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).

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.

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.