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TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2008

PHARMACISTS MAY NOW ENTER CONTINUING EDUCATION ONLINE ANYTIME.

A new feature has been added to the Board's website that will allow pharmacists to enter their CE as it is accumulated anytime throughout the year. Click here to access the Pharmacist login page. Type in your license number and PIN (last four digits of your Social Security Number). Under the main menu, select Continuing Education, and from there you may begin entering your credits.

For more information regarding the new continuing education requirements, please read this memo, which was mailed to all registered pharmacists this week.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2008

VOLUNTARY RECALL NOTICE - Ortho Biotech Products, L.P. is voluntarily recalling one manufactured lot of PROCRIT® (epoetin alfa). Click here to read the notice.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2008

Public Hearing September 15, 2008 at the NC Board of Pharmacy Office: Proposed Rule Amendment Regarding Board Elections. Click here for details and to read the proposed language.

TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2008

NOTICE CONCERNING ACQUISITION OF INTERNSHIP HOURS BY GRADUATES OF FOREIGN SCHOOLS OF PHARMACY

Effective August 1, 2008, any graduate of a foreign school of pharmacy who wishes to begin acquiring the 1,500 experiential hours required for licensure as a pharmacist in North Carolina must first provide to the Board of Pharmacy proof that he/she has obtained Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Examination Committee Certification (“FPGEC”).

TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2008

NOTICE CONCERNING RECIPROCITY OF FLORIDA LICENSES TO PRACTICE PHARMACY

In June 2008, the Florida legislature passed and the Governor of Florida signed, a bill dropping previous barriers to reciprocating a license to practice pharmacy to the state of Florida.

Because the state of Florida now allows full reciprocity of out-of-state pharmacy licenses, the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy agreed at its July 15, 2008 meeting to allow Florida pharmacists to reciprocate their licenses to North Carolina in accordance with all the procedures and substantive requirements applicable to reciprocity candidates from any other state.

FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2008

DEA PUBLISHES PROPOSED RULES TO ALLOW ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. The DEA published today proposed rules that, if adopted, would allow electronic prescribing of controlled substances. The text of the proposed rule may be found here. The public comment period runs through September 25, 2008. All written comments must reference “Docket No. DEA-218” and be addressed to: Drug Enforcement Administration, Attention: DEA Federal Register Representative/ODL, 8701 Morrisette Drive, Springfield, VA 22152. Electronic comments may be delivered to: dea.diversion.policy@usdoj.gov. Board staff STRONGLY encourages pharmacists to review DEA’s proposed rules in detail and provide comments.

Health Advisories (last updated August 12, 2008) - Check here regularly for the latest alerts and recall notices.

Medicare/Medicaid (last updated June 4, 2008) - Check here regularly for the latest updates regarding Medicare/Medicaid.

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