Title 20-DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2220-State Board of Pharmacy
Chapter 2-General Rules
ORDER OF RULEMAKING
By the authority vested in the Missouri Board of Pharmacy under sections 338.100 and 338.280, RSMo 2016, and section 338.140, RSMo Supp. 2020, the board amends a rule as follows:
20 CSR 2220-2.120 is amended.
A notice of proposed rulemaking containing the text of the proposed amendment was published in the Missouri Register on December 1, 2020 (45 MoReg 1903). Those sections with changes are reprinted here. This proposed amendment becomes effective thirty (30) days after publication in the Code of State Regulations.
SUMMARY OF COMMENTS: The board received one (1) com ment on the proposed amendment regarding patient transfer requests.
COMMENT #1: Board of Pharmacy staff submitted a comment regarding interpretation of the one (1) business day transfer request. Staff suggested the board clarify that the one (1) business day rule applies to transfer requests received directly from the patient or the patient's caregiver.
RESPONSE AND EXPLANATION OF CHANGE: The board agrees with the comment and has modified the rule as proposed.
20 CSR 2220-2.120 Transfer of Prescription or Medication Order Information
(5) A prescription or medication order must be transferred within one (1) business day of receiving a transfer request directly from a patient or their caretaker. All other transfer requests must be com-pleted in a timely manner, provided licensees/permit holders shall ensure no interruption in patient therapy.