Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Louisiana Board of Pharmacy Working to Changing Rules on Controlled Dangerous Substances

15-C ~ Amends Chapter 27 - Controlled Dangerous Substances (CDS) of the Board's rules, more specifically §2745 - Prescriptionsand §2747 - Dispensing Requirements.  Act 865 of the 2014 Legislature amended the CDS Law to shorten the expiration date of prescriptions for medications listed in Schedule II of the state list of  controlled substances.  This rule change will make the same change in the rules, from a six month to ninety day expiration date.
               10-16-2014 - Committee reviewed Draft #1, removed an unrelated section, and then voted to recommend the approval of Draft #2 at the next Board meeting.
               11-13-2014 - Board voted to approve Draft #2 for promulgation, upon the instruction of the President.
               12-20-2014 - Incorporated as Regulatory Project 2015-2. 

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