The Board of Pharmacy held a “special called” meeting on January 4 where they withdrew a new regulation and proposed rule amendments regarding out-of-state pharmacies. The rules would have created a new non-resident pharmacist license requirement for out-of-state pharmacists and stricter requirements for an out-of-state pharmacy to acquire a non-resident pharmacy permit. At the meeting, it was stated that the withdrawal was due to the voluminous number of public comments they received.
Following this, two Senate bills were introduced last week:
- SB 36 would reorganize the Board of Pharmacy to assign seats to different practice settings and make appointments subject to Senate confirmation.
- SB 37 would prohibit an out-of-state pharmacy permit holder from being required to have their pharmacists licensed, except for the Pharmacist in Charge (PIC).
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.