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DEA Issues Proposed Rules on Carisoprodol, Comments Due in 30 days

 

November 17, 2009.  The DEA today published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register to place Carisoprodol into Schedule IV of the Controlled Substances Act on a recommendation from the Acting Assistant Secretary for Health at DHHHS and on an evaluation of relevant data by DEA.  Written comments must be postmarked and electronic comments must be submitted on or before December 17, 2009.  For more information, click here.

ISU Task Force to Look at Merging Colleges of Pharmacy and Health Professions

by Associated Press

November 8, 2009.  Idaho State University officials are putting together a task force to look at merging the College of Pharmacy and the Kasiska College of Health Professions.

Linda Hatzenbuehler, ISU's interim associate vice president, says the group will look for overlapping curricula and similar research activities between the two colleges.

ISU Provost Gary Olson says bringing the two colleges together will make ISU more efficient in its administration of health science programs.

The Idaho State Journal reports that the task force is scheduled to begin meeting next week.

Board of Pharmacy Adopts Telepharmacy Rules

The Idaho Board of Pharmacy adopted final language for the telepharmacy rules on November 5, 2009. 

The Board heard public comment in October, mostly from ISHP members, which included the results of the ISHP Telepharmacy Survey and a review of the recently adopted ASHP Policy Guidelines, which the Board found very helpful.  The Board incorporated several changes referenced in the ASHP Guidelines.

The Telepharmacy rules have been approved by Governor Otter as temporary rules, so they are effective now, but still await final approval in the legislature before they become permanent rules. 

For further details, the Telapharmacy Law is here, the final Rules are here, the ISHP survey results are here, and the ASHP Policy Guidelines are here.

Pharmacists on the H1N1 Frontlines

The recent outbreak of H1N1 Influenza has taken the globe by storm and is predicted by the CDC to continue to spread.

As front line health care professionals, pharmacists need the most up-to-date information to answer questions on the infection and how to stop its spread and education of patients and the healthcare community on the appropriate use of antivirals.

Click here for the ASHP H1N1 Flu Resource Center