(a) The board shall propose rules for legislative approval, in accordance with the provisions of §29A-3-1 et seq. of this code, to implement the provisions of this article and §60A-2-201 et seq., §60A-3-301 et seq., §60A-8-1 et seq., §60A-9-1 et seq., and §60A-10-1 et seq. of this code, including:
- (1) Standards and requirements for a license, permit, and registration;
- (2) Educational and experience requirements;
- (3) Procedures for examinations and reexaminations;
- (4) Requirements for third parties to prepare, administer or prepare, and administer examinations and reexaminations;
- (5) The passing grade on the examination;
- (6) Procedures for the issuance and renewal of a license, permit, and registration;
- (7) A fee schedule;
- (8) Continuing education requirements;
- (9) Set standards for professional conduct;
- (10) Establish equipment and facility standards for pharmacies;
- (11) Approve courses and standards for training pharmacist technicians;
- (12) Regulation of charitable clinic pharmacies;
- (13) Regulation of mail-order pharmacies: Provided, That until the board establishes requirements that provide further conditions for pharmacists who consult with or who provide pharmacist care to patients regarding prescriptions dispensed in this state by a mail-order pharmacy, the pharmacist in charge of the out-of-state mail-order pharmacy shall be licensed in West Virginia and any other pharmacist providing pharmacist care from the mail-order pharmacy shall be licensed in the state where the pharmacy is located;
- (14) Agreements with organizations to form pharmacist recovery networks;
- (15) Create an alcohol or chemical dependency treatment program;
- (16) Establish a ratio of pharmacy technicians to on-duty pharmacist operating in any outpatient, mail order, or institutional pharmacy;
- (17) Regulation of telepharmacy;
- (18) The minimum standards for a charitable clinic pharmacy and rules regarding the applicable definition of a pharmacist-in-charge, who may be a volunteer, at charitable clinic pharmacies: Provided, That a charitable clinic pharmacy may not be charged any applicable licensing fees and such clinics may receive donated drugs;
- (19) Establish standards for substituted drug products;
- (20) Establish the regulations for E-prescribing;
- (21) Establish the proper use of the automated data processing system;
- (22) Registration and control of the manufacture and distribution of controlled substances within this state;
- (23) Regulation of pharmacies;
- (24) Sanitation and equipment requirements for wholesalers, distributers, and pharmacies;
- (25) Procedures for denying, suspending, revoking, reinstating, or limiting the practice of a licensee, permittee, or registrant;
- (26) Regulations on prescription paper as provided in §16-5-27 of this code;
- (27) Regulations on controlled substances as provided in §60A-2-201 et seq. of this code;
- (28) Regulations on manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing any controlled substance as provided in §60A-3-301 of this code;
- (29) Regulations on wholesale drug distribution as provided in §60A-8-1 et seq. of this code;
- (30) Regulations on controlled substances monitoring as provided in §60A-9-1 et seq. of this code;
- (31) Regulations on Methamphetamine Laboratory Eradication Act as provided in §60A-10-1 et seq. of this code;
- (32) Establish and maintain an official prescription paper program; and
- (33) Any other rules necessary to effectuate the provisions of this article.