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Texas pharmacy board adopts rules allowing drug deliveries by drone with temperature, packaging and record requirements
Summary
The Texas State Board of Pharmacy on Aug. 5 adopted amendments allowing pharmacies to deliver prescription drugs by unmanned aircraft systems (drones) for non-controlled, non-sterile compounded medications, with packaging, temperature control and chain-of-custody requirements.
The Texas State Board of Pharmacy on Aug. 5 adopted amendments that allow pharmacies to deliver prescription drugs by unmanned aircraft systems, provided the shipment excludes controlled substances and sterile compounded preparations and complies with specified standards. The rules require pharmacies to use common or contract carriers that maintain appropriate federal registration, ensure packaging that protects product integrity, document chain-of-custody steps, confirm a patient or patient agent is present at the selected delivery location and require the pharmacist-in-charge to develop written policies for the service. Board staff described the package as adding a definition of contract carrier, making pharmacies responsible for delivery problems by contract carriers, and…
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