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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 2128
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11 Senator Hargrett moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 240. Subsection (12) of section 465.003,
18 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19 465.003 Definitions.--As used in this chapter, the
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21 (12) "Practice of the profession of pharmacy" includes
22 compounding, dispensing, and consulting concerning contents,
23 therapeutic values, and uses of any medicinal drug; and
24 consulting concerning therapeutic values and interactions of
25 patent or proprietary preparations, whether pursuant to
26 prescriptions or in the absence and entirely independent of
27 such prescriptions or orders; and other pharmaceutical
28 services. For purposes of this subsection, "other
29 pharmaceutical services" means the evaluation and monitoring
30 of the patient's health as it relates to drug therapy and
31 assisting the patient in the management of his or her drug
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1 therapy, and includes the assessment of the patient's drug
2 therapy and communication with the patient and the patient's
3 prescribing health care provider as licensed under chapter
4 458, chapter 459, chapter 461, or chapter 466, or similar
5 statutory provision in another jurisdiction, or such
6 provider's agent or such other persons as specifically
7 authorized by the patient, regarding the drug therapy.
8 "Practice of the profession of pharmacy" The phrase also
9 includes any other act, service, operation, research, or
10 transaction incidental to, or forming a part of, any of the
11 foregoing acts, requiring, involving, or employing the science
12 or art of any branch of the pharmaceutical profession, study,
13 or training, and shall expressly permit a pharmacist to
14 transmit information from persons authorized to prescribe
15 medicinal drugs to their patients. In addition to the
16 authority to order and dispense medicinal drugs independently
17 of an established protocol as set forth in s. 465.186, a
18 pharmacist may also administer immunizations within the
19 framework of an established protocol under a supervisory
20 practitioner who is a physician licensed under chapter 458 or
21 chapter 459 or by written agreement with a county health
22 department. Each protocol must contain specific procedures to
23 address any unforeseen allergic reactions to an immunization.
24 A pharmacist may not enter into a protocol unless he or she
25 maintains at least $200,000 of professional liability
26 insurance and has completed any training in immunizations
27 which is required by the board. The decision by a supervisory
28 practitioner to enter into such a protocol is a professional
29 decision of the practitioner, and no person may interfere with
30 a supervisory practitioner's decision as to whether to enter
31 into such a protocol. A pharmacist may not enter into a
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1 protocol that is to be performed while acting as an employee
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8 And the title is amended as follows:
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12 amending s. 465.003, F.S.; revising the
13 definition of the term "practice of the
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