TSBP Holds Quarterly Meeting

The Texas State Board of Pharmacy (TSBP) held its quarterly business meeting on Tuesday. The Board adopted several final rules including amendments to disciplinary aggravating and mitigating factors and administrative penalties, which passed on a vote of 7 to 3. These amendments update the factors which may merit an increase or decrease in the severity of disciplinary action imposed by the Board and update the administrative penalties the Board may assess in certain disciplinary matters.

Additionally, the Board discussed several proposed rules including non-sterile and sterile compounding of commercially available products that, if adopted, add new definitions for active pharmaceutical ingredient, commercially available product, easily substitutable dosage strength, and essentially a copy of a commercially available product. The proposed rules will be put forth for public comments. The full agenda for the Board meeting is available online.