Fast-tracked pharmacy rules worry some doctors

TALLAHASSEE – A push to expand the role Florida pharmacists play in delivering health care — deemed a growing necessity due to the coronavirus pandemic — is running into questions about how it will be carried out.

Despite resistance from doctors, the Legislature passed a law this year to expand what health services could be provided by pharmacists. But implementing new rules to carry out the law is drawing fire from physicians who worry about a lack of specifics on what pharmacists can and can’t do. Physicians on two state medical boards held a joint meeting last week to review and discuss drafts of 12 proposed Board of Pharmacy