The Board of Pharmacy adopted the following rules effective January 4, 2023:
- ARC 6685C has been adopted and amends Chapter 23, “Care Facility Pharmacy Practice.”
- ARC 6686C has been adopted and amends Chapter 41, “Outsourcing Facilities.”
- ARC 6687C has been adopted and amends Chapter 14, “Public Information and Inspection of Records.”
- ARC 6688C has been adopted and amends Chapter 12, “Precursor Substances.”
- ARC 6689C has been adopted and amends Chapter 10, “Controlled Substances.”
Also in Iowa, the Board of Pharmacy published ARC 6696C as a Notice of Intended Action to amend Chapter 3, “Pharmacy Technicians,” Chapter 6, “General Pharmacy Practice,” Chapter 8, “Universal Practice Standards,” Chapter 18, “Centralized Prescription Filling and Processing,” Chapter 21, “Electronic Data and Automated Systems in Pharmacy Practice,” and Chapter 39, “Expanded Practice Standards.” Comments may be submitted until 4:30 p.m. on December 20.
Finally in Iowa, the Department of Health and Human Services, Iowa Medicaid published INFORMATIONAL LETTER NO. 2405-MC-FFS announcing January 2023 Iowa Medicaid Pharmacy Program Changes.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Sandra Guckian at 703-774-4801.