Quarterly Newsletter

In This Issue Executive Director................................1 In Memoriam........................................2 Legislative Summary............................2 Disciplinary Actions.............................3 Bowl of Hygeia.....................................3 Inspection Issues..................................4                    Tech Training.......................................4                    NABP News........................................5 The Mission of the Maryland Board of Pharmacy is to protect Maryland consumers and to promote quality health care in the field of pharmacy through licensing pharmacists and registering pharmacy technicians and student interns, issuing permits to pharmacies and distributors, setting pharmacy practice standards and through developing and enforcing regulations and legislation, resolving complaints, and educating the public.

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Embracing the Future of Pharmacy in Maryland

Deena Speights-Napata, Executive Director

In the 2022 spring board newsletter edition I shared some disturbing trends being seen in the number of pharmacy closings in Maryland. In 2020 and 2021, nearly all Maryland jurisdictions experienced an increase in the number of pharmacy closings. In 2020, close to 1/3 of those closings occurred in the Baltimore metropolitan area. In 2021, Howard and Harford counties experienced significant increases in the number of pharmacy closings.  This data didn’t look good, and I was hoping that the number of 2021 openings would exceed the number of closings and we would be able to increase the number of openings in the Baltimore metropolitan area.

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Maryland Board of Pharmacy – Legislative Summary –

2022 Legislative Session of the Maryland General Assembly

1. HB 28 (SB 62) – Pharmacists - Aids for the Cessation of Tobacco Product Use (Pharmacists – Nicotine Replacement Therapy Medication)

• Outcome: SUCCESSFUL; effective October 1, 2022.

2. HB 229 (SB 19) – Pharmacists – Administration of Maintenance Injectable Medications – Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections (Pharmacists – Administration of Injectable Medications for Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections)

• Outcome: SUCCESSFUL; effective October 1, 2022.

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