By Lara Horhor As amended on September 5, 2025, AB 1503 (Berman) modifies various sections of the Business and Professions Code to extend the sunset date for the California State Board of Pharmacy (PHARM) to January 1, 2030. The sunset Continue reading
By Ariana Hussing On January 6, 2025, the California State Board of Pharmacy (Board) submitted its Sunset Review Report Volume 1 and Volume 2, in advance of the Joint Sunset Review Oversight Hearing before the Assembly Business and Professions Committee Continue reading
By Ariana Hussing At its January 8, 2025, meeting, the California State Board of Pharmacy (Board) reviewed proposed amendments to section 1711 to Article 2 of Division 17 of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR) regarding the Continue reading
By Catherine Santos On August 30, 2024, The Board published the rule’s Order of Adoption on its rulemaking action concerning section 1760 of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR) related to disciplinary guidelines for pharmacists, and it Continue reading
By Catherine Santos On July 26, 2024, the California State Board of Pharmacy published a Notification of Proposed Emergency Regulatory Action concerning its proposed amendment to section 1747 of Title 16, Division 17, Article 5 of the California Code of Continue reading
By Alexandra Harten On June 21, 2023, the California State Board of Pharmacy voted to approve an action amending section 1706.6 to Title 16, Division 17, Article 2 of the California Code of Regulations regarding Temporary License for Military Spouses. Continue reading
By Shannon Dart At its February 6–7, 2023 meeting (at 10:11:15), the Board of Pharmacy approved the recommendations from the Licensing Committee to move forward with changing regulatory language related to the authority of a licensed pharmacist to furnish opioid Continue reading
By Shannon Dart On December 5, 2022, the California Board of Pharmacy’s President reissued a pharmacy law waiver for prescribers dispensing medication to emergency room patients. This waiver lasts approximately six months, from December 5, 2022, to May 28, 2023. Continue reading
By Mackenzie McCoy On July 13, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released guidance for pharmacies regarding their obligations to patients requesting reproductive health care. After the United States Supreme Court’s decision Continue reading
By Mackenzie McCoy On August 1, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in the state of California due to the emerging threat of the Monkeypox outbreak. At its August 25, 2022, meeting, the Board of Pharmacy voted Continue reading
