Office of Health Professionals Regulation

Board of Pharmacy

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The primary responsibility of the Board of Pharmacy is to protect the citizens of the State of Rhode Island by ensuring that licensees under its purview meet acceptance standards of pharmaceutical care. The Board of Pharmacy:

• Licenses and renews pharmacists; pharmacies; pharmacy interns and technicians; drug manufacturers and drug wholesalers (in and out of state); and registers non-resident (out of state) pharmacies.
  
• Issues Controlled Substances Registrations to pharmacies, analytical laboratories, methadone clinics, teaching institutions, research facilities, manufacturers and wholesalers.
  
• Inspects pharmacies, manufacturers, wholesalers, analytical laboratories, research facilities and methadone clinics. 
  
• Receives, reviews and determines dispositions of written complaints related to the practice of pharmacy; reviews all evidence to make a determination whether the pharmacist failed to meet acceptable standards of pharmacy practice, and reports final actions to appropriate agencies.
  
• Recommends the issuance of a reprimand, license revocation, suspension, or other action to adjudicate a complaint.
  
• Audits pharmacists for compliance with the continuing education requirement.
  
• Disseminates laws, rules and regulations governing the practice of pharmacy, licensee applications, and applications for the National Licensure Examination (NAPLEX and MPJE).
  
• Operates the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program, which is the electronic data transfer of controlled substances in schedules II and III.
  
• Regulates drug laws to prevent the diversion of controlled substances from legitimate sources.
  
• Recommends the addition, deletion, and rescheduling of controlled substances.
  
• Collects and disseminates drug statistics for other state agencies, and interacts with other boards within the department.

Board Members

2008 Meeting Dates 8:30 a.m.:

The Rhode Island Department of Health is accessible to the handicapped.  Individuals requiring interpreter services for the hearing impaired must notify the Office of Health Professionals Regulation at least 48 hours in advance.  For any information regarding the above meetings, please contact the Board Administrator listed at the bottom left of this page.

The general public and other interested parties are encouraged to attend the monthly, open-session meetings. The open session commences at 8:30 a.m. in the Director's Office Conference Room, located in Room 401 of the Rhode Island Department of Health.