22 Tex. Admin. Code § 309.6 - Records
(a) When the pharmacist dispenses a
generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product pursuant to
the Subchapter A, Chapter 562 of the Act, the following information shall be
noted on the original prescription or in the pharmacy's data processing system
:
(1) any substitution instructions
communicated orally to the pharmacist by the practitioner or practitioner's
agent or a notation that no substitution instructions were given; and
(2) the name and strength of the actual drug
product dispensed shall be noted on the original or hard-copy prescription drug
order. The name shall be either:
(A) the
brand name and strength; or
(B) the
generic name or the name of the interchangeable biological product, strength,
and name of the manufacturer or distributor of such generic drug or
interchangeable biological product. (The name of the manufacturer or
distributor may be reduced to an abbreviation or initials, provided the
abbreviation or initials are sufficient to identify the manufacturer or
distributor. For combination drug products having no brand name, the principal
active ingredients shall be indicated on the prescription.)
(b) If a pharmacist
refills a prescription drug order with a generically equivalent product or
interchangeable biological product from a different manufacturer or distributor
than previously dispensed, the pharmacist shall record on the prescription drug
order the information required in subsection (a) of this section for the
product dispensed on the refill.
(c) If a pharmacy utilizes patient medication
records for recording prescription information, the information required in
subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be recorded on the patient
medication records.
(d) The
National Drug Code (NDC) of a drug or any other code may be indicated on the
prescription drug order at the discretion of the pharmacist, but such code
shall not be used in place of the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of
this section.
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