The Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin announced resources to assist pharmacists to comply with the new law requiring pseudoephedrine products be tracked electronically through the National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx) effective Friday, June 1. PSW created a guide to the law and a training guide for using the internet portal.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Joel Kurzman at 847-905-0555.

SB 575, legislation allowing pharmacists to substitute interchangeable biologic drugs and establishing guidelines for notification, has been signed by Gov. Scott Walker (R) with an effective date of March 30. For more information, contact NACDS’ Joel Kurzman at 847-905-0555.

Also in Wisconsin… Gov. Walker signed into law AB 681, which will require minors to have a prescription to purchase products containing dextromethorphan, effective Monday, April 1, 2019.

Also in Wisconsin… the Pharmacy Examining Board announced its adopted rules updating standards for sterile and nonsterile compounding to align with USP Chapters <795> and <797> effective Thursday, November 1, 2018.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Joel Kurzman at 847-905-0555.

NACDS sponsored and attended the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin’s Legislative Day on February 8. A primary focus was support for companion bills, AB 680 and SB 576, which would give pharmacists independent authority to provide vaccines listed on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice’s (ACIP) recommended vaccine schedules for anyone 6 years of age and older; allow pharmacists to provide vaccines not currently recommended by ACIP pursuant to a prescription, standing order or protocol for anyone 6 years of age and older; and allow pharmacists to provide vaccines to children younger than 6 years of age pursuant to a prescription.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Joel Kurzman at 847-905-0555.