Table III.4: Reported Provisions Related to Requiring a Separate License or Registration for Sterile Compounding, by Reporting State, as of January 1, 2016
State License or registration for sterile compounding facilities License or registration for pharmacists who prepare sterile compounded drugs License or registration for physicians or other nonpharmacist health care practitioners who prepare sterile compounded drugs License or registration for physicians or other nonpharmacist health care practitioners who administer or dispense sterile compounded drugs
Alabama No No No No
Arizona No No Don't know Don't know
Arkansas Yes Yes No Don't know
California Yes No No -
Colorado No No No No
Connecticut No No No No
Delaware No No No No
District of Columbia No No No No
Florida Yes No No No
Georgia No No No No
Guam No No No No
Hawaii No No No No
Idaho No No No No
Illinois No No No No
Iowa No No No No
Kansas No No No No
Kentucky No No No No
Louisiana No No Don't know Don't know
Maine - - Don't know Don't know
Maryland - - - -
Massachusetts Yes No Don't know Don't know
Michigan Don't know Don't know Don't know Don't know
Minnesota Yes No No No
Mississippi No No No No
Missouri Yes Yes Don't know Don't know
Montana No No No No
Nebraska No No No No
Nevada No No No No
New Hampshire Yes Yes Yes Yes
New Jersey No No Don't know Don't know
New Mexico No No No No
New York Yes No No No
North Carolina No No No Don't know
North Dakota No No No No
Ohio Yes Yes Yes Yes
Oklahoma Yes Yes Yes No
Oregon No No Don't know Don't know
Pennsylvania No No No No
Rhode Island No No No Yes
South Carolina No No No No
South Dakota No No No No
Tennessee Yes No No No
Texas Yes No No No
Utah No No No No
Vermont No No No No
Virginia No No No No
Washington No No No No
West Virginia - - - -
Wisconsin No No Don't know Don't know
Wyoming No No Don't know Don't know

Source: GAO survey of state pharmacy regulatory bodies, survey question 15. | GAO-17-363SP
Note: GAO surveyed the state pharmacy regulatory bodies in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and all but 4 completed the survey.