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NEWSLET TER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOARDS OF PHARMACY®
INNOVATIONS
NABP Launches the
to Further Shield US Medical Supply Chain
F E B R U A R Y 2 017 VO L U M E 4 6 NUMBER 2
INNOVATIONS
table of contents
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 4 Legal Briefs
Prescription Points
18 State Board News
Virginia Passes Legislation
Edward G. McGinley Philip P. Burgess Prohibited Related to DSCSA
Chairperson Member, District 4
Hal Wand
9 Association News
Board of Pharmacy Members
19 Professional
Update
Affairs
Gary W. Dewhirst
President Member, District 5 Gather at Interactive Forum CDC Brochure Offers
to Discuss Common Pharmacists Tips for
Jeanne D. Waggener Gay Dodson Challenges, Advance Their Addressing Opioid Abuse
President-elect Member, District 6 Shared Mission and Overdose
Susan Ksiazek Mark D. Johnston 12 NABP Cosponsors USP CPE
Course to Help Licensees
Treasurer Member, District 7
Meet Requirements of
Timothy D. Fensky Chapter
Richard B. Mazzoni
Member, District 1 Member, District 8
Caroline D. Juran NABP Executive
Member, District 2 Committee elections
are held each year at the
Jack W. “Jay” Association’s Annual
Campbell Meeting.
Member, District 3
Innovations
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NABP Mission Statement
NABP is the independent, international, and impartial association
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113th Annual Meeting
that assists its member boards and jurisdictions for the purpose of Prominent Political Journalist to Offer Perspective on Health
protecting the public health. Care Regulation During Keynote Address
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VIPPS-Accredited Pharmacies to Register, Use .Pharmacy
Domain Names to Maintain Accreditation Status
To further assist consumers in finding verification logos on authentic-
®
safe online pharmacies and expand looking sites to trick unsuspecting
the secure pharmacy community, consumers into thinking they are
pharmacies accredited through visiting a legitimate online pharmacy.
NABP’s Verified Internet Pharmacy With .pharmacy, the “seal of quality”
accredited pharmacies are exempt
Practice Sites® (VIPPS®) program will is built into the web address.
from the .Pharmacy application fee and
need to register and use a .pharmacy
are automatically approved to register
domain name through the .Pharmacy
Top-Level Domain (TLD) Program. NABP believes .pharmacy domains for their accredited
websites. However, the annual domain
Beginning September 1, 2017, all
VIPPS-accredited pharmacies must the .pharmacy name registration fee charged by
registrars still applies. Registration fees
register and use a .pharmacy domain
name in order to maintain their
verified TLD is the are approximately $1,050 per year and
vary by registrar.
accreditation status. way to turn the tide
NABP began the process of consolidating
NABP developed the VIPPS program
in 1999 in response to concerns
against sophisticated its Veterinary-Verified Internet Pharmacy
Practice Sites® (Vet-VIPPS®) and
from regulatory agencies regarding criminals who can e-Advertiser ApprovalCM programs
the safety of internet pharmacy
into the .Pharmacy TLD Program
practices. For the last 17 years, easily duplicate in August 2016.
VIPPS accreditation has been the
gold standard for pharmacies with verification logos on All the websites that NABP operates
an internet presence in the United have transitioned to a .pharmacy
States. However, as online safety authentic-looking sites domain, including:
and security challenges continue
to evolve, NABP recognizes that its
to trick unsuspecting • www.nabp.pharmacy
internet programs, including VIPPS,
must likewise evolve and progress to
consumers. • www.awarerx.pharmacy
• www.safe.pharmacy
protect public health. NABP believes All VIPPS-accredited sites are • www.nabplaw.pharmacy
the .pharmacy verified TLD is the way automatically eligible to register a
to turn the tide against sophisticated domain name through the .Pharmacy The Association also transitioned to
criminals who can easily duplicate TLD Program. In addition, VIPPS- .pharmacy email addresses.
Newly Accredited VIPPS Facilities
The following internet pharmacies were accredited through the NABP Verified
Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites® (VIPPS®) program:
Commcare Pharmacy FTL, LLC, Unicare Pharmacy, Inc, Vitalab Pharmacy, Inc,
dba Commcare Specialty Pharmacy dba MedicoRx Specialty Pharmacy dba Vasco Rx Specialty Pharmacy
www.commcarepharmacy.com www.medicorx.com www.vascorx.com
A full listing of the accredited VIPPS pharmacy sites representing more than 12,000 pharmacies is available on the
NABP website at www.nabp.pharmacy.
www.nabp.pharmacy
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Legal Briefs
Prescription Points Prohibited
B
oards of pharmacy are incentive programs” to induce the
legislatively delegated with purchase of pharmacy services, drugs,
the authority to promulgate or devices from particular pharmacies
rules/regulations using the or pharmacists. Specifically, incentive
expertise of the board members to add was defined as “money, gifts, discounts,
specificity to the practice act. Such rebates, refunds, customer loyalty
rules/regulations provide necessary schemes, coupons, goods or rewards.”
details to the law and give the board an The bylaws further stated:
additional basis for enforcement in the
interest of public protection. Because 15 (1) A registrant must not provide
rules/regulations have the force of or distribute, or be a party to the
law, they are promulgated following provision or distribution of, an
specified administrative procedures incentive to a patient or patient’s
that allow for notice, comment periods, representative for the purpose of
and under some circumstances, inducing the patient or patient’s
Attorney Dale J. Atkinson, JD, public hearings. Failure to adhere to representative to
outside counsel for NABP, duly enacted statutes or promulgated
(a) deliver a prescription to a
is a partner in the law firm rules/regulations may subject the
particular registrant or pharmacy
of Atkinson & Atkinson. respondent to administrative or
for dispensing of a drug or device
criminal sanctions.
