{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-015","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy; State level","state":"OH","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-BOARDS","eco":"","issuer":"State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy","authority":"Ohio Rev. Code ch. 4729; Executive Order 2020-01D (Mar. 9, 2020)","instrument":"Board of Pharmacy compilation, \u0027COVID-19 Response Efforts\u0027 (updated Oct. 6, 2025): rescinded and continuing COVID-19 waivers, resolutions and emergency rules with issue and rescission dates","title":"COVID-19 Response Efforts: Rescinded COVID-19 Waivers and Guidance; COVID-19 Immunization Waivers; COVID-19 Waivers and Resolutions for Licensees","dateIssued":"2025-10-06","effective":"Describes resolutions and waivers issued Mar. 14, 2020 through Dec. 17, 2020 and Feb. 16, 2021, with rescission dates of Aug. 10, 2022 through Nov. 3, 2025","end":"Underlying instruments: each rescinded on the date stated (earliest Aug. 10, 2022); all were in force through Sept. 30, 2021","startDate":"2020-03-14","endDate":"2022-08-10","quarters":[],"types":["HC","SUPPLY","OTHER"],"addressees":["Ohio-licensed pharmacies and pharmacists","outsourcing facilities","terminal distributors of dangerous drugs","opioid treatment programs","pharmacy technicians and interns","nurses stocking automated systems"],"clause":"3/14/2020 - UPDATED 3/30/2020 \u0026 6/11/2020: Authorized the compounding and sale of certain alcohol-based hand sanitizer products by Ohio-licensed pharmacies and outsourcing facilities. RESCINDED EFFECTIVE MAY 12, 2023.... 3/20/2020 - UPDATED 4/23/2020: Authorized licensees to perform sterile compounding for another licensee, referred to as central compounding.... 4/3/2020, 12/1/2020: Permits the temporary reinstatement of lapsed or expired Ohio pharmacist licenses in Ohio under certain conditions.... Authorized the extension of emergency refills. RESCINDED - EFFECTIVE 8/10/22... 3/18/2020: Authorized home delivery of medications by opioid treatment programs under specific conditions.... To allow for licensees to adjust business operations accordingly, the Ohio Board of Pharmacy shall provide a minimum of 30 days\u0027 notice prior to the recission of any resolutions or waivers issued due to the COVID-19 pandemic.","enforcement":"Ohio Rev. Code §§ 4729.16, 4729.57 (license discipline); resolutions operate as conditions of the waived rules (OAC 4729:5-3-09, 4729:5-5-18, 4729:1-3-02, 4729:2-1-01, 4729:3-3-01)","functions":["SC pharmacy supply (hand-sanitizer compounding; central sterile compounding; PPE reuse; drug-sample delivery; 60-day supply)","PR dispensing (emergency refills extended; delegation of personally furnishing to nurses; home delivery by OTPs)","HR credentialing (reinstatement of lapsed licenses; expedited technician onboarding; intern supervision ratios; National Guard personnel)","OF operations (remote work by technicians; temporary satellite locations; automated systems)","CB patients"],"notes":"The Board\u0027s own list of its COVID-19 instruments, each dated; it confirms that the pharmacy resolutions of March 2020 remained in force through and beyond Sept. 30, 2021 (none rescinded before Aug. 10, 2022).","sourceUrl":"https://www.pharmacy.ohio.gov/COVID","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":297257,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-015","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-015","citation":"State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy, Board of Pharmacy compilation, \u0027COVID-19 Response Efforts\u0027 (updated Oct. 6, 2025): rescinded and continuing COVID-19 waivers, resolutions and emergency rules with issue and rescission dates (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-015)","stateName":"Ohio","related":[]}