{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-031","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"California Department of Consumer Affairs, Director (California State Board of Pharmacy); State level","state":"CA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-BOARDS","eco":"","issuer":"Kimberly Kirchmeyer, Director, Department of Consumer Affairs","authority":"Executive Orders N-39-20 and N-75-20; Cal. Gov\u0027t Code § 8571","instrument":"DCA Waiver DCA-20-45, Order Waiving Restrictions on Pharmacies, Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Relating to Ordering, Collecting Specimens for, and Performing COVID-19 Tests","title":"Order Waiving Restrictions on Pharmacies, Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Relating to Ordering, Collecting Specimens for, and Performing COVID-19 Tests (point-of-care testing in pharmacies)","dateIssued":"2020-08-25","effective":"2020-08-25 (effective immediately)","end":"May be amended from time to time in the discretion of the Director; no fixed termination stated","startDate":"2020-08-25","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["California pharmacies","pharmacists","pharmacy technicians under pharmacist supervision"],"clause":"The Director waives Business and Professions Code section 1206.5, subdivision (a), section 1209, subdivision (a)(2), and section 1265, subdivision (b) to the extent they prohibit a pharmacy, pharmacist or pharmacy technician from performing on [site COVID-19 tests]... this Order remain[s] subject to the direct supervision and control of a supervising pharmacist, pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 4115, subdivision (a).... This Order is effective immediately, and may be amended from time to time in the discretion of the Director.","enforcement":"Conditions of the waiver; Bus. \u0026 Prof. Code § 4301; § 1320 (clinical laboratory law)","functions":["DX diagnostics (pharmacy point-of-care COVID-19 testing)","SC pharmacy operations","HR scope of practice (technicians)","CB patients"],"notes":"Successor to DCA-20-14 (Ex. 028); no termination date, so in force through 2021Q3","sourceUrl":"https://www.dca.ca.gov/licensees/dca_20_45.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":133627,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-031","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-031","citation":"Kimberly Kirchmeyer, Director, Department of Consumer Affairs, DCA Waiver DCA-20-45, Order Waiving Restrictions on Pharmacies, Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Relating to Ordering, Collecting Specimens for, and Performing COVID-19 Tests (Aug. 25, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-031)","stateName":"California","related":["AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-032","AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-033","AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-029","AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-030"]}