specified in the prescription, or
Professional standards and ethics are
(b) obtain any other pharmacy
areas ripe for the specificity of rules/
service from a particular
regulations to which pharmacies and
registrant or pharmacy.
pharmacists must comply. One such
area of potential regulation may include (2) Subsection (1) does not prevent a
incentive programs offered to patients
Failure to regarding where their prescriptions are
registrant from
filled. Award programs, bonus points, (a) providing free or discounted
adhere to duly and other offers intended to incentivize parking to patients or patient’s
enacted statutes or or induce patients to frequent
pharmacies create interesting legal
representatives,
promulgated rules/ issues. Consider the following. (As this (b) providing free or discounted
delivery services to patients or
judicial ruling is from British Columbia,
regulations may Canada, terms such as registrant patient’s representatives, or
(rather than licensee), college (rather
subject the respondent than board), and bylaw (rather than
(c) accepting payment for drug or
device by a credit or debit card
rule/regulation) will be used throughout
to administrative or this article. In addition, Schedule III
that is linked to an incentive.
drugs in British Columbia are drugs
criminal sanctions. that may be sold by a pharmacist to
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply in
respect of a Schedule III drug or
any person from the self-selection an unscheduled drug, unless the
Professional Products Area of a drug has been prescribed by a
licensed pharmacy.) practitioner.
In 2013, the College of Pharmacists Such bylaws were unanimously
of British Columbia (College) adopted by the College in September
promulgated bylaws that prohibit 2013 and forwarded to the minister of
pharmacies from making “customer health under administrative procedures.
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The minister may declare the bylaws may promote increased prescriptions than is prudent or necessary or
or a portion thereof to be disallowed. based upon awards. The College also convenient or because it is not
Failure of the minister to timely address argued that incentive programs infringe accompanied by a qualification or
a submitted bylaw will result in its on the counseling time on which patients an exception which some judges
automatic adoption. The referenced rely and deserve. may think ought to be there.
bylaws were adopted based upon the
failure of the minister to timely act. The lower court held that there was Acting with a bona fide approach,
no empirical evidence of harm and the College determined that incentive
Shortly after their adoption, the bylaws that the bylaws were more broad than programs created a public health
were challenged through a judicial filing necessary. As a result, it struck down concern and that there was some
initiated by the operators of Safeway and the entire bylaws as unreasonable. anecdotal evidence to support this
Thrifty Foods stores (collectively referred notion. Further, at least one additional
to as Petitioners). The Petitioners The College appealed the decision, province had adopted such a
alleged that the purpose of the bylaw arguing that the lower court erred on prohibition. Taking into consideration
amendments was to prevent patients its interpretation and application of the the need for the preservation of
from choosing a pharmacy based reasonableness standard of review. standards across the province along
upon price and to reduce or eliminate In particular, the College argued that with the important public protection
competition among pharmacies on the the lower court erroneously followed mission, the court found that the bylaws
basis of price in violation of relevant a standard whereby such court did not fall outside the range of possible
Canadian competition laws. The effectively required the introduction and acceptable outcomes. Thus, the
Petitioners also argued that no research of empirical evidence of harm to the substance of the bylaws did conform
or data supported the prohibition from public as a basis for substantiating to the relevant standard and were able
a patient care perspective and that the reasonableness of the bylaws. to withstand the Petitioners’ challenge.
evidence showed that customers want The College argued that the standard The Court of Appeals reversed the
incentives for pharmacy services. In actually allows for preventative lower court and upheld the validity of
fact, they argued, research actually approaches to regulating on behalf of the bylaws prohibiting pharmacy and
concludes that incentive programs the public. pharmacist incentive programs.
improve pharmacist-patient relationships
After a lengthy review of the issue of Boards of pharmacy are delegated
and encourage patient compliance
what constitutes a record for review, with the authority to promulgate rules/
with medication regimens. A motion
the Court of Appeals turned its regulations/bylaws. Distinguishing
by the Petitioners to impose an interim
attention to the standard of review. The between statutes, rules/regulations/
injunction prohibiting enforcement of the
court agreed that the lower court erred bylaws and policies can be a difficult
bylaws was denied by the lower court.
by failing to consider the bylaws as task. Boards are encouraged to seek
The lower court also rejected a whole when determining the range legal advice when exercising their
arguments of the College as illogical of reasonableness as a legal basis authority. The legal basis for upholding
and “outside the range of possible for upholding the bylaws. The court challenged bylaws may differ from
acceptable outcomes.” recognized the necessary deference to jurisdiction to jurisdiction. In British
the expertise of the College members Columbia, the standard will focus
On the merits, the College argued when assessing duly promulgated on a reasonableness test under the
that the bylaws were a necessary and bylaws. It asked whether the bylaws circumstances. The judiciary should
reasonable means to protect consumers represented a reasonable response to defer to the expertise of the board
who are primarily made up of a the concerns of the College and the when assessing the sustainability of
vulnerable public and that inducements harm or threat of harm to be remedied. such bylaws.
to obtain prescription drugs are As noted by the court:
detrimental. In addition, incentive Sobeys West Inc v. College of
programs promote an atmosphere A bylaw is not unreasonable Pharmacists of British Columbia, 2016
focusing on the incentives, rather than merely because particular judges BCCA 41 (Court of Appeal for British
on the necessity of the medication, and might think that it goes further Columbia 2016)
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NABP Launches the Verified-Accredited Device Integrity Program
to Further Shield US Medical Supply Chain, Protect Public Health
to take sensitive measurements of
their blood sugar levels to monitor
their insulin requirements. The
burgeoning “gray market” of reselling
test strips is placing at risk the health
of patients with diabetes. Whether
it involves sellers advertising
“unused” test strips online, or device
distributors diverting them from
international channels and reselling
them to domestic distributors, such
products may be adulterated or
counterfeit. Further, when diverted
diagnostic OTC devices such as
test strips are reintroduced to the
legitimate supply chain, records of
the products’ handling or storage
conditions are nonexistent.
