The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy^® (NABP^®) recently amended the Model State Pharmacy Act and Model Rules of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (Model Act) in its effort to assist the boards of pharmacy as they work to protect the public health. 

FDA Drug Info Rounds, a series of online videos, provides important and timely drug information to practicing clinical and community pharmacists.

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) have announced the creation of the Pharmacy Technician Accreditation Commission.

Many licensed professionals are subject to codes of ethics and other standards of practice that limit and, in some cases, prohibit personal relationships with patients/clients.

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is offering two regional one-day Pharmacy Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC) in Boston, MA.

In 2013, NABP is celebrating the 20th anniversary of NABPLAW® Online, the comprehensive national data bank of state pharmacy laws and regulations provided by NABP.

DEA is offering two regional one-day Pharmacy Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC) in Baton Rouge, LA.

The American Medical Association (AMA) has adopted a resolution stating that the organization deems certain pharmacy inquiries relating to the verification of prescriptions to be “an interference with the practice of medicine and unwarranted.” 

Effective July 1, 2013, Indiana pharmacists will be authorized to administer additional immunizations under a protocol approved by a physician.

Many legislatures have enacted so called “social legislation” intended to empower regulatory boards to impose administrative sanctions against licensees for certain delineated activities.

In Florida, a bill that would increase the number of pharmacy technicians that a pharmacist may supervise has passed the state’s House of Representatives. 

Clinical pharmacists play a key role in preventing adverse drug events and ensuring medication reconciliation in hospitals, reports the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

DEA is offering two regional one-day Pharmacy Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC) in Detroit, MI, one on Saturday, May 4, 2013, and another on Sunday, May 5, 2013. 

The NABP membership consists of the regulatory boards regulating the profession of pharmacy. These boards are statutorily created and empowered and act in the interest of protecting the public. 

Pharmacists’ authority to vaccinate may be expanded in Wyoming under a bill that would allow pharmacists to prescribe and administer immunizations for individuals age seven and older.

USP is seeking qualified candidates to serve on the Pharmaceutical Compounding–Sterile Preparations Expert Panel.

The updated 2013 Survey of Pharmacy Law is now available

Supporting state board of pharmacy efforts to enforce compounding regulations, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) is implementing a four-part action plan centered around inspection of nonresident compounding pharmacies and creating an information sharing network of regulatory details...

Pharmacists ranked as the second most trusted profession in the 2012 Gallup Poll that asked consumers to rate 21 professions according to their honesty and ethical standards. Pharmacists were ranked as very high or high in this category by 75%...

In an effort to facilitate the delivery of good-quality medicines, United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) provides information about compounding and the role of USP standards for practitioners, patients, associations, and regulatory bodies on the USP Compounding Standards & Resources page...

NABP is seeking individuals to serve as item writers for the Pharmacist Assessment for Remediation EvaluationSM (PARESM) and will be accepting letters of interest until September 19, 2012. Pharmacists in all areas of practice, and pharmacist faculty from schools and...

Aimed to improve health care access for children in Illinois, a new law (SB 3513) will authorize pharmacists to administer influenza and Tdap vaccinations to children age 10 and older with a doctor’s prescription. Signed by Governor Pat Quinn on...

NABP is seeking individuals to serve as item writers for the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination®, the Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination®, the Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Examination®, the Pharmacy Curriculum Outcomes Assessment®, and the Pharmacist Assessment for Remediation EvaluationSM. Pharmacists...

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Drug Info Rounds, a series of online training videos, provides important and timely drug information to practicing clinical and community pharmacists so they can help patients make better medication decisions. In the latest Drug Info...

As policymakers and other stakeholders continue debating how to best balance affordable health care and patient access, they are increasingly looking to expand the role pharmacists play in patient care. Numerous factors, including rising health care costs, a longer-living population,...

A new law in Kansas will allow pharmacists to refuse to dispense medications they believe might cause an abortion. The Health Care Rights of Conscience Act, signed into law by Governor Sam Brownback on May 14, 2012, “will bar anyone...

APhA Drawing Winners to Receive their Prizes The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) extends its thanks to the 1,750 attendees who came by its booth at the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Annual Meeting and Exposition, March 9-12, 2012,...

Use of e-prescribing rose in 2011, with 570 million prescriptions routed electronically in 2011 compared with 326 million in 2010, a 75% increase according to the latest National Progress Report on E-Prescribing and Interoperable Healthcare, published by Surescripts, operator of...

