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Votes at a glance: Texas State Board of Pharmacy, Aug. 5, 2025
Summary
Summary of motions and board outcomes from the Aug. 5 meeting: fee adoptions, drone-delivery adoption, removal of notarization requirement, proposal of several rule packages, FY26 budget approval, audit and goals approvals, and officer elections.
At its Aug. 5 meeting the Texas State Board of Pharmacy took action on several rule adoptions, proposals, approvals and internal matters. The board approved fee increases, adopted drone-delivery rules, removed a notarization requirement for inventories, proposed several additional rule packages, approved its FY26 operating budget, and elected officers for the coming year.
Key outcomes
- Licensing and registration fees (agenda items c.1.1.0.1, c.1.1.0.2, c.1.1.0.3): Adopted fee increases for pharmacy initial/renewal, pharmacist initial/renewal, and pharmacy technician registration initial/renewal. No public comments were recorded on these fee proposals.
- Prescription delivery and unmanned aircraft systems (agenda items c.1.2.0.1 and c.1.2.0.2): Adopted amendments allowing drone deliveries of prescription drugs that exclude controlled substances and sterile compounded preparations; rules require pharmacies to ensure appropriate packaging, temperature controls as necessary, documentation of chain-of-custody, and written policies for personnel. The board recorded stakeholder support from Memorial Hermann Health System, Zipline International, Rob Geddes, PharmD (CVS Health), and a comment from a Walgreens pharmacist.
- Inventory notarization (agenda item c.1.3): Adopted amendment removing the notarization requirement for specified inventories. Public comment from a practicing pharmacist urged retaining notarization to deter falsified inventories and aid diversion detection. The chair said the motion carried with two members opposed; the transcript does not record the roll-call names for the opposed votes.
- Proposed rules (motions to propose): The board voted to propose/amend and publish several rule packages for further processing, including disciplinary guidelines aligned with SB1080 concerning criminal offenses and revocations (c.2.1), expedited/provisional licensure procedures for military service members, veterans and spouses (c.2.2), and definitions concerning common ownership for various pharmacy classes (c.2.3). Those motions to propose were approved by the board for publication and comment.
- Budget and internal matters: The board approved its proposed FY26 operating budget and accepted the internal audit report and goals & objectives for FY26. The board also received reports on PRN (the peer assistance program), the Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) statistics, and internal audit activities; executive session covered information-technology security matters.
- Orders and appointments: The board approved proposed agreed-board and default orders and remedial plans listed in the meeting materials. The board elected Donna Montemayor as vice president and Donnie Lewis as treasurer for the coming term.
Votes and recordkeeping notes: The meeting transcript records motions and that motions "carried" for most items; on several votes the chair announced the motion carried without an itemized roll-call tally. Where the transcript explicitly names movers and seconders, that information is recorded in individual item write-ups; where not recorded, motions are summarized as adopted with the outcome as announced.
Next steps: Adopted rules will be published in the Texas Register and final orders and updated fee schedules will be posted to the board website. Proposed rule packages will proceed through the agency’s publication and comment process.
