Texas Board of Pharmacy - Big Changes Proposed.

[MountainPharmD]

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The Texas State Board of Pharmacy will commence in open session to hear testimony concerning:

- Amendments Concerning Pharmacist to Technician Ratio

The Board proposes to eliminate all pharmacist to technician ratios in Class A, B and G pharmacies.

www.tsbp.state.tx.us/files_pdf/BN/Nov13/Tab_06.pdf

Currently ratios:

Class A (Community Pharmacy) = 1:3
Class B (Nuclear) = 1:3
Class G (PBM and Mail order) = 1:6

Proposed ratio = 1:UNLIMITED

The proposed rules were published in the Texas Register on September 27, 2013, with a 30-day comment period through 5:00p.m., October 31. This deadline precedes the, November 4 public hearing in Austin and the agency meeting on November 5.

85 letters submitted in opposition to the changes.
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Notable submissions in OPPOSITION:
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Texas Association of Independent Pharmacy Owners
Chair of the New Mexico Board of Pharmacy
Adjunct Professor of Pharmacy Texas Tech
Multiple Independent Pharmacy Owners
Director of The Georgia Pharmacy Association
Past President of the Texas Pharmacy Association
NCPA (National Community Pharmacists Association)
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50 letters in SUPPORT of the change.
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Notable submissions in SUPPORT of the change:
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Form letter with the names of 191 pharmacists
Form letter with 58 technicians names on it
Form letter with 27 CVS pharmacists names on it
Form letter with 13 Walgreens Pharmacy Supervisors
Texas Federation of Drug Stores
NACDS (National Association of Chain Drug Stores)
Express Scripts
Prime Therapeutics
HEB Pharmacy Contact Center Manager
HEB Clinical manager, Pharmacy Professional Servic
HEB – Multiple pharmacists and pharmacy managers
CAPA (Capital Area Pharmacy Association)
HEB – Multiple Regional Pharmacy Directors
COSTCO Regional Pharmacy Supervisor
Wal-Mart Health and Wellness Market Director
Past President Tarrant County Pharmacy Association
HEB Director of Pharmacy Compliance and Reg
CostCo VP of Pharmacy

 

[StellargalS]

Form letter with the names of 191 pharmacists
Form letter with 58 technicians names on it
Form letter with 27 CVS pharmacists names on it
Form letter with 13 Walgreens Pharmacy Supervisors

I find that nauseating. I would consider two pharmacists: unlimited tech with a cap on the number of rxs at which the next RPH must be added.

One pharmacist is often defenseless against one tech in the all too common scenario where the DM has the tech's back and not the pharmacist's.

This is the same old same old. Prior generation pharmacists were no more passive than this one. And the next generation will blame yours for their martyrdom, as so on and so on. But collectively we are a group of saps. The people with the backbones get marginalized and no one gives a crap. I hope the big balled generation emerges before it is TOO LATE.

 

[MountainPharmD]

Form letter with the names of 191 pharmacists
Form letter with 58 technicians names on it
Form letter with 27 CVS pharmacists names on it
Form letter with 13 Walgreens Pharmacy Supervisors

I find that nauseating. I would consider two pharmacists: unlimited tech with a cap on the number of rxs at which the next RPH must be added.

One pharmacist is often defenseless against one tech in the all too common scenario where the DM has the tech's back and not the pharmacist's.

This is the same old same old. Prior generation pharmacists were no more passive than this one. And the next generation will blame yours for their martyrdom, as so on and so on. But collectively we are a group of saps. The people with the backbones get marginalized and no one gives a crap. I hope the big balled generation emerges before it is TOO LATE.

The big balled generation is shrinking everyday. They're the men and women who saved the world in WWII. The current generation of gutless, spineless, idiots would have folded faster than France if they switched places.

 

[knight on horse]

Testosterone has collapsed in recent generations

The middle class is also the rule following class

 

[DrWrong]

They recently tried to pass legeslation like this in Florida. Luckily it got denied.

 

[SoylentGreen]

They did this in New Mexico already. As a retail pharmacist, the main consequence I see is that we don't need to hire cashiers anymore - you can have techs run the cash register, which means the cashier doesn't have to call a tech to sell Sudafed. It hasn't really affected staffing otherwise, at least not at my company, because after a certain point the pharmacist is the bottleneck and there's no point in staffing more techs.

I think this would make a bigger difference for mail order pharmacies.

 

[confettiflyer]

Dang, big balls must have moved to California, we're 1:2 out here.

 

[BenJammin]

I find it humorous that the ones supporting the unlimited ratio are chain pharmacies and pharmacists. As if they will get more tech help if this happens hahahahahahaha SUCKERS! Keep drinking the CVS koolaid.

 

[MountainPharmD]

Woo! Hoo!

“Breaking News!

The Texas State Board of Pharmacy votes to withdraw the pending proposed rules regarding the elimination of pharmacist to pharmacy technician supervision ratio. A task force will be appointed to review duties of technicians and educational requirements. The ratio issue also may be addressed by the special task force.

The Board also approved developing new proposed rules raising the ratio from 1:3 to 1:4.

My thanks to those of you that took time to comment on these proposed rules – regardless of your position. Your participation is important”