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North Carolina STOP Act Looks to Address the Opioid Crisis
North Carolina’s Strengthen Opioid Misuse Prevention Act (STOP Act) sets limits on certain ‘targeted controlled substance” prescriptions for acute and post surgical pain and seeks to address the opioid abuse epidemic in North Carolina by changing the way certain controlled substances are prescribed. According the the STOP Act, practitioners, including physician assistants and nurse practitioners,…
Read MoreNorth Carolina Pharmacy Law Update: Properly Identifying the Compounding Risk Levels and Notifying the Board
Pharmacies that hold a permit in North Carolina and engage in any type of compounding are required to notify the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy (Board). Pharmacies must report (both on their initial permit application and as part of each annual renewal) the following: Whether they compound; A good-faith estimate of the percentage of the…
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