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California pharmacy board pushes standard‑of‑care model; supporters say it protects access, physicians urge guardrails
Summary
The California State Board of Pharmacy this morning told a joint legislative committee it seeks to move pharmacists from protocol‑based practice toward a standard‑of‑care model to reduce regulatory barriers and improve patient access.
The California State Board of Pharmacy this morning told the Assembly Business and Professions Committee and the Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development that it is pursuing a transition from protocol‑based regulation to a standard‑of‑care model for pharmacists. The board said the change would reduce administrative barriers that delay access to preventive medicines and other services.
Seung Oh, president of the California State Board of Pharmacy, told lawmakers the board wants pharmacists to ‘‘practice to the best of the what’s out there’’ and cited HIV PEP and PrEP, hormonal contraception and naloxone as examples of care hindered by current protocols. "The proposed transition to a standard of care practice model will remove…
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