9/24/2021 4:11 pm Date / Time filed with the Register of Regulations | VA.R. Document Number: R____-______ |
Virginia Register Publication Information
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Transmittal Sheet: Response to Petition for Rulemaking
Initial Agency Notice
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Agency Decision
Promulgating Board: | Board of Pharmacy |
Regulatory Coordinator: | Elaine J. Yeatts (804)367-4688 elaine.yeatts@dhp.virginia.gov |
Agency Contact: | Caroline Juran, RPh Executive Director (804)367-4456 caroline.juran@dhp.virginia.gov |
Contact Address: | Department of Health Professions 9960 Mayland Drive Suite 300 Richmond, VA 23233 |
Chapter Affected: | |
18 vac 110 - 20: | Regulations Governing the Practice of Pharmacy |
Statutory Authority: |
State: Chapters 33 and 34 of Title 54.1 Federal: |
Date Petition Received | 05/06/2021 |
Petitioner | Courtney Fuller |
To amend sections 460 and 490 to allow a pharmacist at a central distribution company
to verify Schedule VI drugs to be placed in an ADD prior to delivery to the receiving
hospital and pharmacy technicians at the hospital to load the drugs directly into
the ADD without further verification by a pharmacist at the hospital.
Agency Plan
In accordance with Virginia law, the petition has been filed with the Register of
Regulations and will be published on June 7, 2021. Comment on the petition may be
sent by email, regular mail or posted on the Virginia Regulatory Townhall at www.townhall.virginia.gov;
comment will be requested until July 7, 2021.
Following receipt of all comments on the petition to amend regulations, the Board
will decide whether to make any changes to the regulatory language in Regulations
Governing the Practice of Pharmacy. This matter will be on the Board's agenda for
its next meeting following the close of comment.
Publication Date | 06/07/2021 (comment period will also begin on this date) |
Comment End Date | 07/07/2021 |
Initiate a regulatory change
Agency Response Date | 09/24/2021 |
The petition and the comments in support were considered by the Board at its meeting
on September 24, 2021. Its decision was to initiate rulemaking to amend regulations
in accordance with the petitioner's request and with pilot programs that are currently
approved.