The Washington State Pharmacy Association (WSPA) is hosting two legislative days this year on January 28 and February 23 to meet with legislators to inform them about practice and priority issues.
Also in Washington, the Senate Health and Long-Term Care Committee is holding a hearing on January 30 on SB 5924, legislation expanding prescriptive authority for pharmacists by removing the administrative barriers to pharmacist-provided care by allowing independent prescribing and diagnosis within a pharmacist's scope of practice and based on individual training, education and experience. The legislation is modeled after laws enacted in Idaho and Iowa and builds on 46 years of safe pharmacist prescribing and diagnostic authority already permitted in the state through Collaborative Drug Therapy Agreements (CDTAs). This week, NACDS issued a CALL to ACTION asking members to register in support of the bill.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.