N.H. Admin. Code § Ph 2301.01 - Definitions

(a) "Automated dispensing machines" (ADM) means a mechanical system that performs operations or activities, other than compounding or administration, relative to the storage, packaging, counting, labeling, and dispensing of medications, and which collects, controls, and maintains all transaction information.

(b) " Automated medication supply system" means an electronically controlled system that performs operations or activities relative to the storage and distribution of medications for administration and which collects, controls, and maintains all transaction information.

(c) "Auto-verification&" means when a medication is entered and released, it is automatically verified in the electronic medical record, bypassing the pharmacist verification step.

(d) "Electronic identifier", for purposes of paragraph (a) above, means a unique security code or other identifier which specifically identifies the person entering information into a data processing system.

(e) "Institution" means a health care facility which provides inpatient care and includes:

(1) Hospitals;

(2) Nursing homes;

(3) Extended care facilities;

(4) Residential care facilities;

(5) Infirmaries;

(6) Hospice house;

(7) Correctional facilities; and

(8) Clinics.

(f) "Institutional Pharmacy&" means an area in an institution where drugs are stored, manufactured, compounded, dispensed, or issued to other areas of department of the institution.

(g) "Medication order&" means a verbal, telephonic, written, facsimile, or electronically transmitted order provided by a prescribing practitioner for a specific drug to be administered to an individual.

(h) "Prescription&" means a verbal, telephonic, written, or electronically transmitted order for drugs, medicines, and devices by a practitioner licensed in the United States, to be compounded and dispensed by licensed pharmacists in a duly registered pharmacy.

Notes

N.H. Admin. Code § Ph 2301.01

Derived from Volume XLII Number 6, Filed February 10, 2022, Proposed by #13323, Effective 1/5/2022, Expires 1/5/2032