New Mexico Register / Volume XXX, Issue 5 / March 12, 2019

NOTICE OF REGULAR BOARD MEETING AND RULE HEARING

The New Mexico Board of Pharmacy will convene on April 18^th & 19^th, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. and continue until finished in the Board of Pharmacy Conference Room located at 5500 San Antonio Dr., NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109 for the purpose of conducting a regular board meeting.

The agenda is posted 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting. You may view and download a copy of the agenda through the board’s website: www.rld.state.nm.us/boards/pharmacy.aspx. All proposed language regarding rule hearings is linked on the Agenda, the Notice to the Public on our website and the New Mexico Sunshine Portal.

Individuals petitioning the board regarding requests/waivers and/or interested persons wishing to comment on proposed language regarding rule hearings must submit documentation for presentation; via fax (505) 222-9845, mail or email to the Executive Director, Cheranne McCracken, Cheranne.McCracken@state.nm.us at least five days in advance to the scheduled meeting, if in attendance must also provide 12 copies of that documentation for distribution to board members and staff, as public comment is allowed during the rule hearing. (Board staff is not required to make copies.)

The board may go into Executive Session to discuss items pursuant to Section 10-15-1H(1), Section 10-15-1H(2), Section 10-15-1H(3) or Section 10-15-1H(7) of the Open Meeting Act. Agenda items may be executed at any time during the meeting to accommodate hearings.

If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing or meeting, please contact Debra Wilhite at 505-222-9835 at least one week prior to the meeting or as soon as possible. Public documents, including the agenda and minutes, can be provided in various accessible formats. Please contact Debra Wilhite, Administrative Secretary at 505-222-9835 or e-mail debra.wilhite@state.nm.us if a summary or other type of accessible format is needed.

The Board will address:

All Board Matters:

Rule Hearings:

16.19.7 NMAC – HOSPITAL PHARMACIES: Amendment to Sections 1, 7, 9, 11 and 16; administrative updates, board address; definition of bar code; sterile product citations; Section 16, section title change from obsolete “Application Of Regulation” to” Inpatient Hospital Pharmacy Limited Dispensing, Hospitalization Discharge”. The purpose of this change is to allow an inpatient hospital pharmacy not otherwise licensed as a retail pharmacy to dispense medication to a patient on hospital discharge, in order to improve continuity of care by avoiding temporary disruption in medication therapy and to decrease waste (as in the case of a partially used multi-dose container).

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Paragraph (6) of Section 61-11-6A NMSA 1978.

Executive Director’s Report:

Published in NM Register March 12, 2019