On November 18, 2021, the Board of Pharmacy adopted regulation changes in Title 12, Chapter 52 of the Alaska Administrative Code. The regulations amend 12 AAC 52 to update requirements concerning Alaska’s prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP), as they relate to registration and renewal. Additionally, these regulations add a new section to 12 AAC 52 requiring that a pharmacist or pharmacy that has a change in PDMP status prohibiting that pharmacist or pharmacy from dispensing controlled substances be required to report that change in status to the department.

The regulation changes were reviewed and approved by the Department of Law, signed and filed by the Lieutenant Governor on February 15, 2022, and will go into effect on March 17, 2022. See attached copy of the filed version of the regulations and the rekeyed version.

The new regulation changes will be printed in Register 241, April 2022 of the Alaska Administrative Code.