On September 28, the Board of Pharmacy issued a statement on working conditions recommending that pharmacies review current operations and address any issues that may impede safe patient care, including pharmacy staffing and any metrics/quotas that may hinder safe patient services. The Board also recommends pharmacies provide any additional resources or protections needed to minimize any job-related stressors of pharmacy personnel.
Also in Missouri, the Board of Pharmacy posted the September newsletter which includes detailed information on pharmacists’ new immunization authority, and the recently revised statewide naloxone standing order.
Also in Missouri, the state’s Department of Social Services Division of Health published rules in the State Register (p13-15) establishing a Pharmacy Federal Reimbursement Allowance and methodologies to determine the formula for the amount of allowance each pharmacy is required to pay for the privilege of providing outpatient prescription drugs.
Finally in Missouri, the Department of Health and Senior Services’ Division of Regulation and Licensure issued an emergency regulation on Controlled Substances.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.