Board of Pharmacy Adopts Emergency Regulation for PrEP and PEP Treatments

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

Board of Pharmacy Reissues Pharmacy Law Waiver

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

New Laws Regarding Security Prescription Form Requirements and CURES Reporting

By Anna Schwartz On January 1, 2021, two laws imposing security prescription requirements on pharmacists and other licenses went into effect after nearly three years in the making. In September 2018, California first enacted AB 1753 (Low) (Chapter 479, Statutes Continue reading

Ninth Circuit Court Sides with Board of Pharmacy’s Regulation and Licensure of Outsourcing Facilities Created Under Federal Law

By Anna Schwartz Fusion IV Pharm., Inc. v. Sodergren, 809 F. App’x 438 (9th Cir. 2020). On June 17, 2020, the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of judgment on the pleadings Continue reading