12/28/2015 9:47 am Date / Time filed with the Register of Regulations | VA.R. Document Number: R____-______ |
Virginia Register Publication Information
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Transmittal Sheet: Response to Petition for Rulemaking
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Initial Agency Notice
Agency Decision
Promulgating Board: | Board of Pharmacy |
Regulatory Coordinator: | Elaine J. Yeatts (804)367-4688 elaine.yeatts@dhp.virginia.gov |
Agency Contact: | Elaine Yeatts Agency Regulatory Coordinator (804)367-4688 elaine.yeatts@dhp.virginia.gov |
Contact Address: | Department of Health Professions 9960 Mayland Drive Henrico, VA 23233 |
Chapter Affected: | |
18 vac 110 - 20: | Regulations Governing the Practice of Pharmacy |
Statutory Authority: |
State: Chapters 33 and 34 of Title 54.1 Federal: |
Date Petition Received | 12/28/2015 |
Petitioner | Angela Gilley |
Within a Hospital or free-standing Emergency Department setting, the medical staff
may approve guidelines that are clinically accepted as the standard of care, or are
approved by the Medical Staff of the hospital through the typical approval process
(such as the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee), which allow pharmacists to change,
discontinue, adjust, monitor, order pertinent labs, and make subsequent adjustments
to medications as applicable to the approved guideline without requiring a physician
order to implement the guideline. In addition, a practitioner may write an order
for "pharmacy to dose" a medication which allows the pharmacist to dose, monitor,
order pertinent labs, and make subsequent adjustments to any medication specified
in the order based on the pharmacist's clinical judgment.
Agency Plan
In accordance with Virginia law, the petition has been filed with the Register of
Regulations and will be published on January 25, 2016. Comment on the petition may
be sent by email, regular mail or posted on the Virginia Regulatory Townhall at www.townhall.virginia.gov;
comment will be requested until February 24, 2016.
Following receipt of all comments on the petition to amend regulations, the Board
will decide whether to make any changes to the regulatory language in Regulations
Governing the Practice of Pharmacy. It will also be reviewed by the Assistant Attorney
General who can advise the Board on whether the request requires a change in the Code
of Virginia. This matter will be on the Board's agenda for its meeting scheduled for
March 25, 2016.
Publication Date | 01/25/2016 (comment period will also begin on this date) |
Comment End Date | 02/24/2016 |