Emergency Variance and Waiver from Gabriel F. V. Warren, Counsel on behalf of Parallon Business Solutions, LLC The Petition seeks a permanent emergency variance and waiver of its administrative rules of 61N-1.023(2) Florida Administrative Code. ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Drugs, Devices and Cosmetics

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on October 27, 2014, the Division of Drugs, Devices and Cosmetics, received a petition for Emergency Variance and Waiver from Gabriel F. V. Warren, Counsel on behalf of Parallon Business Solutions, LLC.

The Petition seeks a permanent emergency variance and waiver of subsection 61N-1.023(2), Florida Administrative Code.

Parallon owns and operates 3 prescription drug distribution centers that are licensed by the Department as Restricted Rx Drug Distributors- Health Care Entity. These distribution centers do business under the names West Florida Supply Chain Services, North Florida Supply Chain Services, and East Florida Supply Chain Services. These distribution centers are used to timely distribute prescription drugs to the various facilities under common control and ownership with Parallon; these distribution centers are not Florida-licensed pharmacies.

Parallon requests:

a) A waiver from the limitation in paragraph 61N-1.023(2)(a), F.A.C., that prescription drug transfers must be made only to a facility under common control licensed with a pharmacy permit that authorizes the acquisition and possession of prescription drugs; and

(b) A variance permitting Parallon to transfer prescription drugs from the receiving facilities under common control back to Parallon distribution centers, which are not licensed with pharmacy permits.

A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: The Division of Drugs, Devices and Cosmetics, Dinah Greene, 1940 N. Monroe Street, Suite 26A, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1047 or by calling [phone].