"The purpose of the planned regulatory action is to address a petition for rulemaking requesting amendments that will specify a limitation of excessive hours of work without any breaks for pharmacists. Regulation is necessary to prevent, to the extent possible, prescription errors due to fatigue and lack of concentration by pharmacists in the important task of assuring the accuracy and integrity of controlled substances. The action is the result of a petition for rulemaking (notice originally published in the March 30th VPhA E-News) by a pharmacist and was strongly supported in comment on the petition."
Following receipt of all comments, the Regulation Committee of the Board will review regulations from other states and any comments received from the open public comment period. Draft regulations would then be proposed to the full Board.
The public comment period is open until October 10th to provide feedback on the potential regulations.
- Details can be found at: http://www.townhall.virginia.gov/L/viewaction.cfm?actionid=3755&display=general
- To submit comments to the Virginia Board of Pharmacy, please visit: http://www.townhall.virginia.gov/L/entercomment.cfm?stageid=6265
