Kansas

The Board of Pharmacy is seeking a pharmacist to volunteer to serve on the Collaborative Drug Therapy Management Committee to review the current statewide protocols for testing and initiation of therapy for influenza, acute group A strep and acute uncomplicated UTI in women. Interested parties must submit a resume and letter of interest to pharmacy@ks.gov by September 2.   

Also in Kansas, the University of Kansas School of Medicine – Wichita, the Kansas Hospital Association and DCCCA, are conducting a study designed to improve access to substance use disorder (SUD) care aimed at identifying the barriers to treating individuals with SUDs.    

Finally, the Board of Pharmacy adopted several new rules at the July 11 meeting, which will go into effect in August 2025.  

• K.A.R. 68-7-10 

• K.A.R. 68-7-10a 

• K.A.R. 68-21-2 

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.