Second Question of the Day September 14, 2013 This has been pointed out over and over on the blog but how can the draft federal legislation not apply to veterinary compounding when in the states pharmacy law is pharmacy law?

There is not a separate "veterinary pharmacy board" in any of the states.  A few state veterinary boards (i..e., Texas and Virginia)  do have rules and regulations governing compounds and medications with no clear authority on which boards rules trump if there is a conflict.   However, all states have board of pharmacy rules that apply to both human and veterinary compounding. How will pharmacies who do both animal and human compounding comply with federal regulations that supposedly only apply to human compounds and state regulations that apply to both human and animal compounds?  There is currently no special degree for veterinary pharmacy.  Any pharmacist can compound for animals and any pharmacy can claim to be experts in the field of veterinary compounding with nothing to back it up. Many pharmacies who handle only veterinary compounds and do not compound for humans fly under the radar of the FDA and the state boards of pharmacy.   The failure to properly treat animals can pose a greater risk of health and safety to humans in a number of instances.  The ultimate question is won't federal compounding legislation have to apply to both human and animal compounding?  Otherwise, there will be more confusion and less public safety.