Posts Tagged ‘pharmacist’
Colorado Pharmacy Technician Certification Update – August 2020
Colorado Pharmacy Technicians must be certified by the Board of Pharmacy by August 28, 2020
Read MoreDispensing an Emergency Supply of a Chronic Maintenance Drug Without a Prescription
Earlier this year, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed House Bill 19-1077 Concerning Authorization for a Pharmacist to Dispense a Chronic Maintenance Drug to a Patient Without a Current Prescription in Limited Circumstances (HB 19-1077). The new law, slated to go into effect on January 1, 2020, allows a Colorado pharmacist to dispense an emergency supply…
Read MoreAmerican Society for Pharmacy Law
Baer Law Firm is a proud legal sponsor of the 2019 American Society for Pharmacy Law Developments in Pharmacy Law Seminar.
Read MoreElectronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances in Colorado
Earlier this year, Colorado Governor Polis signed SB 19-079 Concerning a Requirement that Certain Practitioners Prescribe Controlled Substances Electronically into law. The new law requires that physicians, physician assistants, advanced nurse practitioners, dentists, podiatrists and optometrists must prescribe Schedule II, III, or IV controlled substances electronically, with certain exceptions. A few exceptions noted in the…
Read MoreDispensing Chronic Maintenance Drug Without a Prescription
In March, Colorado Governor Polis signed House Bill 19-1077 Authorization for a Pharmacist to Dispense a Chronic Maintenance Drug to a Patient without a Current Prescription in Limited Circumstances. The new law, effective immediately, allows a pharmacist to dispense an emergency supply of a chronic maintenance drug to a patient without a current valid prescription…
Read MoreColorado House Bill 19-1242: Regulation of Pharmacy Technicians by the State Board of Pharmacy
Earlier this week, a bipartisan bill, House Bill 19-1242 (HB19-1242), Concerning the Regulation of Pharmacy Technicians by the State Board of Pharmacy, was introduced in the in Colorado House of Representatives and assigned to the Health and Insurance Committee. The Colorado Board of Pharmacy is one of only a handful of states that do not…
Read MoreMichigan Board of Pharmacy Sued Over Marijuana Schedule I Status
Earlier this week, longtime marijuana advocate John Sinclair, and others, including a physician, a pharmacist, a medical marijuana patient and the Michigan Medical Marijuana Association, sued the Michigan Board of Pharmacy (Michigan Board) seeking to declassify marijuana as a Schedule I controlled substance in Michigan. The Michigan Board has the power to schedule, re-schedule or…
Read MoreNew 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)…
Read MoreOklahoma Board of Pharmacy Fires Executive Director
The Oklahoma Board of Pharmacy fired its Executive Director, Chelsea Church, after state investigators acknowledged Church is the target of a bribery probe involving text messages with a Oklahoma State Health Department general counsel Julie Ezell, who was involved writing the state’s new medical marijuana rules. In the text messages, Church appears to have offered…
Read MoreOK Board of Health Votes to Ban Sales of Smokeable Marijuana
Earlier this week, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed the emergency rules on a medical marijuana program that was approved by the Oklahoma Board of Health two weeks after Oklahomans voted to approve legalizing medical marijuana. Part of these rules included: Banning sales smokeable forms of medical marijuana from sale in dispensaries (i.e. flowers and leaves),…
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