California Senate Bill SB587 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 587INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Stone FEBRUARY 26, 2015 An act to amend Section 4127.1 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to pharmacy. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 587, as introduced, Stone. Pharmacy: compounding. Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists and pharmacy corporations in this state by the California State Board of Pharmacy. The law prohibits a pharmacy from compounding sterile drug products unless the pharmacy has obtained a sterile compounding pharmacy license from the board, and prohibits the board from issuing or renewing that license until the board has, among other things, reviewed a current copy of the pharmacy's procedures and policies for sterile compounding. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that licensing provision. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 4127.1 of the Business and Professions Code, as added by Section 5 of Chapter 565 of the Statutes of 2013, is amended to read: 4127.1. (a) A pharmacy shall not compound sterile drug products unless the pharmacy has obtained a sterile compounding pharmacy license from the board pursuant to this section. The license shall be renewed annually and is not transferable. (b) A license to compound sterile drug products shall be issued only to a location that is licensed as a pharmacy and shall be issued only to the owner of the pharmacy licensed at that location. (c) A license to compound sterile drug products shall not be issued or renewed until the location is inspected by the board and found in compliance with this article and regulations adopted by the board. (d) A license to compound sterile drug products shall not be issued or renewed until the board does all of the following: (1) Reviews a current copy of the pharmacy's  policies and  procedures  and policies  for sterile compounding. (2) Reviews the pharmacy's completed self-assessment form required by Section 1735.2 of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations. (3) Is provided with copies of all inspection reports conducted of the pharmacy's premises, and any reports from a private accrediting agency, conducted in the prior 12 months documenting the pharmacy's operations. (4) Receives a list of all sterile medications compounded by the pharmacy since the last license renewal. (e) A pharmacy licensed pursuant to this section shall do all of the following: (1) Provide to the board a copy of any disciplinary or other action taken by another state within 10 days of the action. (2) Notify the board within 10 days of the suspension of any accreditation held by the pharmacy. (3) Provide to the board, within 12 hours, any recall notice issued by the pharmacy for sterile drug products it has compounded. (f) Adverse effects reported or potentially attributable to a pharmacy's sterile drug product shall be reported to the board within 12 hours and immediately reported to the MedWatch program of the federal Food and Drug Administration. (g) The reconstitution of a sterile powder shall not require a license pursuant to this section if both of the following requirements are met: (1) The sterile powder was obtained from a manufacturer. (2) The drug is reconstituted for administration to patients by a health care professional licensed to administer drugs by injection pursuant to this division. (h) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2014.