Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 32 No. 45, November 9, 2006 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

The change is in response to written comments submitted by the staff of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee. The changes are as follows:

1. Subsection (1) shall now read as follows:

(1) A pharmacy licensed under this chapter may perform prescription drug processing for other pharmacies, provided that all pharmacies are under common ownership, utilize a common database, and are properly licensed, permitted or registered in this state or another state. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a pharmacist employee of said pharmacies who is licensed in Florida or in another state from remotely accessing the pharmacy’s electronic database from outside the pharmacy in order to process prescriptions, provided the pharmacy establishes controls to protect the privacy and security of confidential records.

2. The introductory phrase to subsection (2) shall now read as follows:

(2) Prescription drug processing includes, but is not limited to, the following:

3. A new subsection (3) shall be added to read as follows:

(3) Each pharmacist that performs a specific function within the prescription drug processing process via use of a common database shall be responsible for any errors or omissions committed by that pharmacist during the performance of that specific function.

4. The originally published subsections (3) through (5) shall be renumbered as (4) through (6).

5. §465.005 will be added to the specific authority. §465.05 will be removed from the specific authority.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Rebecca Poston, Executive Director, Board of Pharmacy, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C04, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3254