Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Pharmacy
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Practice of Pharmacy [18 VAC 110 ‑ 20]
Action Less restrictive and burdensome record-keeping for on-hold prescriptions
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 8/2/2013
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6/5/13  3:27 pm
Commenter: John Lubkowski, Rockingham Memorial Hospital

On Hold Prescription filing
 

I see no disadvantages to the proposed change to the filing requirements for "on hold" prescriptions.  As long as the original date written is captured at the time of order entry and a prescription number is assigned (as pharmacy computer systems do) the prescription hard copy would be readily retrievable.  Filing "on hold" prescriptions with active prescriptions will increase the security of the hard copy prescription and avoid misplacement.  I fully support the regulatory changes to practice.   

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