Kansas Board of Pharmacy Named 2025 Wellbeing First Champion

NEWSLETTER

Compliance | Licensing & Registration | K-TRACS

Vol. 44 | Issue 4 | July 2025 What’s Inside:

Kansas Board of Pharmacy Recognized as a 2025 Wellbeing First Champion!

We are proud to share that the Kansas Board of Pharmacy has been named a 2025 Wellbeing First Champion by ALL IN: Wellbeing First for Healthcare! This annual distinction means that our pharmacist, pharmacist intern, and technician applications and renewals are free from intrusive and stigmatizing language around mental health care and treatment. We have taken steps to ensure that our workforce can seek needed care without fear of losing their license. This accomplishment has been independently verified by ALL IN: Wellbeing First for Healthcare, a national coalition of leading healthcare organizations that work to remove barriers for health workers to access mental health care.

The Kansas Board of Pharmacy recognizes that supporting and protecting the mental health of our workers is paramount to their well-being and the well-being of our entire community. We encourage you to share this information with your colleagues, so they know that it is safe to seek mental health care and that we support you. For more information, please visit https://drlornabreen.org/ Confidential help is available to all Kansas pharmacy professionals through the Kansas Pharmacists Recovery Network. Individuals or third parties may contact KsPRN, fulfilling the legal and ethical obligation to report concerns about a pharmacy professional’s ability to safely and competently practice. KsPRN can refer and support many types of substance use disorders and mental health challenges. Information about KsPRN is available at https://www.ksrx.org/about/kansas-pharmacists-recovery- network.

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Stakeholder Regulation Summit Guidelines

The Kansas Board of Pharmacy is presenting a new opportunity for stakeholders to provide feedback regarding the Board’s rules and regulations (Kansas Statutes Annotated Chapter 65, Article 16 ). Each individual is invited to submit to the Board regulations they wish for the Board to review, update, or revoke by October 31, 2025. The Board requests that each individual who submits regulations also provide the following:

• Proposed change(s) utilizing Microsoft Word’s tracked changes or comments;
• Underlying reason(s) for the suggested change;

• Additional information that supports the proposed change (data, testimony, examples from
  other states, etc.); and

• Optional - Contact information so the Board may, if necessary, inquire further.
  The Board will review each regulation submitted, regardless of whether it includes contact information. However, the Board encourages including contact information, as it may wish to inquire further about the submitted regulation. While there is no limit to the number of regulations an individual may submit, the Board recommends that you prioritize your submissions. Please rank your regulations from 1 to 5, with '1' indicating the most important regulation to you and '5' the least. This will help the Board understand your priorities and ensure that the most critical regulations are given due consideration. For instance, if you submit 10 regulations, your rankings might look like this:

Once the Board receives your regulations, the Board will review and prioritize them. However, please note that while the Board will review each regulation, it cannot guarantee that the proposed change will be implemented or that it will be implemented by 2026. Any amendments resulting from this summit will follow the Board’s standard process , which includes initial review by the Board, stakeholder feedback, the administrative rule-making process, and public comments. To submit a regulation for consideration or for further inquiries, please email bradford.deyoung@ks.gov. The Board looks forward to your feedback! 2

Ranking Number of Regulations

Collaborative Drug Therapy Management Committee Seeks New Member

The Board will be reconvening the Collaborative Drug Therapy Management Committee to review the current statewide protocols for testing and initiation of therapy for influenza, acute group A strep, and acute uncomplicated UTI in women. The Board is seeking at least one new pharmacist member of that committee due to a vacancy. If you are interested, please submit your CV/resume and letter of interest to the Board at pharmacy@ks.gov no later than September 2, 2025 for the Board to review at their next regular meeting.

Open Position at the Board

The Board is currently seeking a full-time Licensed Pharmacy Inspector for the Johnson County and NE Kansas region. The job posting is open until August 1, 2025. To view the position description and submit your application on the State of Kansas jobs portal, please visit https://jobs.sok.ks.gov/psc/sokhrprdcg/APPLICANT/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?P age=HRSAPPJBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=1&JobOpeningId=216940&PostingSeq=1.

Announcements

• Reminder: In a medical care facility/hospital, when a pharmacist is not present, the pharmacy may not
  be accessed by anyone except a registered nurse or a physician’s assistant, if authorized by the pharmacist.

• At their meeting on July 10, 2025, the Board adopted amended versions of K.A.R. 68-7-10, 68-7-10a,
  and 68-21-2, which will likely go into effect in August 2025. Copies can be found on the Board website at https://www.pharmacy.ks.gov/legal/proposed-state-reg-changes. Compliance Corner

 Nurse Anesthetist Prescribing

The Kansas Legislature passed Substitute for Senate Bill No. 67 which gave registered nurse anesthetists the authority to prescribe drugs. The new law amends K.S.A. 65-1158 and went into effect July 1, 2025. Please see 3

the text of Sub SB 67 for the conditions and requirements on the issuance of prescriptions by registered nurse anesthetists.

 Physician Assistant Multistate Compact

The Kansas Legislature passed House Bill No. 2069 which includes Kansas participation in a Physician Assistant’s multistate licensure compact. The new law went into effect July 1, 2025. Please see the text of HB 2069 for further information. K-TRACS

Substance Use Disorder Survey

In partnership with the University of Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita, Kansas Hospital Association, and DCCCA Inc., we are conducting a study designed to improve access to substance use disorder (SUD) care in Kansas. We would like to invite you to participate in a survey to learn about attitudes and behaviors regarding substance use disorders. The survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. Please complete the survey by July

31, 2025.

Your responses will help inform efforts to implement a series of interventions to address barriers to treating individuals with SUDs. We will not collect any identifiers, and your answers will be confidential; only aggregate data will be shared. You may open the survey in your web browser by clicking the link below: https://redcap.kumc.edu/surveys/?s=TEM3MY4CCCCKKPDY

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Revoked Licenses & Registrations

In an effort to provide greater transparency to pharmacists, the Board will publish a list of revocations and suspensions against Kansas pharmacists, interns, and technicians in its quarterly Newsletter. The Board encourages the pharmacist-in-charge to verify the registration status of all employed technicians at least twice a year (June and November are recommended). The Board’s license verification website is a secure and primary source of credential verification information, as authentic as a direct inquiry to the Board. Please take notice of the Board’s revocation action taken on these licenses, permits, and registrations:

• Calderon, Cynthia, 24-123679, Case 25-203
• Kimaru, Elizabeth, 14-13964, Case 25-196

• Manyseng, Jennifer, 24-119943, Case 25-186
  Please take notice of the Board’s suspension action taken on these licenses, permits, and registrations:

• Jacob, Justin Joseph, 1-103113, Case 25-053
  The Kansas Board of Pharmacy Newsletter is considered an official method of notification to licensees and registrants of the Board. Newsletters have been and will continue to be used as proof of formal notification in administrative hearings.

Copies are retained on the Board website at https://www.pharmacy.ks.gov/about-us/newsletters