MS SB2735

Defines "sterile admixing pharmacy" as a compounding pharmacy that performs large-scale admixing and serves as an outsource provider of sterile admixture preparation services to hospital and institutional pharmacies only.

Requires all sterile admixing pharmacies located in Mississippi to register biennially with the State Board of Pharmacy and obtain a permit with a biennial fee not to exceed $500.

Establishes nine criteria for sterile admixing pharmacy permits, including FDA registration, USP Chapter 797 compliance, validated processes, executed contracts with institutional facilities, barcode/alternative patient identification, and a minimum of one pharmacist per six pharmacy technicians.

Prohibits sterile admixing pharmacies from receiving or maintaining original prescriptions and from dispensing prescription medications directly to consumers.

Becomes effective July 1, 2013.