Security Prescription Fix Signed By Governor Newsom; Delays Implementation Until 2021 After intense lobbying from the California Medical Association (CMA), Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Monday that will end the confusion caused by flawed implementation of the state’s new prescription pad law. AB 149 will delay implementation of the new law until January 1, 2021, ensuring that patients will continue to have access to the medicine they need while the state creates a system to better track prescriptions across the state. Physicians will be required to order a new set of prescription pads by that date, and the Department ... March 15, 2019 Advocacy, Drug Prescribing/Dispensing, Patient Care Advocacy, Drug Prescribing/Dispensing, Patient Care 0 0 Comment Read More »
Security Prescription Law Fix Heads to Governor's Desk for Signature Implementation of the new state law that requires security prescription forms to have a uniquely serialized number law will be postponed, thanks to a legislative fix heading to Governor Newsom’s desk. Flawed implementation this past January caused mass confusion, leaving pharmacies unable to fill prescriptions and patients being refused necessary medications. The California Legislature on Thursday passed AB 149 (Assemblymembers Cooper, Arambula and Low) to postpone implementation of the new law, which was intended to improve the security of physician prescription pads as a solution to the opioid crisis. This bill will delay ... March 6, 2019 Advocacy, Drug Prescribing/Dispensing advocacy, Drug Prescribing/Dispensing 0 0 Comment Read More »
Joint Statement Regarding Secure Prescription Forms Please click the link below to view a joint statement from the California Department of Justice, California State Board of Pharmacy, and the Medical Board of California regarding a new law, AB 1753 (Low, Chapter 479), which became effective on January 1, 2019. http://www.mbc.ca.gov/Licensees/Prescribing/AB1753JointStatement.pdf January 14, 2019 Drug Prescribing/Dispensing Drug Prescribing/Dispensing 0 0 Comment Read More »
