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Druggist Professional Liability

What this clause says

Pharmacy shall maintain Druggist Professional Liability insurance with limits of not less than $1,000,000 per claim and $3,000,000 aggregate, covering dispensing errors, compounding errors, and other professional services performed by Pharmacy and its licensed personnel.

What this means in plain English

First-party professional liability for pharmacists and pharmacy operations. Covers dispensing errors, compounding errors, counseling failures, and similar professional-services claims.

What it means for a CDMO program

A standalone druggist PL policy is often required by PBM networks and by state board-of-pharmacy enforcement defense. General liability does not cover dispensing-error claims. Specialty and compounding pharmacies often carry $2M-$5M given higher claim severity.

How this evaluates

The Decoder applies these rules in order; the first match wins.

  • druggist pl › limit is at least $1M → Compliant: Druggist PL meets typical $1M minimum.
  • druggist pl › limit is not set → Gap: No druggist professional liability indicated.

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Druggist Professional Liability — common questions

Why is this separate from general liability?

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GL covers bodily injury and property damage; druggist PL covers professional-services errors (wrong dose, wrong drug, wrong patient, compounding errors, counseling failures). The triggers are different.

What limit is typical?

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$1M per claim / $3M aggregate is a common minimum for retail pharmacies; specialty and compounding pharmacies often carry $2M-$5M given higher claim severity.

Does this cover the pharmacy or the pharmacist?

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Both can be covered, but typically the policy is on the pharmacy entity with named-insured coverage extending to employed pharmacists. Independent pharmacists working in multiple locations may need their own individual policies.