{"id":842,"date":"2023-03-06T18:18:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T18:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/?p=842"},"modified":"2023-03-06T18:19:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T18:19:50","slug":"board-of-pharmacy-reissues-pharmacy-law-waiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/03\/06\/board-of-pharmacy-reissues-pharmacy-law-waiver\/","title":{"rendered":"Board of Pharmacy Reissues Pharmacy Law Waiver"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>By Shannon Dart<\/h3>\n<p>On December 5, 2022, the California Board of Pharmacy\u2019s President reissued a pharmacy law <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/G87T-RUNZ\">waiver<\/a> for prescribers dispensing medication to emergency room patients. This waiver lasts approximately six months, from December 5, 2022, to May 28, 2023. The reissue of the waiver was created within the scope of Governor Newsom\u2019s declaration of a <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/QH7Q-58GZ\">State of Emergency<\/a>, the federal government\u2019s declaration of national emergency, and California Business and Professions Code section 4062, which California\u2019s Board of Pharmacy is bound by. Although Governor Newsom had previously <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/X7T7-5K5R\">announced<\/a> the State of Emergency would end on February 28, 2023, as provided in section 4062, the Board may elect to continue to waive application of any provisions for up to 90 days following termination of the declared emergency.<\/p>\n<p>California\u2019s Board of Pharmacy states the <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/U2KL-E64V\">waiver<\/a> effectively \u201c[w]aive(s) provisions related to the prohibition against a prescriber to dispensing medications to an emergency room patient if the medication dispensed is a short-acting, beta-agonist inhalation products.\u201d These provisions are part of Business and Professions Code section 4068(a), which states: \u201cNotwithstanding any provision of this chapter, a prescriber may dispense a dangerous drug, including a controlled substance, to an emergency room patient if all of the following apply\u201d: and lists seven requirements for section (a) to be met. The waiver effectively waives the requirements of subsections (1), (5), and (6), which require (1): a pharmacy to be closed and no pharmacist in the hospital, (5): \u201cThe prescriber determines that it is in the best interest of the patient that a particular drug regimen be immediately commenced or continued, and the prescriber reasonably believes that a pharmacy located outside the hospital is not available and accessible at the time of dispensing to the patient,\u201d and (6): \u201cThe quantity of drugs dispensed to any patient pursuant to this section are limited to that amount necessary to maintain uninterrupted therapy during the period when pharmacy services outside the hospital are not readily available or accessible, but shall not exceed a 72-hour supply.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The waiver of subsections (1), (5), and (6) only applies if the drug dispensed is a short-acting, beta-agonist inhalation drug (commonly known as SABAs). SABAs are used as a fast-acting, temporary relief for asthma symptoms. The most common SABAs are albuterol and levalbuterol and dispensed in an inhaler.<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPILUSD\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/addons\/extra-icons\/image\/social\/circle\/64x64\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cpilusd\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/addons\/extra-icons\/image\/social\/circle\/64x64\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Shannon Dart On December 5, 2022, the California Board of Pharmacy\u2019s 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. <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/03\/06\/board-of-pharmacy-reissues-pharmacy-law-waiver\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1013,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133053],"tags":[134363,132971,134402,133052,134334,132973,134337,134376],"coauthors":[132864],"class_list":["post-842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-major-projects-board-of-pharmacy","tag-board","tag-board-of-pharmacy","tag-bop","tag-license","tag-pharmacists","tag-pharmacy","tag-state-of-emergency","tag-waiver"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Board of Pharmacy Reissues Pharmacy Law Waiver - Consumer Protection Policy Center - Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2023\/03\/06\/board-of-pharmacy-reissues-pharmacy-law-waiver\/\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Board of Pharmacy Reissues Pharmacy Law Waiver - Consumer Protection Policy Center - Blog\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Shannon Dart On December 5, 2022, the California Board of Pharmacy\u2019s President reissued a pharmacy law waiver for prescribers dispensing medication to emergency room patients. 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