Posts Tagged ‘California Board of Pharmacy’

California Board of Pharmacy Investigates Jurisprudence Exam Cheating Scandal

The California State Board of Pharmacy (Board) administers the California Practice Standards and Jurisprudence Exam (CPJE), or pharmacy law exam, for pharmacists to ensure each pharmacist possesses the requisite skills necessary to safely practice pharmacy. To become licensed in California, pharmacists must pass the CPJE, along with a national exam that focuses on the clinical…

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New Prescription Law in California Causing Problems

According to the California Department of Public Health, about 2,000 Californians die annually from opioid overdoses. To address the opioid crisis, California, like many other states across the nation, continue to enact new laws that address the prescribing of opioid medications. On January 1, 2019, Assembly Bill (AB) 1753 took effect. AB 1753, in short, requires: (1)…

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California Bilingual Prescription Label Update

How often are pharmacy prescription label instructions translated incorrectly? Should pharmacists who are fluent only in English be required to fill prescriptions with instructions in a foreign language? Who counsels the non-English speaking patients regarding their prescription(s) and/or side effects of the medication(s)? Who is ultimately liable for the incorrect translated instructions in the event…

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The Push for Bilingual Prescription Labels in California

The California Board of Pharmacy (Board), which regulates approximately 6,500 community pharmacies and 500 hospital pharmacies statewide, and over 140,000 entities holding pharmacy licenses, is currently considering new regulations that would require all pharmacies in California to provide translated labels on prescription bottles. With an estimated 44% of all Californians speaking a language other than…

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