More specifi cally, the term “gray
market” refers to products that
are traded or sold outside of
the manufacturer’s authorized
distribution channels. One example
of gray market products includes
products that have been diverted
from a country where they are
approved for use into another
country where they are not
approved. For instance, in 2015,
Abbott Laboratories and its diabetes
care units won a court order barring
NABP has a long history of working to a prescription. As an extension of pharmacies and wholesalers
with wholesale distribution facilities the Verified-Accredited Wholesale distributing diagnostic OTC medical
devices from importing and selling
to protect the integrity of the Distributors® (VAWD®) program, VDIP versions of Abbott’s FreeStyle ®
medication distribution system and helps prevent diverted or substandard diabetes test strips in the US, which
were only intended for international
employing appropriate security and diagnostic OTC medical devices from distribution. Abbott argued that
best practices. NABP expanded entering the United States medical these wholesalers diverted the
foreign-market test strips to US
these efforts in September 2016 and supply chain. pharmacies, which in turn sold
launched the Verified-Accredited them to consumers and submitted
Gray Market: Diverted and fraudulent claims to insurance
Device Integrity Program™ (VDIP™), Counterfeit OTC Devices companies, Medicare, Medicaid,
which accredits distributors of and other third-party payers while
Diabetes medical supplies are an claiming to have sold domestic strips.
diagnostic over-the-counter (OTC) example of diagnostic OTC medical
devices. Over 10 million Americans Such gray market diagnostic OTC
medical devices that may be
measure their blood glucose daily, medical devices pose substantial
delivered by a pharmacy pursuant relying on at-home diabetes tests health and safety risks to patients.
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Several differences in the international receives support from Food and NABP updated the VAWD criteria in
test strip packaging and instructional Drug Administration. Currently, 24 2015 to align with the Drug Supply
inserts are capable of confusing US states recognize VAWD and three Chain Security Act. (See Innovations,
consumers. For example, instruction states – Indiana, North Dakota, August 2016.)
inserts are often in a different and Wyoming – require VAWD
language, a US toll-free number to call as a component of licensure for Team of Experts
for assistance is missing, and storage wholesale distributors.
temperatures may be listed in Celsius In addition to NABP conducting an
instead of Fahrenheit. Like VAWD, VDIP allows diagnostic extensive examination of a diagnostic
OTC device distributors a means OTC device distributor’s licensure
In addition, there are cases of to assure pharmacies that they are status, disciplinary history, record
distributors advertising online or on receiving products from a legitimate keeping, product verification processes,
signage posted by the side of the source. and policies and procedures, the
road to buy unused test strips from Association’s surveyors perform on-site
consumers. These strips, which are With the VAWD program as a basis, surveys as part of the accreditation
now adulterated, are then ultimately NABP developed the VDIP criteria process. These surveyors represent
resold to pharmacies that may be to assess diagnostic OTC device a wide range of experience, from
unaware of the product’s history. distributors. The criteria includes the pharmacist to former regulatory
following: specialist to former law enforcement.
Further, the danger of counterfeit Further, NABP’s annual surveyor
medical products infiltrating the • Diagnostic OTC medical devices are
training keeps surveyors up-to-date
legitimate supply chain through purchased from the manufacturer
on new regulations and procedures.
gray market channels is also a or a distributor who purchased the
The trainings ensure that surveyors
concern. For instance, counterfeit devices from the manufacturer.
operate consistently with the applicable
copies of the OneTouch ® Test standards of the accreditation program
• Licensee complies with all
Strip sold by Johnson & Johnson’s as well as relevant jurisdictions.
applicable statutes in all applicable
LifeScan unit appeared in US and
jurisdictions.
Canadian pharmacies in 2006. For more information about the
Specifi cally, the fake test strips were • Facility where diagnostic OTC VDIP program, contact the
found in at least 35 states and in medical devices are stored and Accreditation department at
Canada, Greece, India, Pakistan, handled has adequate temperature vdip@nabp.pharmacy.
the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, and and security conditions, and
Turkey. An investigation revealed inventory controls for detecting
that the counterfeit test strip kits theft, counterfeiting, and diversion.
were manufactured in China, made
their way through Canada, and • Personnel are qualified for supervising Further, the
ended up on pharmacy shelves in
the US. Johnson & Johnson learned
and handling the products.
danger of counterfeit
• Records and inventories are
of the counterfeit test strips after
maintained and readily available for
medical products
patients complained of faulty results.
While no injuries were reported, this inspection.
infiltrating the
case demonstrates the potential
for diabetics to inject the wrong
• Policies and procedures are
established to ensure authenticity
legitimate supply chain
amount of insulin, causing injury and
possible death due to inaccurate
of purchase orders, and processes through gray market
are in place for handling devices
test readings.
deemed unfit for human use. channels is also a
Accreditation Criteria Help NABP continuously reviews and concern.
