6/6/2022 2:41 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: | Erin Barrett (804)367-4688 erin.barrett@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 | 02/22/2022 |
Petitioner | Renae M. Cregger |
To exempt automated dispensing systems exclusively stocked with drugs that would be
kept in a stat-drug box pursuant to 18VAC110-20-550 or an emergency drug kit pursuant
to 18VAC110-20-540 and are solely administered for stat or emergency use from the
requirements of 18VAC110-20-555(1), (4)(a), and (4)(b).
Agency Plan
The petition will be published on March 14, 2022 in the Register of Regulations and
also posted on the Virginia Regulatory Townhall at www.townhall.virginia.gov to receive
public comment ending April 13, 2022. The request to amend the regulations and any
comments for or against the petition will be considered by the Board at its meeting
scheduled for June 6, 2022. The petitioner will receive information on the Board\'s
decision after that date.
Publication Date | 03/14/2022 (comment period will also begin on this date) |
Comment End Date | 04/13/2022 |
Initiate a regulatory change
Agency Response Date | 06/06/2022 |
The Board of Pharmacy will issue a Notice of Intended Regulatory Action for the consideration
of a rulemaking to permit the use of automated dispensing devices for certain medications
that may be currently stored in emergency drug kits or stat-drug boxes.