It's actually very scary stuff!
Here is a quick abstract of it from the CEO of Florida Pharmacists Association Michael Jackson (I know, same name as the king of pop, no relation), and here is the link to download the pdf of the actual draft language
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=E6NEP00Y
Line 22 - Pharmacy owners will now need to post a bond when applying for
a pharmacy permit. Could add to the opening costs of starting a
pharmacy business. The bond may not be expensive unless there was prior
disciplinary action.
Line 49 - Reinspection - Who pays for the re-inspection?
Line 51 - Rx department manager required to be on site for 20 hours each
week. Does not seem to have any room for exceptions such as vacations,
family medical leave, sick leave, military call to duty etc.
Line 55 - If a permit does not operate for 10 days it must be
surrendered. Draft does not seem to allow for exceptions such as
natural disaster, extended relocation of the pharmacy, sudden death of
sole pharmacist owner/manager when the non pharmacist owner partner is
actively seeking a licensed pharmacist to replace etc.
Line 77 - 89 - Some of this language is good however it gives the
authority to non pharmacists to tinker with the clinical judgment of
practicing pharmacists. I like limiting the ownership of the permit to
only Florida licensed pharmacists though that language will never stick.
Businesses that are operated as an LLC or privately held large
corporations that are not traded on the stock exchange will not be able
to get pharmacy permits.
Line 186 - Requires Rx Department manager to complete training defined
by law. Recommend that Board of Pharmacy be granted rulemaking authority
on what that training should be. This may make it harder for some
pharmacies to recruit pharmacists to be PDMs.
Line 209 - Looks like the number of years required to keep Rx records
(and possibly purchasing records) increases to 4 years. May third party
plans and Medicare require records retained longer than 4 years though
purchase records may be a challenge.
Line 213 and 216 - Big increase in permit fees
Line 224 - 226 - Like this. Requires MDs in pain clinics to use tamper
proof Rx blanks
Line 234-247 - Big concern. Gives the Department of Health the
authority to revoke or deny initial licensure for dispensing or other
related errors.
Line 273-276 and beyond - Requires wholesalers to report transactions to
the prescription drug monitoring program. DOH says that the wholesalers
are good with this but I have not heard from them. If you transfer
drugs to another pharmacy you have to report this.
Line 604 - New licensure fee for pharmacists. You will now need a
permit to dispense controlled substances.
Line 641 - 653 - Confused by this section. It seems to require a
pharmacist dispenser permit for every location. Unable to determine how
this would affect floater pharmacists. Would they require a dispenser
permit for every pharmacy that they work in?
