Utah Admin. Code R156-17b-614c - Operating Standards - Class B - Pharmaceutical Administration Facility
In accordance with Subsections 58-17b-102(44) and 58-17b-601(1), the following operating standards apply to prescription drugs that are held, stored, or otherwise under the control of a pharmaceutical administration facility for administration to patients:
(1) The licensed consulting pharmacist shall
provide consultation on each aspect of pharmacy services in the facility;
establish a system of records of receipt and disposition of controlled
substances in sufficient detail to enable an accurate reconciliation; and
determine that drug records are in order and that an account of all controlled
substances is maintained and periodically reconciled.
(2) Authorized destruction of prescription
drugs shall be witnessed by the medical or nursing director or a designated
physician, registered nurse or other licensed person employed in the facility
and the consulting pharmacist or licensed pharmacy technician, and shall be in
compliance with 21 CFR 1317 (2021).
(3) Prescriptions for patients in the
facility may be verbally requested by a licensed prescribing practitioner and
may be entered as the prescribing practitioner's order; but the practitioner
must personally sign the order in the facility record within 72 hours if a
Schedule II controlled substance and within 30 days if any other prescription
drug. The prescribing practitioner's verbal order may be copied and forwarded
to a pharmacy for dispensing and may serve as the pharmacy's record of the
prescription order.
(4)
Prescriptions for controlled substances for patients in Class B pharmaceutical
administration facilities shall be dispensed according to Title 58, Chapter 37,
Utah Controlled Substances Act, and Rule R156-37, Utah Controlled Substances
Act Rules.
(5) Requirements for
emergency drug kits shall include:
(a) an
emergency drug kit may be used by pharmaceutical administration facilities. The
emergency drug kit shall be considered to be a physical extension of the
pharmacy supplying the emergency drug kit and shall remain under the ownership
of that pharmacy;
(b) the contents
and quantity of drugs and supplies in the emergency drug kit shall be
determined by the Medical Director or Director of Nursing of the pharmaceutical
administration facility and the consulting pharmacist of the supplying
pharmacy;
(c) a copy of the
approved list of contents shall be conspicuously posted on or near the
kit;
(d) the emergency kit shall be
used only for bona fide emergencies and only when medications cannot be
obtained from a pharmacy in a timely manner;
(e) records documenting the receipt and
removal of drugs in the emergency kit shall be maintained by the facility and
the pharmacy;
(f) the pharmacy
shall be responsible for ensuring proper storage, security and accountability
of the emergency kit and shall ensure that:
(i) the emergency kit is stored in a locked
area and is locked itself; and
(ii)
emergency kit drugs are accessible only to licensed physicians, physician
assistants and nurses employed by the facility;
(g) the contents of the emergency kit, the
approved list of contents and related records shall be made freely available
and open for inspection to appropriate representatives of the Division and the
Utah Department of Health.
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