Long-awaited Board of Pharmacy regulations allowing pharmacy interns to immunize have been released in final form by the Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC), where they are scheduled for a vote on May 19. After IRRC passage, the regulations will go to the Attorney General and be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The regulations will be final 30 days after the official publication date. The rulemaking is pursuant to the Pharmacy Act amendments made by Act 8 of 2015, the same law that allowed pharmacists to administer influenza vaccines to children aged 9 years and older.
Also in Pennsylvania, the PACE program issued a bulletin regarding Program audit procedures. It includes clarification regarding who is responsible for providing information related to the requested documents.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.