* § 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.
* NB Effective April 25, 2021
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