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Board signals telehealth patients may use automated patient dispensing systems in medical offices
Summary
After a lengthy licensing‑committee discussion, the board indicated that patients seen by a practice via telehealth may receive prescriptions from an automated patient dispensing system located in that practice, while leaving broader placement and inspection rules for future regulatory work.
The California State Board of Pharmacy’s licensing discussion on April 30 clarified a key access question for automated patient dispensing systems (APDS): if a patient has a valid patient–prescriber relationship with a medical practice, the patient may receive medications from an APDS located within that practice even when the patient’s visit occurred via telehealth.
Legal counsel and multiple board members framed the issue as two separate questions: (1) where an APDS may be located and (2) which patients may be eligible to…
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