Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania SB1462: An Act amending the act of September 27, 1961 (P.L.1700, No.699), known as the Pharmacy Act, further providing for definitions; providing for HIV infection prevention medication; and further providing for collaborative drug therapy management and for construction.
Status: In committee, September 24, 2026
What the bill says
An act relating to the regulation of the practice of pharmacy, including the sales, use and distribution of drugs and devices at retail; and amending, revising, consolidating and repealing certain laws relating thereto," further providing for definitions; providing for HIV infection prevention medication; and further providing for collaborative drug therapy management and for construction.
From the introduced text, September 24, 2026:
An act relating to the regulation of the practice of pharmacy, including the sales, use and distribution of drugs and devices at retail; and amending, revising, consolidating and repealing certain laws relating thereto," further providing for definitions; providing for HIV infection prevention medication; and further providing for collaborative drug therapy management and for construction. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. Section 2(11) and (14) of the act of September 27, 1961 (P.L.1700, No.699), known as the Pharmacy Act, are amended and the section is amended by adding clauses to read: Section 2. Definitions.--As used in this act: * * * (11) "Practice of pharmacy" means the provision of health care services by a pharmacist, which includes the interpretation, evaluation and implementation of medical orders for the provision of pharmacy services or prescription drug orders; the delivery, dispensing or distribution of prescription drugs; participation in drug and device selection; drug administration; drug regimen review; drug therapy management, including such services provided under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvements, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173, 117 Stat. 2066); drug or drug-related research; compounding; proper and safe storage of drugs and devices; management of drug therapy pursuant to section 9.3 or, if in an institutional setting, consistent with the institution's assignment of clinical duties …