Virginia Regulatory Town Hall View Action

Department of Health Professions

Board of Pharmacy

Regulations Governing the Practice of Pharmacy [18 VAC 110 ‑ 20]

Action:

Allowance for centralized warehouser or wholesale distributor to verify Schedule VI drugs for automated dispensing devices in hospitals

General Information

Action Summary	In response to a petition for rulemaking, the Board is issuing a Notice of Intended Regulatory Action 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.
Chapters Affected	Only affects this chapter.
Executive Branch Review	This action will go through the normal Executive Branch Review process.
RIS Project	Yes [7055]
Associated Petitions for Rulemaking	Delivery of Schedule VI drugs to be placed in automated dispensing devices
New Periodic Review	This action will not be used to conduct a new periodic review.

Stages

Stages associated with this regulatory action.

Stage ID	Stage Type	Status
9466	NOIRA	Stage complete. Comment period ended 02/16/2022.
9608	Proposed	Secretary of Health and Human Resources review in progress.

Contact Information

Name / Title:	Caroline Juran, RPh / Executive Director
Address:	9960 Mayland Drive Suite 300 Richmond, VA 23233-1463
Email Address:	caroline.juran@dhp.virginia.gov
Phone:	(804)367-4456 FAX: (804)527-4472 TDD: ()-

This person is the primary contact for this chapter.