PRINTER'S NO. 1538
No. 1250 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY KULA, EACHUS, KORTZ, SOLOBAY, MAHONEY, JOSEPHS,
TANGRETTI AND WALKO, MAY 8, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, MAY 8, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of September 27, 1961 (P.L.1700, No.699),
2 entitled "An act relating to the regulation of the practice
3 of pharmacy, including the sales, use and distribution of
4 drugs and devices at retail; and amending, revising,
5 consolidating and repealing certain laws relating thereto,"
6 further providing for drug therapy protocols.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 9.1(a) of the act of September 27, 1961
10 (P.L.1700, No.699), known as the Pharmacy Act, added June 29,
11 2002 (P.L.673, No.102), is amended to read:
12 Section 9.1. Drug Therapy Protocols.--(a) A pharmacist
13 shall be permitted to enter into a written agreement or protocol
14 with a licensed physician authorizing the management of drug
15 therapy in an institutional setting. For purposes of this
16 section, an institutional setting shall include an integrated
17 health setting such as academic health centers and group
18 practice settings where the pharmacist is an integral member of
19 the interdisciplinary clinical team and has access to the
20 patient's medical record.
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2 Section 2. The State Board of Pharmacy shall promulgate
3 regulations to implement the amendment of section 9.1(a) of the
4 act within 18 months of the effective date of this section.
5 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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