Electronic Registration  NEW!

"Pharmacy Law & Liability Update"
Topic & Speakers "Understanding Professional Liability Issues" - Sam Baxter, Seabury & Smith
"New and Pending California Pharmacy Laws" - Fred G. Weissman, PharmD, JD, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, USC School of Pharmacy
Location VA San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161, room 3004
Park in Lot #3 (visitor lot)
Date Tuesday, May  9th, 2000
6:00-6:30PM - Dinner & Registration
6:30-8:00PM - Program
8:00-8:15PM - Questions & Answers, Certificates
Goals & Objectives

Part I:  Professional Liability

  • Appreciate where the Pharmacy fits into the equation.

  • Be aware of the professional/legal climate in the health care industry.

  • Identify key areas that can effect the rise in professional liability claims.

  • Know when you need to buy professional liability insurance and when someone else  takes care of it for you.

  • Find suitable insurance coverage for yourself.

Part II:  Pharmacy Law Update

  • Briefly describe some of the changes going on in Managed Care that have legal implications.

  • Discuss the new court ruling regarding the use of prescription drugs for “Off-Label” use.

  • Describe how the pharmacist may become involved in special community health projects such as Immunization and Blood Testing Programs.

  • Describe the recent changes in the California Labor Codes that have affected the “exempt” employee status of a pharmacist.

  • Outline what must be done by a pharmacy that plans to store its prescription records at a site other than the pharmacy.

  • Discuss changes that have recently occurred regarding the Schedule II Triplicate (CURES Program, Use Exemption, and new Time Extension allowances).

  • Discuss the recent change for the Nurse Practitioner in being allowed to write (furnish) for Schedule III, IV, or V without having the name of the prescriber.

  • Describe some of the newer passed laws affecting the pharmacist’s practice

 
Registration Information Pre-Registration: (please return by May 2, 2000)
  • FREE - members of SDCPhA, SDSHP, Pharmacy Alliance, Students & Technicians
  • $5.00 - non-members

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  • $5.00 - members of SDCPhA, SDSHP, Pharmacy Alliance, Students & Technicians
  • $10.00 - non-members

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For preregistration rates, please return by May 2, 2000:
John Johnson, PharmD - SDCPhA CE Coordinator, VM.  760-875-7709, email:  sjjrxprn@mail.com, PO Box 83834, San Diego, CA 92138, FAX  760-875-7709

Supported through an educational grant from Astra Zeneca Pharmaceuticals