Vermont Board of Pharmacy Agenda for January 22, 2014

State, Office of Professional Regulation

89 Main Street, 3rd Floor, Montpelier, VT

Agenda

January 22, 2014 at 9:00 A.M.

1. Call to order (review agenda).

2. Approval of the Minutes of the December 4, 2013 meeting.

3. Hearings/Stipulations et al: None

4. Report of Concluded Investigation/Order for Removal of Conditions:

Report of Concluded Investigation docket #’s 2012-92 and 2012-93 (Julie Eaton is the Investigative Team

member)

Report of Concluded Investigation docket #’s 2012-98 and 2012-99 (Julie Eaton is the Investigative Team

member)

5. Guests:

11:00 – Joe Lask discussion of staffing at Shaws/Osco pharmacies in Vermont.

6. Case Manager’s Report:

Ronald Klein, Case Manager, to report on current cases.

7. Legislation/Rulemaking

Discussion of Legislation in 2014

Act 39 – End of life care – Ronald Klein

8. Review Applications:

Vortech Pharmaceuticals – Dearborn, MI – follow-up review from previous deficiency

LCRX, LLC d/b/a Alpha Direct Compounding – Scottsdale, AZ – Non-Resident Pharmacy

Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. – Wixom, MI – Wholesale Distributor

9. Executive Officer Report

Delegate and alternate delegate for May NABP meeting

MPJE item writing - volunteer

10. Pharmacy Technicians: Total number of Active Registered Technicians is 1,255 (1,175 Resident, 80 Non-

Resident).

11. Newsletter Topics! - articles need to be submitted by February 1st

12. Discussion Item:

Licensure categories – endorsements

 

Question: Can a previously disciplined pharmacy, currently in good standing, be a registered preceptor?

13. Public Comment

14. Other Business: None

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15. FYI for the Board:

Opioid Regulation Challenges FDA and Manufacturers - Article

 

16. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 26, 2014, at 9:00 A.M.

17. Adjourn

 

2014 Meeting Dates

  

March 26, April 30, May 28, June 25, July 23, August 27, September 24, October 22

and December 17

 

Executive Office Report

 

January 22, 2014 at 9:00 A.M.

  

1. Applications approved for licensure as a Pharmacist (including Interns and Preceptors):

Alexander Goh – Endorsement Minhtue Nguyen – Endorsement

Michael Bergman – Examination Heike Doerr – Endorsement

Abby Boire - Endorsement

 

2. Applications for licensure as an Out of State Registered Pharmacist (Telepharmacy):

  

Sooyoung Yoon Salma Javadi Archana Nath

Jeffrey Moy Marissa Belcher

 

3. In-State Drug Outlets (pharmacies, wholesalers, manufacturers, etc.):

CVS/Pharmacy #10127 – Berlin, VT – licensed 1/2/14

South Hero Pharmacy – South Hero, VT – licensed 1/8/14

 

4. Change in Pharmacist Manager:

Edge Pharmacy Services, LLC – Colchester, VT - change of pharmacist manager from Nathan Stahl to

William Chatoff – processed 12/6/13

Wal-Mart Pharmacy #10-2224 – Williston, VT – change of pharmacist manager from Riyaz Merali to Stacy

Bilodeau – processed 1/3/14

South Hero Pharmacy – South Hero, VT – change of pharmacist manager from James Dodds to Riyaz

Merali – processed 1/3/14

Shaw’s Osco Pharmacy #411 – Colchester, VT – change of pharmacist manager from Elizabeth Brown-

Higdon to Kristen Pavelock – processed 1/3/14

 

5. Non-Resident Pharmacies:

Henry Ford Pharmacy Advantage Southfield d/b/a Pharmacy Advantage – Troy, MI – licensed 12/6/13

Z-Stat Medical LLC d/b/a Oldsmar Pharmacy – Palm Harbor, FL – licensed 12/12/13

Kmart Corp. d/b/a Kmart Pharmacy #7071 – Neptune Beach, FL – licensed 12/16/13

Precise Compounding Pharmacy – Culver City, CA – licensed 12/16/13

Cornerstone Compounding Pharmacy – Glendale, CA – licensed 12/16/13

Specialty Therapeutic Care, LP – Houston, TX – licensed 12/17/13

Merissa Corp. d/b/a Johnson Compounding and Wellness Center – Waltham, MA – licensed 12/20/13

Park Irmat Drug Corp. d/b/a Irmat Pharmacy – New York, NY – licensed 1/3/14

Pharmacy Rx Solutions Holding LLC d/b/a Suncoast Radio Pharmacy Services, Inc. – Tampa, FL –

licensed 1/3/14

Sina Drug LLC d/b/a OncoMed – Great Neck, NY – change of ownership – processed 1/3/14

OncoMed The Oncology Pharmacy of Philadelphia PA LLC – Crum Lynne, PA – change of ownership –

processed 1/3/14

Birds Hill Pharmacy – Needham, MA – licensed 1/3/14 

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American Homecare Federation, Inc. – Enfield, CT – change in ownership – processed 1/8/14

Integrated Health Concepts, Inc. d/b/a Conversio Health – San Luis Obispo, CA – licensed 1/8/14

Complete Medical Homecare Inc. – Lenexa, KS – licensed 1/14/14

Community Healthcare Services, Inc. – Lima Linda, CA – licensed 1/14/14

 

6. Non-Resident Wholesaler/Manufacturer Drug Outlets:

St. Mary’s Medical Park Pharmacy, Inc. – Oro Valley, AZ – change of ownership – processed 12/6/13

McKesson Medical-Surgical Inc. – Clear Brook, VA – licensed 12/12/13

McKesson Corporation d/b/a McKesson Drug Company – Aurora, CO – licensed 12/16/13

 7. Continuing Education:

quoted from here