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LAWS,  REGULATION, LEGISLATION, REPORTS

Maryland Laws

Maryland Regulation

Federal Laws

Legislation

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MARYLAND LAWS

  • What's New:

Wholesale Distributor Permitting and Prescription Drug Integrity Act CLICK HERE

Related Maryland Regulations, entitled Licensing of Wholesale Prescription Drug or Device Distributors, are under Chapter 10.34.22, Regulations 10.34.22.01-.08.  Each regulation can be accessed separately using the following links:

http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/10/10.34.22.01.htm

http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/10/10.34.22.02.htm

http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/10/10.34.22.03.htm

http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/10/10.34.22.04.htm

http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/10/10.34.22.05.htm

http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/10/10.34.22.06.htm

http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/10/10.34.22.07.htm

http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/10/10.34.22.08.htm

          Prescription Drug Repository Program 

MARYLAND REGULATIONS

  • What's New:
  • Effective in 2008
    • Pharmacy Technicians, COMAR 10.34.34.01-.11, Effective January 28, 2008

    • Licensing of Wholesale Prescription Drug or Device Distributors, COMAR 10.34.22.01-.08, Effective April 7, 2008

     

  • "Regulations amended to comply with the Pharmacy Technician Regulations, Effective January 28, 2008"
    • Disciplinary Proceedings, COMAR 10.34.01.02, .05, .06, and .12-.15
    • Information Required on Prescriptions or Patient Drug Profiles, COMAR 10.34.08.01

    • Fees, COMAR 10.34.09.02

    • Pharmacist and Technician Code of Conduct, COMAR 10.34.10.02-.07 and .09

    • Monetary Penalties, COMAR 10.34.11.01-.03, .04-1, .06 and .07
    • Standard of Practice for Unlicensed Personnel, 10.34.21.02-.06

     

  • Effective in 2007
    • Prescription Drug Repository Program, COMAR 10.34.33.01-12, Effective January 29, 2007

    • Pharmacist Administration of Influenza Vaccination, COMAR 10.34.32.03 and .08, Effective July 2, 2007

    • Sterile Pharmaceutical Compounding, COMAR 10.34.19.01-.16, Effective September 10, 2007

  • Search the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) below to view the complete newly enacted regulations.

      

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FEDERAL LAWS

 

  • What's New

        Pseudoephedrine – Title VII – Combat Methamphetamine  
        Epidemic Act of 2005. 

  • The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by Congress in 1996 (Public Law 104-91) to reform the health care system in the United States.  The "administrative simplification" provisions of the law are intended to improve the administrative efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system.  One of the efficiency measures requires that certain enumerated transactions electronically transmitted by covered entities (health insurers, health care clearinghouses and health care providers that engage in electronic transactions) be conducted using national, uniform standards.
    HIPAA LINKS: Health & Human Services - CMS
                                
  • Effective April 2, 2002 —- 2 new laws regarding prescription labels
    (1) Prescription drug labels are not required to say "Caution: Federal Law prohibits dispensing without a prescription" , now they need only say " Rx only".
    (2) Labels may Remove the statement "Warning - may be habit forming" from certain narcotic prescriptions, side effects are described in the package insert.
    Click Here for a copy of the amendment published in the Federal Register.

  • See Federal Register (April 27, 2001)  notice regarding FDA Guidance for dispensing and purchasing Controlled Substances over the internet. NASCSA. This notice describes the circumstances under which sales of controller substances via the Internet are legal, including foreign shipped substances.

    -   Code of Federal Regulations
    -   Library of Congress & Library Legislative Information
    -   Reg123.com

 

MARYLAND LEGISLATION

  • FY 2008 Legislative Session in Annapolis Maryland, January 9, 2008 – April 7, 2008. For further information regarding Maryland's General Assembly and to research and/or track legislation go to: www.mlis.state.md.us

          2007 Legislative Session Bills Monitored
          by the Maryland Board of Pharmacy
               

PUBLISHED REPORTS

Maryland Board of Pharmacy Wholesale Distributor Permitting and Prescription Drug Integrity Act Annual Report to the Governor and general Assembly, January 1, 2008

Maryland Board of Pharmacy Prescription Drug Repository Program Annual report to the Governor and General Assembly, January 1, 2008

Maryland Board of Pharmacy Prescription Drug Repository Program Annual Report to the Governor and General Assembly, January 1, 2007.

DRUG THERAPY MANAGEMENT WORKGROUP  REPORT
This report addresses therapy management issues raised in legislative session FY02 for the purpose of introducing a bill in the legislative session FY03.

Preface and  Medication Error Report - Click Here

Maryland Task Force on the Establishment of a Prescription Drug Repository Program Final Report to the General Assembly, July 1, 2006

Maryland Legibility of Prescriptions Workgroup Final Report to the General Assembly, August 15, 2005

 

 

 

 
 


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