Understanding Pharmacy Laws and Rules Governing the Health System and Hospitals in Alabama

This CE presentation reviews Alabama-Specific pharmacy laws, rules, and regulations relevant to health-system and hospital settings which are important for a pharmacist to know and for review of the MPJE.

Target Audience

This knowledge-based course is intended for Pharmacists (ACPE).   

Learning Objectives

•    Define “institutional pharmacy” in the State of Alabama
•    Discuss laws and rules involving pharmacy, pharmacy services, and medication specific to the health system setting
•    Explain laws and regulations governing equipment used to dispense and store medications in the Alabama health system
•    Compare and contrast medication labeling requirements in the community to the health system setting
•    Describe how an Alabama pharmacist obtains and maintains certification in sterile compounding and consultant pharmacy
 

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.75 ACPE Pharmacy
    Auburn University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education; credits are recognized nationwide.
Course opens: 
06/11/2025
Course expires: 
06/11/2028
Cost:
$25.00
Rating: 
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Recorded Webinar
United States

Marilyn Novell Bulloch, Pharm.D. BCPS, FCCM is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy. Dr. Bulloch holds an Adjunct Associate Professor appointment with the University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Medicine Department of Medicine and the University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine.

Additionally, Dr. Bulloch serves as the Director of Strategic Operations under the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Strategic Initiatives at HSOP. As part of this position, she provides leadership, support, and direction in the areas of accreditation - including the ACPE self-study and site visit, strategic planning, and continuous quality improvement.

Dr. Bulloch grew up in Collinsville, Virginia and received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey in 2007. She completed a post-graduate pharmacy practice residency at the University of Alabama-Birmingham Hospital in 2008. In 2009, Dr. Bulloch completed post-graduate specialty residency in critical care pharmacy at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston, West Virginia. Additionally, Dr. Bulloch completed a Faculty Scholars Program in geriatrics through the University of Alabama-Birmingham Geriatric Education Center in 2011.

Dr. Bulloch began in her role as faculty at Auburn in August 2009 and her current practice site is at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She participates in an interprofessional education inpatient rounding service that also includes academic physicians from the University of Alabama, medical residents and fellows, and third and fourth year medical students. Her practice includes adult critically ill and acute care patients, with a large contingent of geriatric patients. Dr. Bulloch provides comprehensive pharmacotherapy management for the patients on the inpatient service, with specific focus on infectious disease and other acute and critical illness needs.

Dr. Bulloch has and continues to serves on multiple committees and in leadership positions for many local, state, and national pharmacy and interdisciplinary medical organizations. She was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine in 2017.

Her research interests include geriatric pharmacotherapy, interdisciplinary education, alternative professional education instructional methods, infectious disease, care transitions, and acute and critical care pharmacotherapy.


 

Auburn University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education; credits are recognized nationwide. The Universal Activity Number for this knowledge-based program is 0001-0000-25-011-H03-P and is intended for pharmacists. The initial release date for this program is June 11, 2025, and the intended expiration date is June 11, 2028.

Disclosure statement: No individuals in a position to control content for this activity have any relevant financial relationships to declare. There is no commercial support being received for this activity. 

Available Credit

  • 0.75 ACPE Pharmacy
    Auburn University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education; credits are recognized nationwide.

Price

Cost:
$25.00
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