Protect Supply Chain updates its accreditation criteria for
all its programs and will continue this
Established in 2004, the VAWD practice for VDIP. For example, in
program helps protect the public 2012, NABP held a task force meeting
health from counterfeit, adulterated, to review and revise the VAWD criteria
and substandard drugs that enter with the protection of public health at
the supply chain, and the initiative the forefront of the charge. In addition,
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Association News
NABPF Offering Six Grants to Board Members or Staff to Attend
APhA Institute on Alcoholism and Drug Dependencies
The NABP Foundation® (NABPF™) is offering six grants to
assist qualified board of pharmacy members or staff with
some of the costs associated with attending the American
Pharmacists Association (APhA) Institute on Alcoholism and
Drug Dependencies. Held in Salt Lake City, UT, on June
1-4, 2017, the APhA Institute sessions will offer attendees
educational information on alcohol and drug dependency
and how to effectively support pharmacists who are in
recovery. Continuing the annual University of Utah School
on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies program,
which was discontinued in 2014, the APhA Institute of
Alcoholism and Drug Dependencies is a four-day educational the APhA Institute on Alcoholism and Drug Dependencies is
conference designed to support those active in state-level available on the APhA website at www.pharmacist
pharmacist recovery programs and other leaders in this area. .com/apha-institute-alcoholism-and-drug-dependencies.
The conference sessions provide information and instruction
to assist these individuals in providing programs to support To apply for a grant, qualified board of pharmacy members and
pharmacists in recovery. staff should contact the NABP Executive Office at ExecOffice@
nabp.pharmacy by March 1, 2017. Grants will be assigned on a
Attendees may earn continuing pharmacy education through first-come, first-served basis.
participation in this program. More information about
Current VPP Inspection Reports Help Boards of
Pharmacy Assess Compliance
To support the state boards of current inspection, having previously
pharmacy in licensure decision been inspected through the program.
making, NABP encourages Additionally, of approximately 536
pharmacies to maintain current pharmacies:
inspection reports by participating ®
in the Verified Pharmacy Program® • 254 pharmacies engage in only
(VPP®) and proactively requesting nonsterile compounding;
inspections from NABP based on
• 54 pharmacies engage in only sterile Completed VPP inspection reports are
their state requirements. Based on
compounding (two of which are also easily accessible to the state boards of
review of various state laws and
registered as outsourcing facilities); pharmacy. Each report is uploaded to
regulations, NABP recommends
NABP e-Profile Connect. Additionally,
that pharmacies engaged in sterile • 157 pharmacies engage in both state boards of pharmacy may
compounding undergo an annual sterile and nonsterile compounding upload their own inspections directly
inspection, and pharmacies engaged (four of which are also registered as to e-Profile Connect. Participating
in nonsterile compounding or general outsourcing facilities); state boards can access this shared
pharmacy practices undergo a biennial
data from fellow boards, which can
inspection. • 67 pharmacies are general retail
assist them when making licensure
or mail-order pharmacies with no
At press time, at least 536 pharmacies decisions.
compounding; and
have applied to VPP and currently, or
For more information about VPP, visit
soon will, have verified data available • 4 pharmacies are nuclear
the Programs section of the NABP
for the boards to view. Of the 536 pharmacies.
website.
VPP pharmacies, more than 105
have chosen to reapply for a more
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Association News
Board of Pharmacy Members Gather at Interactive Forum to
Discuss Common Challenges, Advance Their Shared Mission
“Stand Up and Be Counted to Advance Attendees followed McGinley’s In the second session, “How to
Our Shared Mission” was the theme suggestion and engaged in a rich, Beat a Rigged System,” panelists
of NABP’s 2016 Interactive Member nuanced discussion on the first discussed the Multistate Inspection
Forum, held November 30 to December session, “What Can We Learn From Blueprint created by the boards of
1, 2016, in Rosemont, IL. The biennial the 2016 Race?” This session provided pharmacy and NABP, as well as
networking event gave 46 board of panelists an opportunity to share updates on state implementation of
pharmacy members and other board differing perspectives on what serving United States Pharmacopeia Chapter
representatives an opportunity to on a board of pharmacy entails. guidelines. Topics requested
collaborate and discuss common c o n t i n u e d o n p a g e 10
challenges faced by the state boards.
It also reinforced the partnership
between the boards of pharmacy
and NABP and the shared mission to
protect the public health.
The two-day meeting included five
sessions focused on topics relevant
to all board of pharmacy members.
During each session, panelists – who
were also attendees of the meeting –
provided a brief overview of the topic
to spark discussion among all
attendees. Each day also included a
shared topics session with subjects
gleaned from a survey sent to
attendees prior to the meeting. Panelists presenting on “What Can We Learn From the 2016 Race?” included (from left
to right) Jenny Downing Yoakum, RPh, member, Texas State Board of Pharmacy; Donna
Forum Overview: Day One Wall, PharmD, RPh, member, Indiana Board of Pharmacy; T. Morris Rabb, RPh, member,
Louisiana Board of Pharmacy; Kevin Dang, PharmD, RPh, member, Arizona State Board
Day one of the Interactive Member
of Pharmacy; and session moderator Edward G. McGinley, MBA, RPh, DPh, chairperson,
Forum kicked off with a networking NABP Executive Committee.
lunch, followed by NABP Chairperson
Edward G. McGinley, MBA, RPh,
DPh, welcoming board members
to the event. McGinley noted
that it was the Association’s goal
that the collaboration facilitated
among meeting attendees would
provide them with insight and
knowledge to help them in their
work. He also pointed out that the
attendees represented varied levels
of experience serving on boards
of pharmacy – from less than two
years to more than 20 years – and
various types of pharmacy practice
experience, including community, Panelists presenting on “How to Beat a Rigged System” included (from left to right) Bill
hospital, chain, and independent Cover, RPh, NABP member relations and government affairs director; session moderator
pharmacist; academic; and Gay Dodson, RPh, member, NABP Executive Committee; Linda Witzal, RPh, member, New
public board members. McGinley Jersey State Board of Pharmacy; Jody Allen, RPh, member, Virginia Board of Pharmacy; and
encouraged interaction, questions, Nicole Chopski, PharmD, RPh, member, Idaho State Board of Pharmacy. Pictured on the right
and discussion among attendees for is shared discussion topics moderator Richard B. Mazzoni, RPh, member, NABP Executive
the meeting to have significant impact. Committee.
