SB 708

This bill allows a pharmacist or pharmacy student to administer an injectable

prescribed drug to a patient outside of the context of teaching the patient

self-administration techniques.

Under current law, a pharmacist or pharmacy student 1) may not administer

by injection a prescribed drug product or device that is not a vaccine unless he or she

has successfully completed a course of study and training in administration

technique (training course); 2) may administer such a prescribed drug product or

device only in the course of teaching self-administration techniques to a patient; and

3) must, when administering such a drug product or device, comply with

requirements and procedures established in rules promulgated by the Pharmacy

Examining Board. Additionally, a pharmacy student may only administer such a

prescribed drug product or device under the direct supervision of a pharmacist who

has also successfully completed a training course.

This bill eliminates the limitation providing that a pharmacist or pharmacy

student may administer such a prescribed drug product or device only in the course

of teaching self-administration techniques to a patient. However, the bill requires

a pharmacist or pharmacy student, or his or her agent after the pharmacist or

pharmacy student administers a prescribed drug product or device to a patient, to

notify the prescribing practitioner or enter the information in a patient record

system shared by the prescribing practitioner.