Miami Dade College Pharmacy Law Paper

Read Florida Statute 465.003 (13), definition of “Practice of the profession of pharmacy” and address the following scenario in a discussion-based post and respond to another post

Covid-19 has been an unprecedented situation for our healthcare system. Accordingly, many professions, including pharmacy, have necessitated to alter their scope of practice and assume new roles to assist patients and relieve the healthcare system’s burden. For example, pharmacists are now performing antibody testing, diagnostic testing, recommending alternative therapies both preventive and for treatment, administering EUA vaccines, initiating time sensitive antivirals, serving as stewards for off-label treatments, compounding hand sanitizer and unapproved medications, counseling and selling PPE, dispensing off-label drugs for patients (hydroxycholorquine), recruiting convalescent plasma patients for donation and consenting patients for clinical trials.

Question: Based on the definition of the “Practice of the profession of pharmacy” in FL, list and describe three activities pharmacists are doing during the pandemic that are clearly within the scope of practice (3 points) and list and describe three activities that are questionable / not (3 points). For those activities that fall outside the scope of defined practice, should pharmacists be advocating for these expanded rights or should they pursue other more meaningful activities, and if so, which ones (3 points)?

• Answer MUST reference some part of the Statute (FL 465.003 (13)). Please use statutory language in the definition to support your position statements.
• Additional research and expert consultation may be used
• Cite any sources if applicable
• Answer should be 250-500 words in length