Board of Pharmacy Update

Pharmacists Administering Naloxone

The Board has been receiving questions concerning pharmacists administering naloxone to patients in emergency overdose situations, specifically, would the pharmacist need to comply with the requirements in 20 CSR 2220-6.040 Administration By Medical Prescription Order? 

Statute 195.206 states:

6. Any person who administers an opioid antagonist to another person shall, immediately after administering the drug, contact emergency personnel. Any person who, acting in good faith and with reasonable care, administers an opioid antagonist to another person whom the person believes to be suffering an opioid-related overdose shall be immune from criminal  prosecution, disciplinary actions from his or her professional licensing board, and civil liability due to the administration of the opioid antagonist.

Based on this statute, the Board would not require a pharmacist to comply with 20 CSR 2220-6.040 when administering naloxone in good faith to an overdosing patient.                         

Pharmacy Technician Conditional Registration List

The following name was recently added to the Pharmacy Technician Conditional Registration List. The list may be found here.

Current Conditional
LAST NAME	FIRST NAME	MIDDLE NAME	REGISTRATION #	CITY	STATE	ZIP CODE	EFFECTIVE DATE
Lackey	Odie	D	2015009059	Saint Louis	MO	63134	10/6/2017
Miller	Tanisha	C	2016008016	Saint Louis	MO	63113	10/6/2017
Newsome	Tamara	N	2014001849	Saint Louis	MO	63137	10/6/2017