Governor Cooper announced this week that North Carolina will continue to stay paused in the “Safer at Home Phase 2”. As a part of this initiative, the Governor’s executive order expired Friday, July 17, and has been extended for three weeks until Friday, August 7, 2020.
Also in North Carolina. The Board of Pharmacy published a temporary rule that amends regulations under 21 NCAC 46 to establish a list of restricted drugs during the coronavirus (COVID-19) public health emergency. The rule also establishes that pharmacists can fill the prescription drugs on the list only if the prescription bears a written diagnosis from the prescriber consistent with the evidence for its use. This Rule does not apply to prescriptions for a Restricted Drug for a patient previously established on that Restricted Drug on or before March 10, 2020. The rule is effective June 26 and expires on March 23, 2021.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Leigh Knotts at 803-243-7207.