Electronic transmission of continuing pharmacy education (CPE) data is now live through the CPE Monitor™ service, NABP announced in a recent news release. Nearly 50 Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)-accredited CPE providers have already transitioned their systems to transmit...

The following bills passed in Washington State’s 2012 legislative session and may be of interest to the practice of pharmacy. HB1486 – This bill was reintroduced from 2010. The bill permits Washington State pharmacists to dispense controlled substance prescriptions written...

Electronic transmission of continuing pharmacy education (CPE) data is now live through the CPE Monitor™ service. Nearly 50 Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)-accredited CPE providers have already transitioned their systems to transmit data and are now requiring licensees to...

In an appeal filed by the Des Moines Register and Tribune Company, the Iowa Supreme Court concluded that under the state’s law, an internal audit report created by a pharmacist and voluntarily submitted to the Iowa Board of Pharmacy is...

Many Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)-accredited continuing pharmacy education (CPE) providers are beginning to transition their systems to include CPE Monitor™. In doing so, these providers are requiring licensees to provide their NABP e-Profile ID, assigned when an NABP...

A Washington State regulation requiring pharmacists to dispense emergency contraceptives was declared to be unconstitutional by US district court Judge Ronald B. Leighton because it violates pharmacists’ right to conscientious objection. The ruling is part of Leighton’s decision in a...

Presenting an evidence-based discussion of the comprehensive patient care services that pharmacists currently provide, a new government report calls for expanded support for such pharmacist-delivered patient care models. The report, Improving Patient and Health System Outcomes through Advanced Pharmacy Practice...

Published in the January 2010 Washington State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter Effective October 30, 2008, credentials issued by the Board of Pharmacy include information regarding probation or practice restrictions. A credential with probation or practice restrictions is given at the...

Published in the February 2009 Alabama State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter §34-23-10 Each pharmacist licensed by the Board shall notify the Board in writing within 10 days on change of employment. The notice shall contain his name, license number, the...

Reprinted from the October 2008 North Carolina Board of Pharmacy Newsletter. Making sure that the person you are contemplating employing as a pharmacist is, in fact, who they claim to be and a licensed pharmacist should strike most as obvious....

Reprinted from the July 2008 North Carolina Board of Pharmacy Newsletter. The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) continues to make changes to the substantive and procedural aspects of its continuing pharmacy education (CPE) standards. ACPE now requires a CPE...

Published in the February 2008 Alabama State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter (1) The supervising pharmacist shall be on duty a minimum of 50% of the hours the pharmacy is in operation or at least thirty (30) hours per week, whichever...

Published in the August 2007 Indiana Board of Pharmacy Newsletter Effective July 1, 2007, a pharmacist in a community setting may administer influenza immunization shots via a protocol agreement from an Indiana licensed physician. All other types of immunizations may...

Reprinted from the July 2007 North Carolina Board of Pharmacy Newsletter. 21 NCAC 46.2512 became effective on April 1, 2007. The rule, entitled “Pharmacist Work Conditions,” provides: A permit holder shall not require a pharmacist to work longer than 12...

Published in the July 2007 Washington State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter The Washington Recovery Assistance Program for Pharmacy (WRAPP) seeks to protect the health and safety of the public while acting as a health resource and support of rehabilitation to...

Reprinted from the April 2007 Minnesota Board of Pharmacy Newsletter. Board of Pharmacy inspectors continue to report finding pharmacy technicians working without a current technician registration. In some cases, individuals have been allowed to work as technicians for months without...

Reprinted from the January 2007 Montana Board of Pharmacy Newsletter. By Bill Sybrant We receive numerous questions at the Montana Board of Pharmacy regarding the conspicuous display of license or registration in the place of business. A review of statute...

Published in the October 2006 South Dakota State Board of Pharmacy Newsletter Administrative Rule of South Dakota (ARSD) 20:51:16 addresses rules that every pharmacist should follow when practicing pharmacy. ARSD 20:51:16:03 addresses the pharmacist’s relation to the public; these rules...

Reprinted from the July 2006 North Carolina Board of Pharmacy Newsletter. The Board reminds pharmacist-managers that they bear personal responsibility to ensure that all staff pharmacists employed at your site are currently licensed by the Board and that all technicians...

Published in the May 2006 Indiana Board of Pharmacy Newsletter Since 1997, the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) and the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency (IPLA) have collaborated in surveying selected groups of health care professionals to help detect shortages...