Gov. Butch Otter (R) signed HB 354 (Session Law Chapter 10) adding opioid antagonists to the list of drugs required to be reported electronically to the Board of Pharmacy’s Prescription Monitoring Program database. The reporting requirement takes effect Sunday, July 1.

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

The state legislature unanimously approved the Board of Pharmacy’s rule re-write eliminating over half the Pharmacy Practice Act word count, almost three quarters of the restrictions on practice, and reducing the Act to just six categories of licensure.

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