The Alaska Board of Pharmacy held an emergency meeting this week to draft emergency rules to deal with COVID-19.  The rules, once approved by the Lt. Governor, will expand certified pharmacy technician duties, expand pharmacists’ duties allowing them to administer injectables according to the prescriber’s directions and eliminate the Alaska Jurisprudence Intern Practice Questionnaire, in addition to other emergency related changes.  The Board will meet again this week to vote on the final changes.  They will be posted with a FAQ sheet on the Board’s website upon finalization.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Sandra Guckian at 703-774-4801.

The Alaska Medicaid will hold a “scoping session” Friday, February 21, 2020 to discuss, among other pharmacy issues, the results of the recent cost of dispensing study and a timeline for including pharmacists as providers in the Medicaid portal. The meeting will be from 12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m. Alaska Standard Time. A copy of the notice can be found here.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Sandra Guckian at 703-774-4801.