By Mr. Kafka of Stoughton, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2122) of Louis L. Kafka relative to regulating the licensing of pharmacies.  Public Health.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

 


Louis L. Kafka

 

 


 

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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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.

 

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

 

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.”