Regarding the Practice of Pharmacy

Last updated: Jun 11, 2021

Details about this bill
Category: Pharmacy Related
Status: Passed
Sponsor: Senator Heather Sanborn, Senate 28 - Cumberland County
Session: 130
Bill #: LD 603

Position:

Support.

UPDATE: The Committee voted the bill 12-1 Ought to Pass. 

UPDATE: The bill has passed the first hurdle in the Senate. On to the House.

UPDATE: The bill is awaiting final enactment in the Senate.

UPDATE: Governor Mills has signed the bill into law!

Summary:

Senator Sanborn of Cumberland would amend the definition of the terms "pharmacist" and "practice of pharmacy" in the Maine Pharmacy Act. It also requires the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Maine Board of Pharmacy to establish the specifications for administering medications, drugs, devices and other materials within the practice of pharmacy.