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#North Carolina Board of Pharmacy: Pharmacy Law and Rules

NC PHARMACY RULES -- updated July 2015 (indexed by section below) *

FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2015

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING (SEPTEMBER 15, 2015) ON PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO RULE 21 NCAC 46 .2612 - STORAGE OF DEVICES AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. The Board proposes amending the rule regarding delivery of devices and medical equipment to provide that those items may be delivered from allowed storage sites without first taking those items to permitted locations, if delivery is performed by a bona fide employee of a permitted location.

A public hearing will be held on September 15, 2015 at 9:00am at the NC Board of Pharmacy office, 6015 Farrington Road, Suite 201, Chapel Hill, NC 27517 .

Any person may object to the proposed amendment by attending the public hearing on September 15, 2015 and/or by submitting a written objection by 9:00am on September 15, 2015 to Jay Campbell, Executive Director, North Carolina Board of Pharmacy, 6015 Farrington Road, Suite 201, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, fax (919) 246-1056, e-mail jcampbell@ncbop.org. The North Carolina Board of Pharmacy is interested in all comments pertaining to the proposed rule. All persons interested and potentially affected by the proposal are strongly encouraged to read this entire notice and make comments on the proposed rule.

If an objection is not resolved prior to the adoption of the rule, a person may also submit written objections to the Rules Review Commission. If the Rules Review Commission receives written and signed objections in accordance with G.S. 150B-21.3(b2) from 10 or more persons clearly requesting review by the legislature and the Rules Review Commission approves the rule, the rule will become effective as provided in G.S. 150B-21.3(b1). The Commission will receive written objections until 5:00 p.m. on the day following the day the Commission approves the rule. The Commission will receive those objections by mail, delivery service, hand delivery, or facsimile transmission. If you have any further questions concerning the submission of objections to the Commission, please call a Commission staff attorney at 919-431-3000.

NOTICE OF TEXT/PUBLIC HEARING:

PROPOSED RULE/AMENDMENT LANGUAGE:

21 NCAC 46 .2612:

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2015

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING (JUNE 16, 2015) ON PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO RULE 21 NCAC 46 .1801 - RIGHT TO REFUSE A PRESCRIPTION. The Board proposes amending the rule regarding refusal of a prescription in order to judge the validity of prescriptions by reference to the standards set by the occupational licensing boards of the prescribers, rather than by attempting to enumerate those standards in the rule, in light of changing standards set by other boards for those prescribers.

A public hearing will be held on June 16, 2015 at 9:00am at the NC Board of Pharmacy office, 6015 Farrington Road, Suite 201, Chapel Hill, NC 27517 .

Any person may object to the proposed amendment by attending the public hearing on June 16, 2015 and/or by submitting a written objection by 9:00am on June 16, 2015 to Jay Campbell, Executive Director, North Carolina Board of Pharmacy, 6015 Farrington Road, Suite 201, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, fax (919) 246-1056, e-mail jcampbell@ncbop.org. The North Carolina Board of Pharmacy is interested in all comments pertaining to the proposed rule. All persons interested and potentially affected by the proposal are strongly encouraged to read this entire notice and make comments on the proposed rule.

If an objection is not resolved prior to the adoption of the rule, a person may also submit written objections to the Rules Review Commission. If the Rules Review Commission receives written and signed objections in accordance with G.S. 150B-21.3(b2) from 10 or more persons clearly requesting review by the legislature and the Rules Review Commission approves the rule, the rule will become effective as provided in G.S. 150B-21.3(b1). The Commission will receive written objections until 5:00 p.m. on the day following the day the Commission approves the rule. The Commission will receive those objections by mail, delivery service, hand delivery, or facsimile transmission. If you have any further questions concerning the submission of objections to the Commission, please call a Commission staff attorney at 919-431-3000.

NOTICE OF TEXT/PUBLIC HEARING:

PROPOSED RULE/AMENDMENT LANGUAGE:

FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2015

AMENDED RULE .3301 CLARIFIES REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR TECHNICIANS WHO PRACTICE AT FREE OR CHARITABLE CLINICS. Board Rule 21 NCAC 46.3301 has been amended to make clear that technicians who practice solely at free and charitable clinics must register with the Board and complete a training program, but such technicians are exempt from the technician registration fee. The text of the amended rule may be found here: http://www.ncbop.org/LawsRules/rules.3300.pdf .