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Senate Bill 492 |
Senate Author: Van de Putte |
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Effective: 9-1-05 |
House Sponsor: Delisi |
Senate Bill 492 amends provisions of the Occupations Code and the Health and Safety Code relating to drug compounding and distribution of compounded and prepackaged drugs. The bill revises the definition of "compounding" to specify that the term means the preparation, mixing, assembling, packaging, or labeling of a drug or device as a result of a prescription drug order based on the practitioner-patient-pharmacist relationship in the course of professional practice, for administration to a patient by a practitioner, or for distribution between pharmacies under common ownership. Senate Bill 492 defines "office use" and "reasonable quantity" and authorizes a pharmacy, after fulfilling certain requirements, to dispense and deliver a reasonable quantity of a compounded drug to a practitioner for office use. The bill also defines "prepackaging" and authorizes a Class A pharmacy to distribute a prepackaged or compounded drug to a Class C pharmacy under common ownership. The bill adds components used in compounding and related items to the list of items the Texas State Board of Pharmacy is authorized to inspect when conducting an inspection of a pharmacy.