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Animal Abuse / Cruelty / Neglect

• Reporting abuse becomes mandatory in April (Spring 2021)

Animal Bites

• Reporting animal bites (Sept/Oct 2017)

Cannabidiol (CBD)

• CBD Products still not approved for animal use (July/August 2020)
• CBD: Still not FDA approved, but under study (March/April 2020) 
• CBD makers’ health claims earn FDA warning (Jan/Feb 2020) 
• Farm bill adds to CBD confusion (Jan/Feb 2019)
• CBD: What is fact, and what is fiction? (July/Aug 2018) 

Compliance inspections

• Common mistakes during RX inspections (May/June 2018)
• Veterinary Facility Compliance Inspections (March/April 2017)

Continuing education (CE)

• OVMLB approves expanded online CE (July/Aug 2020)
• Changes made to Ohio CE requirements (Sept/Oct 2017)

Drugs, compounding

• Compound drugs, compound confusion? (Sept/Oct 2019)
• When can compound medications be shipped to you rather than your client? (Jan/Feb 2016)

Drugs, dispensing & furnishing

• FDA: Human label rule applies to vet med (Sept/Oct 2020)
• Changes to online sales of prescription drugs (March/April 2019)
• Checking and recording drugs dispensed (Sept/Oct 2016)
  
• OAC 4729-5-17: Personally Furnishing Dangerous Drugs (July/Aug 2016)

Drugs, disposal

• Disposal of empty vaccine vials (March/April 2020)
• Proper disposal of controlled substances rule changes (March/April 2018)

Drugs, opioids

• Federal opioid education stipulation falls on manufacturers, not prescribers (Jan/Feb 2019)
• The opioid epidemic in Ohio (Jan/Feb 2018)
• DVMs exempt from new acute pain opiate prescribing rules (Sept/Oct 2017)
• Veterinarians’ role in opioid epidemic (May/June 2017)

Drugs, prescription pick-up stations

• Pick-Up Station Rule Being Simplified (Jan/Feb 2017) 

Drugs, reporting

• Reporting suspicious RX orders: Required? (Nov/Dec 2019)
• OARRS: Ohio’s Automated Rx Reporting Service (May/June 2017)
• Gabapentin: Are veterinarians required to report it? (Jan/Feb 2017)

Drugs, security & storage

• Veterinary Clinic Pharmacy Rule Amended (July/Aug 2020)
• Changes made to controlled substances storage (March/April 2019)
• OBOP security, licensing rules raise questions(July/Aug 2017)
• Electronic barriers (Sept/Oct 2016)
• Sharps Containers (Sept/Oct 2016)
• Security and Control of Dangerous Drugs – OAC 4729-9-11 (July/Aug 2016)
• Dealing with drug thefts by an employee(May/June 2016)

Drugs, theft

• Changes to drug theft and loss reporting requirements (March/April 2019)
• Dealing with drug thefts by an employee (May/June 2016) 

Drugs, third-party vendors

• Verifying licensure of drug vendors (March/April 2019)

Equipment & Supplies

• FDA Ban on Powdered Medical Gloves (Jan/Feb 2017)

Human medicine

• FDA: Human label rule applies to vet med (Sept/Oct 2020) 
• Diagnosing & treating humans outside veterinarians’ purview (Jan/Feb 2019)

Licensing, OVMLB

• Veterinary license display (Jan/Feb 2019)

Licensing, TDDD

• Single shareholder exemption for TDDD licensing removed (Jan/Feb 2017)
• Do all practices need a TDDD license? (Sept/Oct 2016)

Ohio Board of Pharmacy

• Extreme makeover: OBOP overhauls pharmacy law (May/June 2020)
• OBOP proposals undergo extensive changes (July/Aug 2019)

Pet stores

• Pet store regulation stipulates source documentation (Jan/Feb 2019)

Prescription writing

• OBOP updates prescription-writing rule (Jan/Feb 2018)

Records

• When can patient records be shared? (May/June 2019)

Safety

• ODH radiology notice revised (Jan/Feb 2018)
• Employees must be informed of changes in hazardous substances (May/June 2016)

Service animals

• What’s in a name? Service vs. support animal (Nov/Dec 2017)

Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD)

• VFD regulations go into effect Jan. 1, 2017 (Nov/Dec 2016)

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