Pharmacists Secure Veto of Bill Allowing Physicians to Dispense
TPA was an integral player in the effort to persuade the governor to veto Senate Bill 227 by Sen. Tommy
Williams (R-The Woodlands). The bill would have allowed physicians and optometrists to prescribe AND
dispense certain aesthetic drugs. During the session, TPA and other pharmacy advocates were successful in
reducing the number of drugs that a physician would have been allowed to dispense from five to three:
bimatoprost, hydroquinone and tretinoin. TPA also ensured that both the Texas State Board of Pharmacy and
the Texas Medical Board would write the rules implementing
the legislation. TPA urged the governor to veto the legislation in
part because of patient safety concerns. Physicians' offices do
not have standards for drug storage and are not regulated. The
legislation also presented a clear conflict-of-interest for
physicians/optometrists who prescribe and dispense
medications, and set a dangerous precedent for the state.
And thousands of pharmacists weighed-in.
In this case, the Bad became the Dead. Congratulations to the
pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in Texas for stopping a
precedent from even starting!
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TPA was an integral player in the effort to persuade the governor to veto Senate Bill 227 by Sen. Tommy
Williams (R-The Woodlands). The bill would have allowed physicians and optometrists to prescribe AND
dispense certain aesthetic drugs. During the session, TPA and other pharmacy advocates were successful in
reducing the number of drugs that a physician would have been allowed to dispense from five to three:
bimatoprost, hydroquinone and tretinoin. TPA also ensured that both the Texas State Board of Pharmacy and
the Texas Medical Board would write the rules implementing
the legislation. TPA urged the governor to veto the legislation in
part because of patient safety concerns. Physicians' offices do
not have standards for drug storage and are not regulated. The
legislation also presented a clear conflict-of-interest for
physicians/optometrists who prescribe and dispense
medications, and set a dangerous precedent for the state.
And thousands of pharmacists weighed-in.
In this case, the Bad became the Dead. Congratulations to the
pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in Texas for stopping a
precedent from even starting!
quoted from here
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