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Interactive Forum
continued from page 9
by members in their pre-meeting security measures in community for their participation in the day’s
survey were then introduced during pharmacies, and physician discussions.
the first of two shared topic discussion dispensing.
sessions. Topics addressed Forum Overview: Day Two
included factors that contribute to The first day of the forum ended
with a group dinner, which provided Attendees continued lively
medication errors, pharmacists’ work
attendees with an additional discussions during day two of the
conditions, medication assistance
networking opportunity. NABP Interactive Forum, which began with
in dying regulations/standards and
President Hal Wand, MBA, RPh, the session “Crossing Party Lines –
collaboration with other health care
greeted and thanked attendees Trending Practices.” This session’s
practitioners, implementation of
Panelists presenting on “Crossing Party Lines – Trending Practices” included (from left to right) session moderator Mark D. Johnston,
RPh, DPh, member, NABP Executive Committee; Michael Moné, BS, JD, RPh, member, State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy; Kate James,
RPh, member, Oregon State Board of Pharmacy; Garrett Cavanaugh, RPh, member, Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy;
Janet MacDonnell, BScPharm, member, New Brunswick College of Pharmacists; and William “Bill” Gerla, member, Saskatchewan College
of Pharmacy Professionals.
Panelists presenting on “The Ballots on Prescription Drug Abuse Have Been Counted – Who’s Winning?” included (from left to right) Kevin
Robertson, PharmD, RPh, BCPS, member, Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy; session moderator Gary W. Dewhirst, RPh, DPh, member,
NABP Executive Committee; Christian Tadrus, PharmD, RPh, member, Missouri Board of Pharmacy; Kevin Eidson, PharmD, member,
Tennessee Board of Pharmacy; Cathy Hanna, RPh, member, Kentucky Board of Pharmacy; James Bialke, BA, MA, member, Minnesota
Board of Pharmacy; and David Schoech, RPh, member, Kansas State Board of Pharmacy.
February 2017 innovations | 10Panelists presenting on “Politics Aside – Whose Role Is It Anyway?” included (from left to right) Justin Wilson, DPh, member, Oklahoma
State Board of Pharmacy; Diane Halvorson, RPhTech, CPhT, member, North Dakota State Board of Pharmacy; Tejal Patel, RPh, member,
Delaware State Board of Pharmacy; session moderator Philip P. Burgess, MBA, DPh, RPh, member, NABP Executive Committee; Robert
Frankil, RPh, member, Pennsylvania State Board of Pharmacy; and Kerri Kilgore, RPh, member, Wyoming State Board of Pharmacy.
Pictured on the right is shared discussion topics moderator Jack W. “Jay” Campbell IV, JD, RPh, member, NABP Executive Committee.
topics included state and province providers’ agents, and electronic
updates on expanded provider health records used in nursing
roles, and the status of state and homes and assisted living facilities.
provincial laws and regulations for
medical marijuana. Both topics were Closing the meeting, NABP
The final session introduced by US and Canadian President-elect Jeanne D. Waggener,
board member panelists. RPh, DPh, thanked attendees for
of the Interactive their participation, commending forum
During the second session, “The attendees for their hard work and
Member Forum, Ballots on Prescription Drug Abuse dedication to protecting the public
Have Been Counted – Who’s health.
‘Politics Aside – Whose Winning?” attendees discussed
current trends in opioid abuse and For information about future meetings,
Role Is It Anyway?’ increasing patient access to naloxone visit the Meetings section on the
NABP website at www.nabp
examined the expanding and updates on state prescription
monitoring programs. .pharmacy.
role of pharmacy The final session of the Interactive
technicians, mandates Member Forum, “Politics Aside
– Whose Role Is It Anyway?”
for board composition, examined the expanding role of
pharmacy technicians, mandates
and challenges in for board composition, and
challenges in the legislative and
the legislative and regulatory process. Attendees
then shared their experience
regulatory process. and insights during the second
shared topics discussion session,
which included issues such as
unauthorized e-prescribing by
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NABP Cosponsors USP CPE Course to Help
Licensees Meet Requirements of Chapter
Health care personnel who handle Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians Compounding Compendium. Details
hazardous drug preparations and all may earn 6.5 hours (0.65 CEUs) of about Chapter can be found
entities that store, prepare, transport, Accreditation Council for Pharmacy at www.usp.org/frequently-asked-
or administer hazardous drugs are Education (ACPE)-accredited CPE credit questions/hazardous-drugs-handling-
mandated to meet the requirements after finishing the knowledge-based healthcare-settings.
of United States Pharmacopeia (USP) course, passing the post-session test,
General Chapter Hazardous and completing the course evaluation. To More USP CPE Opportunities
Drugs—Handling in Healthcare Settings participate in the course, find dates for Available on Compounding
beginning July 1, 2018. To support board live class sessions, or to register for the
efforts to help licensees in meeting these home study webcast, visit USP’s website Like USP Chapter , Chapters
requirements, NABP is cosponsoring at www.usp.org under the Meetings and are enforceable
a comprehensive continuing pharmacy & Courses section. Claims for ACPE- standards. NABP is cosponsoring
education (CPE) course on the new accredited CPE credit must be submitted additional USP courses for ACPE-
standards. The course, titled “General on NABP’s CPE submission website, accredited CPE credit, including the
Chapter Hazardous Drugs— which can be accessed by visiting the courses “USP General Chapter
Handling in Healthcare Settings,” will Meetings section of the NABP website at Pharmaceutical Compounding—
be offered both in a classroom setting www.nabp.pharmacy within 60 days of Sterile Preparations” and “USP
in Rockville, MD, and as an on-demand completing the CPE activity. Pharmaceutical Compounding—
webinar that licensees can take at Nonsterile Preparations.” Visit
their convenience. The course will General Chapter is available USP’s website at www.usp.org to learn
provide an introduction to the Chapter, in both the First Supplement to USP more about and sign up for upcoming
including practice areas affected; 39–National Formulary 34 and the USP USP courses.
