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STATE BOARD NEWS
Washington Issues Prescription
Drug Pick-Up Locker Guidance
At the September 23, 2022 business meeting,
the Washington State Pharmacy Quality
Assurance Commission approved the guidance
document Pharmacy Lockers for Filled
Prescription Pick-up to assist licensees and
stakeholders in understanding the Commission's
interpretation of its laws and rules to permit
pharmacies to use pharmacy-owned lockers to
deliver filled prescriptions for non-controlled
drugs. The document is also available on the
Commission's web page. Read more in the
Commission's January 2023 Newsletter.
Louisiana Provides Regulatory and
Legislative Updates on Its Website
The progress of the Louisiana Board of
Pharmacy's regulatory and legislative
activity can be monitored by viewing
the Rulemaking Activity section of its
website. There, visitors can find links to the
Regulatory Proposals, Regulatory Projects,
and Legislative Proposals pages.
In the event the Board approves a
regulatory proposal for rulemaking, the
proposal is converted to a regulatory project.
The Board is currently reviewing regulatory
proposals on DATA-Waiver registration
elimination, health care workplace violence
prevention, marijuana pharmacy, pharmacy
benefits managers, and more. The Legislative
Proposals web page contains items developed
by the Board's Regulation Revision
Committee for submission to the full Board.
The status of each proposal is recorded on this
web page. The Board is reviewing legislative
proposals on immunizations, Prescription
Monitoring Program Advisory Council
meetings, and more. For more information,
read the Board's January 2023 Newsletter.
Mississippi No Longer Grants
'Pending' Status for Technicians
The Mississippi Board of Pharmacy is no
longer granting a temporary " pending "
status to technicians who have successfully
submitted all application components except
background check results. Until the license
has been issued, only technicians who are
reflecting " active " on the licensing verification
portal should be allowed in the dispensing
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area of a pharmacy. License or registration
status of any employee can be verified on
the licensing verification search page on the
Board's website. This new policy became
effective on January 1, 2023.
South Dakota Expects Donated Drug
Redispensing Rules to Be Finalized
The South Dakota Interim Rules Review
Committee met on November 1, 2022,
and, after South Dakota Board of Pharmacy
testimony and legislator questions, certified
that Administrative Rules of South Dakota
20:51:35 could move forward to final form.
The rules elaborate on the criteria that
prescription drugs need to meet in order for
a pharmacy to accept them as a donation,
the environmental conditions that need to
be maintained for these prescription drugs,
and the details that should be documented
about these medications. The rules became
effective on November 27, 2022, and can
be found on the South Dakota Legislative
Research Council website. The program
forms, databases, and details are being
finalized. Read more in the South Dakota
January 2023 Newsletter.
Wyoming Files Notice of Intent
to Amend Wyoming Pharmacy
Act Rules and Regulations
The Wyoming State Board of Pharmacy
proposes to amend Chapters 2, 20, and 21
of the Wyoming Pharmacy Act Rules and
Regulations in order to modernize, reorganize,
and simplify the chapter by removing
obsolete and/or commonly understood terms
and definitions; simplify and separate the
requirements of a pharmacist-in-charge from
a pharmacy license holder; and simplify the
requirements for non-controlled substance
prescriptions, including refill authorizations,
labeling requirements, and prescription
transfers. Rules for shared pharmacy services
are being modernized and streamlined.
The Board also proposes to repeal the
current content of Chapter 20 because its
proposed revisions to the chapter will move
its collaborative practice requirements into
Chapter 2. The Board also proposes to create
a new chapter, Chapter 21: Fees, to make it
easier to find the fees that the Board charges.
Additional details about the other rules that
the Board filed in the Notice of Intent can be
found in the Board's January 2023 Newsletter.
Most articles published in State Board News are selected
from the newsletters of state boards that participate in
the NABP State Newsletter Program. Issues are posted on
the NABP website on each participating state's page.

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