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What's New

• Click HERE for a list of Federal Bills that relate to the practice of pharmacy.
  
  
• HR2427 Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2003.  If passed, the bill would allow qualifying individuals, pharmacists and distributors to import prescription drugs from foreign countries.
  -        Status of the Bill
  -        See How They Voted
  -        FDA Letter and Related Articles 
  -        Full Text of the Bill
  
  
• The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by Congress in 1996 (Public Law 104-91) to reform the health care system in the United States.  The "administrative simplification" provisions of the law are intended to improve the administrative efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system.  One of the efficiency measures requires that certain enumerated transactions electronically transmitted by covered entities (health insurers, health care clearinghouses and health care providers that engage in electronic transactions) be conducted using national, uniform standards.
  HIPAA LINKS: Health & Human Services - CMS
                              Government and Private Organization Links

• Effective April 2, 2002 —- 2 new laws regarding prescription labels
  (1) Prescription drug labels are not required to say "Caution: Federal Law prohibits dispensing without a prescription" , now they need only say " Rx only".
  (2) Labels may Remove the statement "Warning - may be habit forming" from certain narcotic prescriptions, side effects are described in the package insert.
  Click Here for a copy of the amendment published in the Federal Register.
  
  
• See Federal Register (April 27, 2001)  notice regarding FDA Guidance for dispensing and purchasing Controlled Substances over the internet. NASCSA. This notice describes the circumstances under which sales of controller substances via the Internet are legal, including foreign shipped substances.