§ 6842. Definitions.
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§ 6842. Definitions. As used in this article:
1. "Licensed pharmacist" means a person licensed to practice pharmacy
pursuant to article one hundred thirty-seven of this title.
2. "Pharmacy intern" means a person practicing under a limited permit
pursuant to section sixty-eight hundred six of this title.
3. "Professional judgment" means professional decision-making by a
licensed pharmacist, including, but not limited to, such activities as:
a. interpreting a prescription or medication order for therapeutic
acceptability and appropriateness or engaging in the calculations behind
any such formulations;
b. interpreting and evaluating a prescription or medication order for
conformance with legal requirements, authenticity, accuracy and
interaction of the prescribed drug with other known prescribed and
over-the-counter drugs;
c. receiving oral prescriptions from prescribers; or
d. counseling patients.
4. "Compounding" means the combining, admixing, mixing, diluting,
pooling, reconstituting, or otherwise altering of a drug or bulk drug
substance to create a drug.
5. "Drugs", "pharmacopeia", "labeling" and "sterile drug" shall have
the same definitions as set forth in section sixty-eight hundred two of
this title.