Labels or instructions would have to be available in one of at least five other languages, upon a patient’s request. Those languages are Chinese, Vietnamese, Spanish, Korean or Russian.
“We know from research that patients can often misunderstand the prescription medication information, and for limited English proficient patients, these misunderstandings can be much more severe and much more frustrating,” says Kimberly Chen of the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, a supporter of the bill. Read more.
English
Arabic
Chinese (Simplified)
Dutch
Filipino
French
German
Hindi
Hmong
Italian
Japanese
Khmer
Korean
Lao
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Vietnamese