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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the definition of compounding in the preparation of a |
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drug or device by a pharmacist. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subdivision (9), Section 551.003, Occupations |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(9)(A) "Compounding" means the preparation, mixing, |
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assembling, packaging, or labeling of a drug or device: |
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(i) [(A)] as the result of a practitioner's |
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prescription drug order based on the |
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practitioner-patient-pharmacist relationship in the course of |
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professional practice; |
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(ii) [(B)] for administration to a patient |
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by a practitioner as the result of a practitioner's initiative |
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based on the practitioner-patient-pharmacist relationship in the |
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course of professional practice; |
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(iii) [(C)] in anticipation of a |
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prescription drug order based on a routine, regularly observed |
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prescribing pattern; or |
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(iv) [(D)] for or as an incident to |
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research, teaching, or chemical analysis and not for selling or |
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dispensing, except as allowed under Section 562.154 or Chapter 563. |
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(B) The term does not include the reconstitution |
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of commercial products or the addition of flavoring to a commercial |
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product, provided the addition of flavoring is in accordance with |
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board rules. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |