Amendment ID: S1899-10-R1

Redraft Amendment 10

Serious Adverse Drug Event

Mr. Tarr moves to amend the amendment by adding the following section:-

Section _. The board of registration in pharmacy shall, in consultation with the department of public health and the advisory committee, established by section 42C of chapter 112 of the General Laws, study the merits of establishing specialty pharmacy certificates of registration for those persons already actively registered as a pharmacist.  Said study shall consider issuing to those registered pharmacists qualified by experience, knowledge and integrity specialty licenses for those specialties delineated in section 39 to 39C, inclusive, and in sections 39F to 39G, inclusive, or any other specialty area deemed appropriate.  Said study shall consider the appropriate scope of practice for pharmacists engaged in said specialties, and the development of a system requiring specialty pharmacy certificates of registration to practice within a specialty delineated in one or any of the specialties in section 39 to 39C, inclusive, or 39F to 39G, inclusive.

The board, in in consultation with the department of public health and the advisory committee, shall report to the general court the results of its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry its recommendations, by filing said report and recommendations with the clerks of the house of representatives and the joint committee on public health no later than December 31, 2014.