CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 491Introduced by Senator StoneFebruary 21, 2019 An act to add Section 4126.7 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to pharmacies. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 491, as introduced, Stone. Pharmacies: compounding.Under the Pharmacy Law, a violation of which is a crime, the California State Board of Pharmacy licenses and regulates the practice of pharmacy. That law authorizes a pharmacy to furnish prescription drugs only to certain entities, including specific health care entities, and individual patients or another pharmacy either pursuant to prescription or as otherwise authorized by law.This bill would authorize a pharmacy that provides compounding services to manufacture a nonpatient-specific dangerous drug for a general acute care hospital in order to help alleviate a commercial shortage of that drug.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 4126.7 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:4126.7. A pharmacy that provides compounding services may CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 491Introduced by Senator StoneFebruary 21, 2019 An act to add Section 4126.7 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to pharmacies. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 491, as introduced, Stone. Pharmacies: compounding.Under the Pharmacy Law, a violation of which is a crime, the California State Board of Pharmacy licenses and regulates the practice of pharmacy. That law authorizes a pharmacy to furnish prescription drugs only to certain entities, including specific health care entities, and individual patients or another pharmacy either pursuant to prescription or as otherwise authorized by law.This bill would authorize a pharmacy that provides compounding services to manufacture a nonpatient-specific dangerous drug for a general acute care hospital in order to help alleviate a commercial shortage of that drug.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 491 Introduced by Senator StoneFebruary 21, 2019 Introduced by Senator Stone February 21, 2019 An act to add Section 4126.7 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to pharmacies. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 491, as introduced, Stone. Pharmacies: compounding. Under the Pharmacy Law, a violation of which is a crime, the California State Board of Pharmacy licenses and regulates the practice of pharmacy. That law authorizes a pharmacy to furnish prescription drugs only to certain entities, including specific health care entities, and individual patients or another pharmacy either pursuant to prescription or as otherwise authorized by law.This bill would authorize a pharmacy that provides compounding services to manufacture a nonpatient-specific dangerous drug for a general acute care hospital in order to help alleviate a commercial shortage of that drug. Under the Pharmacy Law, a violation of which is a crime, the California State Board of Pharmacy licenses and regulates the practice of pharmacy. That law authorizes a pharmacy to furnish prescription drugs only to certain entities, including specific health care entities, and individual patients or another pharmacy either pursuant to prescription or as otherwise authorized by law. This bill would authorize a pharmacy that provides compounding services to manufacture a nonpatient-specific dangerous drug for a general acute care hospital in order to help alleviate a commercial shortage of that drug. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 4126.7 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:4126.7. A pharmacy that provides compounding services may The people of the State of California do enact as follows: ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 4126.7 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:4126.7. A pharmacy that provides compounding services may SECTION 1. Section 4126.7 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read: ### SECTION 1. 4126.7. A pharmacy that provides compounding services may 4126.7. A pharmacy that provides compounding services may 4126.7. A pharmacy that provides compounding services may 4126.7. A pharmacy that provides compounding services may