Veterinary Compounding Pharmacy

[TheChemist]

I wanted to throw this question out. I'm currently a hospital pharmacist and my wife is a Veterinarian. We own a veterinary hospital and I am toying with the idea of adding veterinary compounding as separate business. If I remember correctly back to my law class, I think there was a legal grey area about owning a pharmacy while being married to a provider. I don't know if this was purely medical doctors but I'm curious to see if anyone knows anything about this. Thanks

 

[Rouelle]

I think a 2 minute phone call to your state BOP would clear this up very easily.

Physicians are not supposed to require patients to fill prescriptions at a pharmacy they own. They can, however, dispense. Hospitals can have drug rooms that they own and operate. It seems doable, if you walk the straight and narrow. But again, I think a quick call would be your best source of a definite answer.

 

[TheChemist]

When my spouse was going to do derm residency we actually considered something similar - ie I would work part time elsewhere and then the compounding pharmacy would be open short hours daily and I'd compound or dispense all the creams, etc

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So did you end up starting it up? If not what stopped you?