identify documentation requirements;
and discuss facility and engineering NABP and the NABP Foundation® are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy
control requirements in detail. It will also Education (ACPE) as providers of continuing pharmacy education (CPE). ACPE Provider Number:
0205. Participants may earn ACPE-accredited CPE credit by completing a Statement of Continuing
describe the roles and responsibilities of Pharmacy Education Participation online and submitting it electronically to NABP. Full attendance
individuals handling hazardous drugs, as and completion of the program evaluation and learning assessment for each session are required
well as personnel training and proper use to receive CPE credit and for the credit to be recorded in the CPE Monitor ® system. If you do not submit your CPE
claim within 60 days of the date you completed the CPE activity, you will be unable to receive credit, as this is the
of personal protective equipment. maximum amount of time allowed for providers to transmit CPE claims to ACPE for credit. Please submit your claim
as soon as possible to ensure that you receive credit.
NABP Surveyors Participate in Annual Training
NABP surveyors met in Rosemont, IL, on December
12-13, 2016, for their annual training workshop. The
surveyor workshop included compliance updates on
accreditation programs and inspection processes, an
overview of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act, a look at
how outsourcers impact the Verified Pharmacy Program®
and Verified-Accredited Wholesale Distributors® program,
an overview of the Verified-Accredited Device Integrity
Program™ and the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act, and an open forum with questions
and answers. Surveyors who inspect sterile compounding
facilities also completed a gown and garb exercise.
February 2017 innovations | 12Association News
Task Force Addresses Pharmacist Integrated
Communications Skills Examination
Members of the Task Force on the Pharmacist Integrated Communications Skills Examination met on December 13-14, 2016, in Rosemont,
IL, to review the present status of pharmacy competency assessment as it relates to pharmacists’ communications skills and to discuss the
concept of a pharmacist integrated communications skills examination. Pictured from left to right are Rebecca Deschamps, RPh, Montana
Board of Pharmacy; Roger Fitzpatrick, RPh, Utah Board of Pharmacy; Jim Bracewell, BBA, Georgia State Board of Pharmacy; Randy Forbes,
JD, Kansas State Board of Pharmacy; Rebecca “Suzette” Tijerina, RPh, Texas State Board of Pharmacy; Richard A. Palombo, RPh, New
Jersey State Board of Pharmacy; Daphne Bernard, PharmD, RPh, District of Columbia Board of Pharmacy; Michael Bertagnolli, MBA, RPh,
FACHE, Montana Board of Pharmacy; Caroline Juran, RPh, DPh, Executive Committee liaison, NABP; Stuart Williams, JD, Minnesota Board of
Pharmacy; Maria Mantione, PharmD, RPh, CGP, FAPhA, New York State Board of Pharmacy; Brenda McCrady, RPh, Arkansas State Board of
Pharmacy; and John Marraffa, Jr, RPh, New York State Board of Pharmacy.
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Newly Accredited VAWD Facilities Newly Accredited DMEPOS Facility
The following facilities were accredited through the The following facility was accredited through the
NABP Verified-Accredited Wholesale Distributors® durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and
(VAWD®) program: supplies (DMEPOS) program:
Cardinal Health 200, LLC, dba H. D. Smith, LLC
Cardinal Health Flower Mound, TX The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy #0588
Grand Prairie, TX Jacksonville, IL
Sanofi-Aventis US, LLC
Taylor, PA A full listing of nearly 450 accredited DMEPOS
companies representing almost 28,500 facilities is
A full listing of more than 580 accredited VAWD facilities is available on the NABP website at www.nabp
available on the NABP website at www.nabp.pharmacy. .pharmacy.
February 2017 innovations | 13Schedule
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February 2017 innovations | 14113th Annual Meeting
Prominent Political Journalist to Offer Perspective on
Health Care Regulation During Keynote Address
Howard Fineman, one of the nation’s has also appeared in The New York
most prominent political journalists Times and The Washington Post,
and correspondents, will provide and his 2008 best-selling book,
attendees with an informative The Thirteen American Arguments:
bipartisan perspective on health care Enduring Debates That Define
regulation in his keynote speech, and Inspire Our Country, explored
“Politics: From the Top and the complex topics such as national
Inside,” during the NABP 113th Annual identity, free speech, and the political
Meeting. Throughout his remarkable process. Fineman was the first
international career, Fineman has journalist to thoroughly interview
interviewed and written about President George W. Bush after the
every major presidential candidate events of September 11, 2001, and
since 1984 and proved himself to his Newsweek cover story “Bush and
be one of the leading reporters God” was part of a series of articles
in Washington, DC. As boards of that won the 2003 National Magazine
pharmacy face ever-changing political Award for General Excellence. His
landscapes, Fineman will share his many other awards and honors
perspective on today’s complicated include a “Silver Gavel” from the
issues and political decisions with American Bar Association and a
approachability, humor, and candor “Page One” from the Headliners Club
during his keynote address. of New York.
