California Business and Professions Code

§ 4170.5

BPC § 4170.5 Effective Jan 1, 2005Div. 2 · Ch. 9 · Art. 12

Statute text

(a)Veterinarians in a veterinary teaching hospital operated by an accredited veterinary medical school may dispense and administer dangerous drugs and devices and controlled substances from a common stock.

(b)The veterinary teaching hospital shall designate a pharmacist to be responsible for ordering the drugs for the common stock and the designated pharmacist-in-charge shall be professionally responsible to insure that inventories, security procedures, training, protocol development, recordkeeping, packaging, labeling, and dispensing occur in a manner that is consistent with the promotion and protection of the health and safety of the public.

(c)The veterinary teaching hospital’s pharmacist-in-charge shall develop policies, procedures, and guidelines that recognize the unique relationship between the institution’s pharmacists and veterinarians in the control, management, dispensation, and administration of drugs.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 695, Sec. 37. Effective January 1, 2005.