Kansas News: New Pharmacy Regulations

June 4, 2010 11:28 am

Published in the June 2010 Kansas State Board of Pharmacy News

The Board of Pharmacy voted to approve and adopt institutional drug room regulations. They can be found at K.A.R. 68-7-21 at www.kansas.gov/pharmacy under the link for Kansas Pharmacy and Related Laws. The regulation institutes requirements for the storage, record keeping, and control of drugs maintained by an institutional drug room. Each institutional drug room shall also be required to maintain incident reports and a policy and procedure manual.

The Board also voted to amend the regulation related to continuing education. Pharmacists may obtain continuing education that is Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)-approved or up to eight hours of non-ACPE approved continuing education. If the continuing education is not ACPE-approved, the provider must request Board approval at least 120 days prior to the continuing education presentation.

Lastly, the Board amended 68-20-10a, authorizing an assisted living facility to fax a Schedule II prescription to the pharmacy. The Schedule II prescription fax will be treated as the original. The fax must be signed manually by the prescriber.