The legislature adjourned June 3. Prior to adjournment, AB 310, legislation Speaker James Frierson (D) introduced at the request of NACDS and the Retail Association of Nevada mandating electronic prescribing for controlled substances by Friday, January 1, 2021, was sent to Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) for signature.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.
SB 283, legislation that included a provision that would have mandated that all prescriptions be entered into the Prescription Monitoring Program was successfully amended by NACDS’ in-state partners, the Retail Association of Nevada.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.
AB 310, legislation mandating electronic prescribing of controlled substances introduced by Speaker Jason Frierson (D) that has broad-based support from pharmacies, the business community, law enforcement, and prescribers and that passed the Assembly two weeks ago, was heard in the Senate Business and Commerce Committee on May 1.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.
AB 310, legislation introduced by Speaker of the House Jason Frierson (D) mandating e-prescribing for all controlled substances by Friday, January 1, 2021, was heard in the Senate Business and Commerce Committee last week.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.
Two pharmacists were recently appointed to the Board of Pharmacy. Jade Jacobo, PharmD, JD, RPh, is a pharmacy manager with Walmart, and Gener Tejero is a Las Vegas infusion pharmacist.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.
In response to a request to increase the pharmacy technician-to-pharmacist ratio from 3:1 to 8:1 in pharmacies that do not dispense prescriptions, the Board of Pharmacy agreed to schedule the issue for consideration at a workshop meeting on Thursday, September 6 in Reno.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.
The Board of Pharmacy will be meeting in Reno on Wednesday and Thursday, June 6 and 7. Two public hearings—related to prescription readers and practitioner access to the Prescription Monitoring Program database and related to prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances for treatment of pain—will also be held on Thursday, June 7.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.
On April 18, Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) convened the second meeting of his Opioid State Action Accountability Task Force. Numerous stakeholders, including the Board of Pharmacy, provided status reports on prescriber education and guidelines, treatment options and third-party payers, data collection and sharing and criminal justice investigations.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.