The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Louis L. Kafka

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
                Court assembled:

                The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to the definition of a pharmacy.

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PETITION OF:

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2122 OF 2007-2008.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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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.  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.”