Pharmacy Permits - Applications and Permitting

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Board of Pharmacy

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:
64B16-28.100: Pharmacy Permits - Applications and Permitting

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 37 No. 47, November 23, 2011 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

The change is in response to a vote by the Board at the meeting held February 7-8, 2012. The changes are as follows:

1. Subsection (2)(c) will be added to the rule and shall read as follows:

(c) The policy and procedure manual for Community Pharmacies shall contain the procedures implemented to minimize the dispensing of controlled substances based on fraudulent representations. The policy and procedural manual may provide the following:

1. Provisions to identify and guard against invalid practitioner-patient relationships.

2. Provisions to guard against filling fraudulent prescriptions for controlled substances.

3. Provisions to identify prescriptions that are communicated or transmitted legally.

4. Provisions to identify the characteristics of a forged or altered prescription.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Mark Whitten, Executive Director, Board of Pharmacy, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C04, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3254.