At the upcoming quarterly Board of Pharmacy, the Board will discuss proposed rules on eliminating ratios on pharmacy technicians and interns for all classes of pharmacy, as well as expanded certain pharmacy technician duties. NACDS submitted a support letter and will testify at the public hearing. Members are encouraged to submit support letters to execassist@pharmacy.texas.gov before the Sunday, August 2, 2020, 11:59 PM CST deadline. Agenda materials are posted here, and live stream information available on this page.
Also in Texas. The Board of Pharmacy will be moving compliance inspections to virtual platforms to a new location which can be found here.
Also in Texas. The Board of Pharmacy’s emergency rule §291.30 concerning Medication Limitations expired on July 17. The rule was adopted on a temporary emergency basis in March 2020.
Also in Texas. The Board of Pharmacy will discontinue issuing 15-day renewal reminder letters to licensees after August 31, 2020 but will continue issuing 75-day renewal reminders. More information about the renewal deadlines can be found here. Select the license type to search by first and last name or by license/registration number.
Also in Texas. On July 27, Governor Greg Abbott (R) announced that Cecile Young will lead Texas Health and Human Services Commission’s 37,000-person agency that oversees both Public Health and Medicaid.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.