License Requirements
Effective Apr 25, 2025Mass. Register #1546MGL c. 112, §§ 38, 39, 39G, 39H, 39I, 39J, and 42A St. 2014, c. 159, § 25Board of Registration in Pharmacy
- (1) A pharmacy may not dispense any controlled substance unless it holds a Drug Store Pharmacy license or an institutional sterile compounding pharmacy license.
(2) A pharmacy may not engage in any sterile compounding unless it holds:
- (a) a Drug Store Pharmacy license and a sterile compounding pharmacy license; or
- (b) an institutional sterile compounding pharmacy license.
- (3) A pharmacy may not engage in any complex non-sterile compounding unless it holds a Drug Store Pharmacy license and a complex non-sterile compounding pharmacy license.
- (4) A pharmacy located outside of Massachusetts may not dispense or ship any controlled substance into Massachusetts unless it holds a non-resident Drug Store Pharmacy license.
- (5) A pharmacy located outside of Massachusetts may not dispense or ship any sterile compounded preparation into Massachusetts unless it holds a non-resident Drug Store Pharmacy license and a non-resident sterile compounding pharmacy license.
- (6) A pharmacy located outside of Massachusetts may not dispense or ship any complex non-sterile compounded preparation into Massachusetts unless it holds a non-resident Drug Store Pharmacy license and a non-resident complex non-sterile compounding pharmacy license.