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Board asks staff to draft compromise after industry asks to drop notarization for controlled‑substance inventories
Summary
CVS and Walgreens urged removal of a Texas rule requiring notarized signatures on controlled‑substance inventories; the board asked staff to draft alternative language that would remove notarization but preserve accountability, including a second sign‑off or PIC attestation for non‑electronic inventories.
Retail pharmacy representatives asked the Texas State Board of Pharmacy to remove a long‑standing Texas rule that requires notarized signatures for controlled‑substance inventories, calling the notarization requirement an unnecessary administrative burden for pharmacists.
CVS representative Lauren Paul and Walgreens’ Janu Philip told the board that Texas is an outlier; they said an electronic inventory with a digital signature…
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