AB 1503: Pharmacy.

This bill aims to reform the pharmacy law in California by giving the state board of pharmacy more authority to regulate the practice of pharmacy. The board will have exclusive authority to administer and enforce the law related to pharmacy practice, licensing, and unlicensed activity. The board will also establish a pharmacy technician advisory committee to provide guidance. The bill allows pharmacists to perform additional services, such as furnishing dangerous devices and completing missing information on prescriptions, as long as they provide services consistent with the accepted standard of care. Pharmacists will be able to provide clinical advice to patients without a healthcare professional present, as long as the patient is represented by an agent. The bill extends the authorization for pharmacists to provide COVID-19 oral therapeutics indefinitely and removes the requirement fo…