Colorado

In January 22, the Board of Pharmacy will be seeking stakeholder input on the following proposed draft rules to regulate the practice of pharmacy.

• Rule 5.01.40 and 5.01.50—The purpose of these proposed amendments is to address the minimum hourly operations and security requirements for a pharmacy when a pharmacy does not possess prescription drug or controlled substance stocks.
• Rule 6.00.00—The purpose of these proposed amendments is to address drug therapy management and how this practice may correlate with collaborative pharmacy practice.
• Rule 17.00.00 and Appendix A—The purpose of these proposed amendments is to address collaborative pharmacy practice and how this practice may correlate with drug therapy management.
• Rule 20.00.00—The purpose of the proposed amendments is to allow a fulfillment pharmacy to deliver a prescription directly to the patient in lieu of returning the filled prescription to the originating pharmacy for dispensing to the patient of non-controlled substances.

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