Or. Admin. Code § 855-041-7060 - Long Term Care Pharmacy - Drug Distribution and Control
(1) Pharmacies or pharmacists that supply
emergency drug kits to and/or accept returned medications from long term care
facilities or community based care facilities must:
(a) Assist in the establishment and
supervision of:
(A) The policies and
procedures for the safe storage, distribution, administration, and disposition
of drugs;
(B) The maintenance of
controlled drug accountability records; and
(C) The policies and procedures for
professional advice/medication counseling of patients and/or their care
givers.
(b) Have some
pharmacists visit and provide consultant services on a regular basis;
and
(c) Supervise the
implementation of the policies and procedures involving the security, storage,
stocking, labeling, and notification of use of emergency drugs kits and
supplemental drug supplies.
(2) Arrangements can be made in advance by a
provider pharmacy with a long term care facility or a community based care
facility to:
(a) Provide emergency drug kits
to those facilities permitted by their license to have them; and
(b) Allow only a designated licensed nurse
present in the facility access to the emergency drug kit or the on-site
pharmacy pursuant to OAR
855-041-6310.
(3) An emergency drug kit consists
of those drugs that may be required and are authorized by a practitioner to
meet the immediate therapeutic needs of patients, when medication is not
readily available directly from a pharmacy.
(4) The emergency drug kit inventory is the
property of the provider pharmacy, and the provider pharmacy consultant is
responsible for developing the policy and procedures for storing and stocking
the emergency drug kit.
(5)
Medication(s) can only be removed from the emergency drug kit or the on-site
pharmacy by a designated licensed nurse pursuant to a practitioner's
order.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 689.205
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 689.305
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