TPA Comments as TSBP Considers Rules for Delivery of Prescriptions and Non-Sterile Compounding

Texas Pharmacy Association CEO Debbie Garza provided oral comments regarding two proposed rules during the Texas State Board of Pharmacy’s (TSBP) quarterly board meeting on February 6, 2024. The first proposed rule concerns delivery of prescriptions. Many of TPA’s requests, which included not limiting access to delivery of medications by having onerous delivery requirements on community pharmacies that deliver by employee or same-day courier service, were heard and the proposed rules were edited after lengthy discussion by the Board members. The edited proposed rules will be posted in the Texas Register for public comment and will then be up for final adoption at the May quarterly TSBP meeting.

The second proposed rule concerns non-sterile compounding. TPA confirmed that the rules did not apply to reconstitutes and commented on the short turnaround time provided for comments. Garza said TPA at this time supports most of the recommendations in the rules that were provided by the Compounding Advisory Group and noted that the language around beyond use dating provides more flexibility for pharmacists compounding non-sterile preparations.