Published in the July 2009 Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter Committees on remote order entry, collaborative drug therapy, and long-term care emergency boxes have been established to promulgate rules that will be submitted to the Board for consideration later...

Published in the December 2008 Vermont Board of Pharmacy Newsletter As there has been some confusion regarding emergency drug kits in long-term care facilities, the Board wishes to clarify certain issues pertaining to the physical, labeling, and restocking requirements of...

Published in the January 2008 Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter Mid-Level Practitioner Update: Physician assistants (PA) may now prescribe for up to a 30-day supply of Schedule III to V if they have a mid-level Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)...

Published in the October 2007 Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter Physician Assistant (PA) Law Change: Effective July 1, 2007, the Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision amended the rules for PA prescriptive and dispensing authority. Prescriptions for non-controlled...

Reprinted from the January 2007 North Carolina Board of Pharmacy Newsletter. In May 2005, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) promulgated a rule that allows, where state law permits, a retail pharmacy to install an automated dispensing system at a long-term care...

The Task Force on Model Regulations for Long-Term Care met on November 18, 2005. Task Force members reviewed their charge and accepted it as follows: The Charge of this Task Force will be to review issues defined by and impacting...