Virginia Board of Pharmacy Staffing Concerns and Statewide Protocols Update

Virgini a Board of Pharmacy Pharmacy Working Condi tions Please be reminded that pharm acy staff ing requests or conce rns may be communicate d by the pharmacist - in - charge (PIC) or pharmacist o n duty to the permit holder using the Staffing Requests or Conce rns Form developed by the board or an electronic form containing inf ormation identical t o the form deve loped by the board. Pe rmit holder s shall review any completed st affing reports and act in accordance with 18VAC 110 - 20 - 113. Alt ernatively, the PIC or pharmacist on duty may report any staffing issues directly to the board if the PIC or phar macist on duty believes the situati on warrants immediate board review. As indicated in 18 VAC110 - 20 - 113, unde r no circumstances shall a g ood faith report of staffi ng concerns by the P IC, pharmacist on duty, or notif ication of such issues by pharmacy pers onnel to the PIC, pharmacist on duty, or board result in workpl ace discipline against the r eporting staff member Statewi de Protocols Recent ly Amended At its last full board meeting, the Virginia Board of Pha rmacy amended the f ollowing statewide protocols: Pharmacist Vaccine Statewide P rotocol for Persons Eighteen Years of Age or Older, Vaccine Statewid e Protoc ol for Persons Ages Three (3) thr ough Sev enteen (17), Tubercul in S kin Tes ting One - Step and Two - Step Protocols, Pharmacist Hormonal C ontraceptive Statewide Protocol, Pharmacist Nal oxone or Other Opioid Antagonist S tatewide Protocol, Pharmacist Epinephrine S tatewide Prot ocol, Pharmacist Protocol for T esting and Initiating Treatment for Influenza, and Pharmacist Protocol for Testing and Initiatin g Treat ment f or Acu te Group A Strep tococ cus Bacteria Infecti on. Pleas e b egin us ing these revised versions. All statewide protocols may be accessed onli ne. Thank yo u. Virginia Board of Pharm acy pharmbd@dhp. virginia.go v