Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 480-8-.01 - Definitions
For purposes of these Rules and Regulations, the following definitions apply:
(a) Prison Clinic
Pharmacy. Prison Clinic Pharmacy is defined as that portion of a prison
correctional facility which is engaged in distribution of drugs, medications,
devices, and other materials used in the prevention diagnosis and treatment of
injury, illness and disease (hereinafter referred to as "drugs"); and which is
registered with the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy pursuant to Chapter 26-4 of
the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.
(b) Prison Clinic Pharmacy License. Prison
Clinic Pharmacy licenses are issued by the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy to
those said Prison Clinic Pharmacies, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 26-4
of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, whereas the license shall be subject
to special prison clinic pharmacy regulations as set forth herein, but exempt
from other certain regulations and requirements. To obtain the prison clinic
pharmacy license, there must be a Director of Pharmacy Services.
(c) Inpatient. In-patient shall mean an
inmate who is confined to an infirmary bed and is in the custody of and
assigned to an institution operated under the authority of the Georgia
Department of Corrections, or any county or municipal political
subdivision.
(d) Outpatient.
Out-patient shall mean an inmate who is in the custody of and assigned to an
institution operated under the authority of the Georgia Department of
Corrections, or any county or municipal political subdivision.
(e) Standard ward inventory. The Director of
the prison clinic pharmacy or their pharmacist designee may, in the best
interest of the patients served, establish one or more lists of the kind and
quantity of legend drugs to be kept at one or more locations at all times
within the said prison clinic and such stocks of legend drugs shall be known as
standard ward inventory. The use of standard ward inventory shall be minimized.
A copy of the list of items on standard ward inventory must be kept by the
Director of Pharmacy or their pharmacist designee.
(f) Prison Clinic Administrator. The Prison
Clinic Administrator is that individual prison official who is designated as
the person responsible for the operation of the portion of a prison or other
correctional institution responsible for the health care of the facility's
inmates.
Notes
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