The Board of Pharmacy posted the November 2 meeting agendaand meeting materials. Of interest to chain pharmacies are the possibility of final adoption of proposed rules that would create two new classes of pharmacy, Class A-N for community pharmacies compounding certain non-sterile preparations and the Class A-SN designation for community pharmacies compounding both sterile and non-sterile preparations. Interest parties were asked to submit comments in advance of the meeting.
Also in Texas, despite the collaborative efforts of NACDS, the Texas Federation of Drug Stores (TFDS), the Texas Pharmacy Business Council (TPBC) and other stakeholders during both the regular session earlier this year and most recently during the third special session, the legislative budget conference committees failed to extend the $2.5M funding for the Texas State Board of Pharmacy’s Prescription Monitoring Program’s (PMP) NarxCare integration and clinical alerts. While this means the free access through the Appriss Health PMP Gateway has been discontinued, pharmacists and other prescribers that are required to check the patient’s PMP history before dispensing or prescribing opioids, benzodiazepines, barbiturates or carisoprodol can still access the system through their free PMP AWARxE account.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.