General Information
The proposed rules of the Board of Pharmacy relating to pharmacy practice and drug wholesaling (Minnesota Rules, Chapter 6800) have been assigned to Judge Lipman. Judge Lipman will issue a report with respect to the proposed rules at the end of April. This website is intended to provide useful and timely information in connection with the rulemaking proceeding.
As part of the rulemaking process, a hearing was held on March 3, 2011, at the Minneapolis office of the Board of Pharmacy. During the hearing, a twenty-calendar-day period was set for the receipt of written comments regarding the proposed rules. Thus, the initial deadline for the submission of written comments in this rulemaking proceeding is 4:30 p.m. on March 23, 2011.
After the period for submission of written comments ends, state law provides the agency and all interested persons an additional period of five working days for filing a written response to any comments which were submitted during the initial comment period. New matters may not be introduced or raised during this five-day rebuttal period. The five-day rebuttal period will expire at 4:30 p.m. on March 30, 2011.
Interested members of the public can e-mail, mail, fax, or deliver public comments to Judge Lipman concerning the proposed rules. His address is as follows:
Eric L. Lipman
Administrative Law Judge
600 North Robert Street
P.O. Box 64620
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55164-0620
rulecomments@state.mn.us
Fax: 651-361-7936
Agency Information
For copies of the proposed rules, the Statement of Need and Reasonableness, and other materials, visit the website of the Board of Pharmacy at:
Public Comments
Comments that have been received by Judge Lipman since March 3, 2011, and public exhibits that were received at the hearing, are posted below.
Agency Comments
The Department's comments in response to information received in the public hearing and the comment period are set out below.
Last Updated - March 23, 2011