HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 507        FILED ON: 1/13/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1985

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Louis L. Kafka

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to the definition of a pharmacy.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Louis L. Kafka

8th Norfolk

1/13/2015

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

10/10/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 507        FILED ON: 1/13/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1985

By Mr. Kafka of Stoughton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1985) of Louis L. Kafka and Ruth B. Balser relative to regulating the licensing of pharmacies.  Public Health.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1993 OF 2013-2014.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act relative to the definition of a pharmacy.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Chapter 112, section  39C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2005 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the word “infusion,” in place of the word fusionist,  everywhere that the word fusionist appears in this section, and replacing the last sentence of this section with the following sentence:

“For the purposes of this section, the term home infusion pharmacy shall mean a pharmacy which dispenses pharmaceuticals, sterile intravenous drugs and nutritional products ordered by physicians to patients in their homes and other similar institutional sites of care as determined by the board.”