Thursday, May 12, 2016

Louisiana Board of Pharmacy Regulatory Proposals

Regulatory Proposals


2016-F ~ Amends Chapter 25 - Prescriptions, Drugs and Devices to amend §2519 - Prescription Refills with procedures for medication synchronization.
               01-19-2016 - Committee reviewed Draft #1 and requested one revision, then voted to recommend the approval of Draft #2 to the Board.
               02-24-2016 - Board voted to approve Draft #2 for promulgation, upon the instruction of the President.
               04-20-2016 - Incorporated as Regulatory Project 2016-3.


2016-E ~ Amends Chapter 23 - Out-of-State Pharmacy to (a) implement technical changes from Act 282 of the 2013 Legislature, and (b) update the pharmacist-in-charge requirements for nonresident pharmacies to be consistent with the same requirements for pharmacies located within the state.
               01-19-2016 - Committee voted to recommend the approval of Draft #1 to the Board.
               02-24-2016 - Board voted to approve Draft #1 for promulgation, upon the instruction of the President.
               04-20-2016 - Incorporated as Regulatory Project 2016-2.


2016-D ~ Amends Chapter 25 - Prescriptions, Drugs and Devices to implement Act 391 of the 2015 Legislature, which updated the definition of the term 'equivalent drug product' to now include biological products which have been rated as interchangeable biosimilars by the federal Food & Drug Administration.
               01-19-2016 - Committee scheduled to review Draft #1, but ran out of time.
               04-21-2016 - Committee reviewed Draft #1, requested no changes, then voted to recommend the approval of Draft #1 to the Board.
               05-04-2016 - Board approved Draft #1 for promulgation. 


2016-C ~ Amends Chapter 25 - Prescriptions, Drugs and Devices as well as Chapter 27 ~ Controlled Dangerous Substances to (a) update the expiration date of controlled substance prescriptions in §2525, (b) implement Act 453 of the 2015 Legislature, which extended the controlled substance prescriptive authority for physician assistants and optometrists to include Schedule II, and (c) update the prescription format rules for controlled substance prescription forms used by mid-level practitioners to remove the requirement for the supervising physician's information to appear on the form.
               01-19-2016 - Committee voted to recommend the approval of Draft #1 to the Board.
               02-24-2016 - Board voted to approve Draft #1 for promulgation, upon the instruction of the President.
               04-20-2016 - Incorporated as Regulatory Project 2016-1.


2016-B ~ Amends §705 of Chapter 7 - Pharmacy Interns, to change the practical experience requirements for pharmacist licensure, by recognizing all of the hours earned during the professional experience curriculum in an accredited college of pharmacy as full satisfaction of the licensure requirements and eliminating the requirement of additional hours of experience beyond those acquired during a college curriculum.
               08-25-2015 - Committee reviewed Draft #1 and requested several amendments.
               01-19-2016 - Committee reviewed Draft #2 and requested one change, then voted to recommend approval of Draft #3 to the Board.
               01-27-2016 - Proposal referred to Tripartite Committee for further review.
               03-30-2016 - Tripartite Committee reviewed Draft #3 and offered suggested revisions; Regulation Revision Committee met afterwards and requested additional revisions.
               04-21-2016 - Regulation Revision Committee reviwed Draft #4, requested changes incorporated as Draft #5, then voted to recommend the approval of Draft #5 to the Board.
               05-04-2016 - Board approved  Draft #5 (coded / clean) for promulgation.


2016-A ~ Creates a new chapter of rules in response to Act 261 of the 2015 Legislature, which requires the Board to establish a special type of pharmacy permit to enable the dispensing of marijuana for therapeutic purposes, subject to the limitations itemized in the enabling legislation.
               08-25-2015 - Committee reviewed Draft #1 and requested several amendments.
               01-19-2016 - Committee reviewed Draft #2 (Coded / Clean) and requested multiple revisions.
               03-30-2016 - Committee received stakeholder input on Draft #2; will continue its revew at next meeting.
               04-21-2016 - Committee scheduled to continue review of Draft #2.


2015-J ~ Amends Chapter 9 - Pharmacy Technicians to require completion of a pharmacy technician training program that is nationally-accredited and board-approved, and further, delays the implementation of the new requirement until January 1, 2017.
               11-18-2015 - Board adopted Draft #1 as an Emergency Rule, to become effective 11-30-2015.
               01-19-2016 - Regulation Revision Committee reviewed Draft #2 and requested multiple revisions.
               01-27-2016 - Proposal referred to Tripartite Committee for further review.
               03-30-2016 - Tripartite Committee and Regulation Revision Committee reviewed Draft #3 and suggested additional revisions.
               04-21-2016 - Regulation Revision Committee reviewed Draft #4 (coded / clean), requested no changes, then voted to recommend the approval of Draft #4 to the Board.
               05-04-2016 - Board approved Draft #4 for promulgation

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