Published in the August 2009 Ohio State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter Also effective on June 21, 2009, was rule 4729-37-07 (frequency requirements for submitting drug database information). This rule was discussed in some detail in the May issue of this...

Published in the May 2009 Ohio State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter In March, we sent out a request for information and a warning about the newest drug scam involving prescriptions issued by Florida doctors for Ohio individuals. We sent an...

Published in the May 2009 Ohio State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter If you are responsible for your pharmacy’s reporting process to the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System (OARRS) program (the Board’s prescription monitoring program), please be sure you make note...

Reprinted from the April 2009 North Carolina Board of Pharmacy Newsletter. Pharmacists in the state are aware that the General Assembly enacted a Controlled Substance Reporting System in 2006, and that the system has been operative for over a year....

Published in the April 2008 Washington State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter The Board recently reviewed and approved the use of electronic record keeping and prescription storage systems. This was accompanied by a cautionary reminder that a scanned copy of a...

Published in the August 2006 Ohio State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter At the time of writing this Newsletter, the Board’s goal was to have the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System (OARRS) program (the prescription monitoring program or PMP) up and...

Published in the May 2006 Ohio State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter Please Note: Throughout this article, the term “drug(s)” refers only to controlled substances (CS) (all schedules), carisoprodol, and tramadol. In 2002, the Ohio Attorney General’s Office and the Ohio...