Fineman is currently global editorial Originally from Pittsburgh, PA,
director of the Huffington Post Fineman received his bachelor of arts
degree from Colgate University, his
Media Group, a position he has held
since March 2011. He joined The master of journalism from Columbia
Throughout
Huffington Post in September 2010 University Graduate School of
Journalism, and his juris doctor degree
his remarkable
and helped it become one of the
world’s top news sites. In April 2012, from University of Louisville School international
The Huffington Post became the first of Law. In 2006, Columbia University
commercial news website to win a honored him with the Alumni Award. career, Fineman has
Pulitzer Prize. Fineman also makes His journalism career began in
regular appearances on MSNBC’s Louisville, KY, where he wrote for The interviewed and written
Hardball with Chris Matthews, NBC’s Courier-Journal about topics such as
Today Show, and ESPN Radio’s Tony the coal industry and state politics. about every major
In 1978, he joined the newspaper’s
Kornheiser Show, where he offers his
keen views on current events. From Washington bureau.
presidential candidate
1983 to 1995 he was a regular panelist
Fineman will deliver the keynote since 1984 and proved
on PBS’ Washington Week in Review,
and he has also appeared on Fox address during the First Business
Session of the NABP 113th Annual
himself to be one of the
News Sunday and The Daily Show with
Jon Stewart. Meeting, on Sunday, May 21, 2017, leading reporters in
at the Hyatt Regency Orlando on
Before joining The Huffington Post, International Drive in Orlando, FL. Washington, DC.
Fineman held several influential More information will be available on
positions with Newsweek, including the Annual Meeting website at www
senior editor and columnist, chief .NABPAnnualMeeting.pharmacy.
political correspondent, and deputy
Washington bureau chief. His work
February 2017 innovations | 15113th Annual Meeting
Still Time to Request a Travel Grant
Are you an active board of pharmacy member or administrative officer
who is attending the Annual Meeting?
NABP has travel grant opportunities available for qualified individuals
to cover costs for needed expenses. Eligible individuals may receive
up to $1,500 to cover the costs of travel, hotel rooms, meals, taxis,
parking, and tips. The grant does not include Annual Meeting
registration fees.
• One grant will be awarded to a current board member or
administrative officer of each active NABP member board of
pharmacy, as designated by the board’s administrative officer.
Online Registration
• Active member boards of pharmacy must have a voting delegate
in attendance at the Annual Meeting to vote during all applicable Available in February
business sessions in order to receive reimbursement. at
To obtain a grant application, board administrative officers may contact www.NABPAnnualMeeting.pharmacy
the NABP Executive Office at ExecOffice@nabp.pharmacy.
• Early Registration Rate – April 7
Important Deadlines • Early Hotel Reservation Rate – April 20
• Voting Delegate Submissions – April 21
NABP Seeks Proposals for Educational Poster Session
NABP seeks proposals for the annual Educational Poster Session to take place on Sunday during the Annual
Meeting. Proposed posters should reflect the overall theme of “Imagineering for the Protection of Public Health.”
Those displaying posters have the opportunity to share information about their organization’s latest legislative
issues, technology, policy development, and/or disciplinary cases as they relate to this year’s theme.
To submit a poster concept for consideration, please send the proposed poster topic to NABP Professional
Affairs staff via email at Prof-Affairs@nabp.pharmacy by Friday, March 3, 2017.
Board of pharmacy members and staff as well as schools and colleges of pharmacy are invited to participate.
Student presenters are welcome and must be accompanied by a licensed pharmacist.
Poster Session presenters may be eligible to earn ACPE-accredited continuing pharmacy education credit. Details will
be provided to individuals selected to present at the session.
February 2017 innovations | 16Association News
Around the Association
Executive Officer Changes of Pharmacy. Sullivan’s appointment will Law’s appointment will expire
expire October 31, 2019. June 1, 2019.
• Kimberly A. Leonard, RPh, has been
appointed executive secretary of the • Dan Somsen, RPh, has been • Gregory Lippe has been reappointed
New York State Board of Pharmacy, appointed a member of the South a public member of the California
replacing Lawrence “Larry” H. Mokhiber, Dakota State Board of Pharmacy. State Board of Pharmacy. Lippe’s
MS, RPh. Leonard began work at the Somsen’s appointment will expire appointment will expire June 1, 2020.
Board of Pharmacy in 2012 as the October 30, 2019.
• Albert Wong, PharmD, RPh, has
pharmacy supervisor of practice and
• Katy Wright, MBA, PharmD, RPh, been reappointed a member of the
registration. Before working for the
has been appointed a member of California State Board of Pharmacy.
Board, she was a supervisor for the
the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy. Wong’s appointment will expire
New York State Department of Health,
Wright’s appointment will expire July June 1, 2020.
Medicaid Program, Bureau of Pharmacy
15, 2021.
Policy and Operations. Prior to state • Carolyn Ma, PharmD, RPh, has
service, she worked for more than 15 • K. Kumar Shah has been appointed been reappointed a member of the
years as a community pharmacist. a public member of the Utah Board Hawaii State Board of Pharmacy. Ma’s
Leonard graduated in 1989 from Albany of Pharmacy. Shah’s appointment will appointment will expire June 30, 2019.
College of Pharmacy and Health expire June 30, 2020.
Sciences. • Winifred A. Landis, RPh, has
• Sam Kapourales, RPh, has been reappointed a member of the
Board Member Appointments been appointed a member of the Indiana Board of Pharmacy. Landis’
West Virginia Board of Pharmacy. appointment will expire October
• Jennifer L. Hardesty, PharmD, Kapourales’ appointment will expire 15, 2020.
RPh, has been appointed a member June 30, 2021.
of the Maryland Board of Pharmacy. • Donna S. Wall, PharmD, RPh, has
Hardesty’s appointment will expire Board Member Reappointments been reappointed a member of the
May 1, 2020. Indiana Board of Pharmacy. Wall’s
• Lenora Newsome, PD, RPh, has appointment will expire August
• Kevin Morgan, RPh, has been been reappointed a member of the 31, 2020.
appointed a member of the Maryland Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy.
