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SB 270 Pharmacy; practice, regulation by Board of Pharmacy, report.

Introduced by: John J. Bell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Practice of pharmacy; regulation by Board of Pharmacy; report. Provides that compounding of drugs provided to the Department of Corrections for the purpose of carrying out an execution by lethal injection shall constitute the practice of pharmacy and be subject to the requirements of the Drug Control Act and the jurisdiction of the Board of Pharmacy. The bill provides that only outsourcing facilities may compound such drugs; currently, both pharmacies and outsourcing facilities may compound such drugs. The bill requires the Board of Pharmacy to report annually by December 1 to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions on (i) the number of outsourcing facilities permitted or registered by the Board that have entered into a contract with the Department of Corrections for the compounding of drugs necessary to carry out an execution by lethal injection and (ii) the name of any such outsourcing facility that received disciplinary action for a violation of law or regulation related to compounding.


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