The Boston City Council is asking state regulators to require pharmacies to give more notice when they close a store. The current minimum notice is two weeks. City lawmakers are asking for four months.
At its final meeting of the year, the council unanimously passed a petition to the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy, labeling the current 14-day notice requirement for the board and recent patients as insufficient to make alternative arrangements for access to medication and care.
The petition comes after multiple pharmacies throughout Boston have abruptly closed, leaving many scrambling to make alternatives for accessing medication and care…