TITLE 18. PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING

BOARD OF PHARMACY

Agency Decision

Title of Regulation: 18VAC110-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Pharmacy.

Statutory Authority: § 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.

Name of Petitioner: Derek Phillips.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: If deemed appropriate by the pharmacist, a patient may receive, upon request, drug quantities in excess of the face amount of a prescription for a Schedule VI substance, up to the total amount authorized.

Agency Decision: Request granted.

Statement of Reason for Decision: At its meeting on September 7, 2016, the board considered the petition and a public comment in support. The board concluded it will issue a Notice of Intended Regulatory Action to consider an amendment to requirements for dispensing to allow dispensing of Schedule VI drugs in excess of the quantity on the prescription within the amount authorized.

Agency Contact: Elaine J. Yeatts, Regulatory Coordinator, Department of Health Professions, 9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300, Richmond, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-4688, or email elaine.yeatts@dhp.virginia.gov.

VA.R. Doc. No. R16-27; Filed September 7, 2016, 4:58 p.m.

Agency Decision

Title of Regulation: 18VAC110-20. Regulations Governing the Practice of Pharmacy.

Statutory Authority: § 54.1-2400 of the Code of Virginia.

Name of Petitioner: Roger St. Clair.

Nature of Petitioner's Request: To authorize use of electronic devices in lieu of manual emergency drug kits and stat-drug boxes to provide for initiating therapy prior to the receipt of ordered drugs from the pharmacy. Current regulation does not designate electronic devices being utilized as unit dose systems purely for first dose nonroutine versus automated dispensing devices utilized for full or routine dispensing in long-term care facilities.

Agency Decision: Request granted.

Statement of Reason for Decision: At its meeting on September 7, 2016, the board considered the petition and a public comment in support. The board concluded it will issue a Notice of Intended Regulatory Action to consider an amendment to the allowance in 18VAC110-20-555, which currently provides: "Drugs that would be stocked in an emergency drug kit pursuant to 18VAC110-20-540 may be accessed prior to receiving electronic authorization from the pharmacist provided that the absence of the drugs would threaten the survival of the patients." Additionally, the board will consider amending the quantity limitations for drugs accessed by an automatic dispensing device.

Agency Contact: Elaine J. Yeatts, Agency Regulatory Coordinator, Department of Health Professions, 9960 Mayland Drive, Richmond, VA 23233, telephone (804) 367-4688, or email elaine.yeatts@dhp.virginia.gov.

VA.R. Doc. No. R16-32; Filed September 7, 2016, 4:58 p.m.