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Board ratifies discontinuance edits, opens multiple rulemakings and approves AB 1503 implementation policies
Summary
The California State Board of Pharmacy on Nov. 6 ratified edits to a discontinuance regulation and opened a package of rulemakings while approving policy statements to implement its 2025 sunset legislation (AB 1503), including rules for remote prescription processing, updated technician application questions, and clarified hospital medication-error reporting.
The California State Board of Pharmacy on Nov. 6 ratified several regulation changes and opened multiple rulemaking processes while approving policy statements to implement the board's 2025 sunset legislation (AB 1503). The board took the actions by roll-call votes during the Garden Grove meeting and on Webex.
The board ratified Office of Administrative Law edits to the discontinuance-of-business regulation (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 16, §17.08.2) and directed staff to complete the rulemaking record. It also approved motions to initiate formal rulemaking to amend or add these provisions: 17.93.5 (pharmacy technician application questions), 17.93.65 (technician certification program/sunset), 17.10 (hospital pharmacy/CAMER reporting clarity), 17.93.7 (inpatient pharmacist-to-technician ratio), 17.93.8 (hospital technician roles), 17.30.1 (advanced practice pharmacist application requirements) and a new section, 17.17.11, governing remote processing of prescriptions.
In policy votes the board approved a statement transitioning pharmacist practice toward an accepted…
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