California

The Board of Pharmacy is meeting via teleconference on June 18, 2020. https://pharmacy.ca.gov/about/meetings_full.shtml.  

Also in California... Effective July 1, 2020, the Department of Justice adopts a Final rule regarding access to and use of the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES), a database of Schedule II, III, and IV controlled substance prescriptions dispensed in the state. The rule establishes procedures for seeking and approving access to information in the CURES database and the purposes for which a prescriber, pharmacist, interstate prescriber or pharmacist, and other interested parties may access and use the data. The rule also establishes security and privacy requirements needed to facilitate interoperability between health information technology systems and CURES.  

Also in California... Comments are due on July 13, 2020 on a Board of Pharmacy Proposed rule updating licensing requirements for dangerous drug distributors, including third-party logistics providers (3PLs). The rule would add requirements for 3PLs that are similar to the requirements for drug wholesalers, establish when 3PLs must have a designated representative present and in control and require activity reporting.  

Also in California... The Board of Pharmacy announced that they were reopening their offices to the public on June 15th with normal hours of operation Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Also in California... Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Will Lightbourne to serve as Director of the California Department of Health Care Services. Previously, Lightbourne was the Director of the California Department of Social Services from 2011 to 2018.

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