This week, the Board of Pharmacy emailed the following to all state-licensed pharmacies. The revised Vermont Pharmacy Administrative Rules were recently approved and become effective February 1. The Office of Professional Regulation's outreach regarding key changes and details is forthcoming and will include timelines for compliance-readiness with certain, significant licensing-related and other changes. Please see Rule 4-3(b)(3) (page 11), regarding pharmacy technician training program completion. If your pharmacy provides employer-based training, please send it to Carrie Phillips for review and approval, ahead of February 1. Please see Rule 4-4 for the standards that such programs must include. If you have questions, please contact Carrie Phillips, Executive Officer, via email (carrie.phillips@vermont.gov) or by phone at 802-828-5032.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Sandra Guckian at 703-774-4801.