Board of Pharmacy. Morgan’s Newsome’s appointment will expire • Richard M. Indovina, Jr, MBA, RPh,
appointment will expire May 1, 2020. June 30, 2022. has been reappointed a member of
the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy.
• Ryan Harper, PharmD, RPh, has • Ryan Brooks has been reappointed Indovina’s appointment will expire
been appointed a member of the a public member of the California June 30, 2022.
Mississippi Board of Pharmacy. State Board of Pharmacy. Brooks’
Harper’s appointment will expire appointment will expire June 1, 2020. • James Stevenson, PharmD, RPh,
June 30, 2021. FASHP, has been reappointed a
• Victor Law, BPharm, RPh, has member of the Michigan Board of
• Sabrina Beck, PharmD, RPh, has been been reappointed a member of the Pharmacy. Stevenson’s appointment
appointed a member of the Nebraska California State Board of Pharmacy. will expire June 30, 2020.
Department of Health and Human
Services, Division of Public Health,
Licensure Unit. Beck’s appointment will
expire November 30, 2018.
• Charlene Dunbar has been Next FPGEE Administration
appointed a public member of the
Nebraska Department of Health and
to Be Held April 25, 2017
Human Services, Division of Public
Information about registering for and
Health, Licensure Unit. Dunbar’s
scheduling the Foreign Pharmacy Graduate
appointment will expire November
Equivalency Examination® (FPGEE®) is available
30, 2021.
to candidates in the Programs section of the
• Robert Sullivan has been appointed a NABP website at www.nabp.pharmacy.
public member of the Nevada State Board
February 2017 innovations | 17State Board News
Virginia Passes Legislation New Hampshire Board Updates naloxone is available at www.youtube
.com/watch?v=uGkBCcFJRHI.
Related to DSCSA Rest Breaks for Pharmacists Rule The Board also suggests that the
In response to the Drug Supply Chain The New Hampshire Joint Legislative availability of naloxone is discussed
Security Act (DSCSA), also referred Committee on Administrative Rules with individuals who are chronically
to as Title II of the Drug Quality and approved the revision of Pharmacy taking opioids.
Security Act (DQSA), the Virginia Rule 704.01, which mandates that
General Assembly passed House pharmacists take a 30-minute break Arizona Board Expands Role to
Bill (HB) 528, which amends several if they are working more than an
Provide Certificate of Free Sale
sections of law regarding supply chain eight-hour shift. This rule requires
requirements. The amendments to HB pharmacists to take a 30-minute rest and GMP Certificate
528 are summarized below. break in an effort to give pharmacists The Arizona State Board of Pharmacy
a mental/physical break and thereby has expanded its role in providing the
• Defines a “third-party logistics
improve patient safety. Pharmacy Rule following certificates.
provider” in 54.1-3401 to distinguish
704.01 took effect at the September
them from wholesale distributors • The certificate of free sale
New Hampshire Board of Pharmacy
and requires in-state providers to be is evidence that goods, ie,
meeting, when it was adopted by
permitted by the Virginia Board of nutraceuticals, are legally sold or
the full Board. The rule is posted on
Pharmacy. distributed in the open market, freely
the Board website at www.nh.gov/
• Requires every pharmacy, without restriction, and approved
pharmacy.
nonresident pharmacy, wholesale by the regulatory authorities in the
country of origin (United States).
distributor, and nonresident South Dakota Provides Update
wholesale distributor to comply • The Good Manufacturing Practice
with federal requirements for an
on Naloxone Bill (GMP) certificate validates a system
electronic, interoperable system to HB 1079 was passed by the 2016 in place to ensure that products
identify, trace, and verify prescription South Dakota Legislature, signed by are consistently produced and
drugs as they are distributed. the governor, and became effective on controlled according to quality
July 1, 2016. SDCL 34-20A-105 states, standards and covering all aspects
• Creates a new licensing category
“A licensed health care professional of design, monitoring, and control
for registering nonresident
may, directly or by standing order, of manufacturing processes and
manufacturers shipping into the
prescribe an opioid antagonist to facilities to ensure that products do
Commonwealth, in lieu of registering
a person at risk of experiencing an not pose any risk to the consumer or
them as nonresident wholesale
opioid-related overdose, or prescribe public. This would include, but is not
distributors.
to a family member, friend, or other limited to, a positive GMP inspection
• Specifies that bulk drug substances close third party person the health according to Title 21 Code of Federal
used for compounding drugs care practitioner reasonably believes Regulations Parts 210-211.
distributed by a supplier other than to be in a position to assist a person at
a licensed wholesale distributor or Additional information may be found in
risk of experiencing an opioid-related
registered nonresident wholesale the Board’s October 2016 newsletter,
overdose.” This allows pharmacies
distributor must be provided by a available in the Boards of Pharmacy
to develop collaborative practice
supplier who is approved by the section of the NABP website.
agreements (CPAs) with physicians to
Board as well as the federal Food be able to write the order based upon
and Drug Administration. the CPA or “protocol” as it is used in
The Board’s October 2016 newsletter, SDCL 36-11-19.1.
which is available in the Boards The South Dakota State Board of
of Pharmacy section of the NABP Pharmacy notes that education will
website, has more details on new laws need to be provided when dispensing.
affecting the practice of pharmacy. A video that teaches how to administer
Newsletters of state boards participating in the NABP State Newsletter Program are available in the Boards of
Pharmacy section on the NABP website. Five years worth of issues are posted on each participating state’s page.
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