Contents - Volume 6, No. 5

Professional Discipline Procedures

This article address the new process involved in handling professional discipline cases for professionals in New York State. The new program has been streamlined to process and resolve professional discipline cases more quickly; this in turn has led to a more efficient use of resources, with most cases being resolved within six months. The article goes on to give pharmacists options as to the types of discipline that can occur at each stage.

Malpractice and Counseling

This is the fifth article in a series of six self-study CE articles that will appear in Pharmacy Law for 1999. This article deals with the pharmacist's duty to counsel and its effect on malpractice issues. The article describes the seminal case of Hand vs. Krakowski and defines the meaning of duty in the context of a failure to counsel. The article goes on to explain the impact of New York's prospective drug use review and counseling regulations in the context of malpractice.

Mailbag

Due to space constraints there was no mailbag section this month.