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Board removes notary requirement for pharmacy inventories despite concerns about diversion detection
Summary
The Texas State Board of Pharmacy voted to remove the rule requiring notarization of certain pharmacy inventories. A pharmacist who testified urged the board not to remove the notary requirement, saying it helps deter and detect controlled-substance diversion. The board approved the change with two members recorded as opposed.
The Texas State Board of Pharmacy voted Aug. 5 to remove a longstanding requirement that a pharmacist-in-charge’s signature on certain inventory forms be notarized within three days of completion.
Board staff said the amendment strikes through the requirement that the pharmacist-in-charge signature be notarized, a change discussed at the February meeting and included in a governor’s small business council report. The proposed change was supported in a written comment from Rob Geddes, PharmD (CVS Health); no other written comments were noted in the record.
Pharmacist Chris Demby spoke during…
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