Utah Admin. Code R156-17b-608 - Delivery Via United States Postal Service, Licensed Common Carrier, or Supportive Personnel
(1) A pharmacy that
employs the United States Postal Service, common carrier, or supportive
personnel to deliver a filled prescription to a patient shall:
(a) use adequate storage or shipping
containers and shipping processes to ensure drug stability and potency and
appropriate storage temperatures throughout delivery with packaging material
and devices recommended by the manufacturer or the United States Pharmacopeia
Chapter 1079;
(b) use shipping
containers sealed in a manner to detect evidence of opening or
tampering;
(c) have policies and
procedures to ensure accountability, safe delivery, and compliance with
temperature requirements, including when drugs do not arrive on time or there
is evidence that the integrity of a drug was compromised and providing for the
replacement of those drugs;
(d)
provide for an electronic, telephonic, or written communication mechanism to
offer counseling to the patient in accordance with Sections
58-17b-613 and
R156-17b-610; and
(e) provide information to the patient
indicating what the patient should do if the integrity of the packaging or drug
was compromised during shipment.
(2) Under Subsection
58-17b-503(2)(c)(iii),
to determine that a drug has not been adversely affected by the drug's
attempted delivery and return, before the drug is redistributed the pharmacist
at the pharmacy shall:
(a) verify that the
drug was returned to the original pharmacy within 14 days of the shipped
date;
(b) determine in the
pharmacist's clinical judgment that the drug's integrity is intact and the
security of the drug packaging has not been compromised; and
(c) if the drug is a controlled substance,
correct the report to the Controlled Substance Database.
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