Arizona Laws 32-1934. Remote hospital-site pharmacy permittee; requirements
A. A remote hospital-site pharmacy permittee shall comply with all the provisions of this chapter requiring registration and regulation of pharmacies, with board rules and with applicable federal law.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-1934
- Hospital: means any institution for the care and treatment of the sick and injured that is approved and licensed as a hospital by the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Medical practitioner: means any medical doctor, doctor of osteopathic medicine, dentist, podiatrist, veterinarian or other person who is licensed and authorized by law to use and prescribe drugs and devices to treat sick and injured human beings or animals or to diagnose or prevent sickness in human beings or animals in this state or any state, territory or district of the United States. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Pharmacist: means an individual who is currently licensed by the board to practice the profession of pharmacy in this state. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Pharmacist in charge: means the pharmacist who is responsible to the board for a licensed establishment's compliance with the laws and administrative rules of this state and of the federal government pertaining to the practice of pharmacy, the manufacturing of drugs and the distribution of drugs and devices. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Pharmacy: means :
(a) Any place where drugs, devices, poisons or related hazardous substances are offered for sale at retail or where prescription orders are dispensed by a licensed pharmacist. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Practitioner: means any physician, dentist, veterinarian, scientific investigator or other person who is licensed, registered or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to or administer a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research in this state, or any pharmacy, hospital or other institution that is licensed, registered or otherwise permitted to distribute, dispense, conduct research with respect to or administer a controlled substance in the course of professional practice or research in this state. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Remote hospital-site pharmacy: means a pharmacy located in a satellite facility that operates under the license issued by the department of health services to the hospital of which it is a satellite. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
B. A remote hospital-site pharmacy permittee shall ensure that:
1. The remote hospital-site pharmacy is supervised by a pharmacist who is located in this state and who is employed by the hospital.
2. The remote hospital-site pharmacy displays a sign visible to the public identifying the pharmacy as a remote hospital-site pharmacy and warning that the remote hospital-site pharmacy is under continuous video surveillance that is recorded and retained.
3. The remote hospital-site pharmacy uses an electronic recordkeeping system that is shared with and accessible by the pharmacy located in the hospital.
4. All drugs and devices furnished from the remote hospital-site pharmacy to patients of the satellite facility are verified by a pharmacist who is licensed in this state and who is employed by the hospital. If the satellite facility is an emergency department of the hospital, in the pharmacist’s absence a registered nurse practitioner or professional nurse who is licensed pursuant to chapter 15 of this title, a physician who is licensed pursuant to chapter 13 or 17 of this title or a physician assistant who is licensed pursuant to chapter 25 of this title may obtain from the remote hospital-site pharmacy necessary drugs and devices that are ordered by a medical practitioner and that are needed by a patient in an emergency, according to policies approved by the hospital.
5. The pharmacist in charge develops and implements procedures regarding obtaining, storing and dispensing drugs for inpatient administration and devices and recordkeeping requirements.
6. If a noncontrolled substance single-patient use multidose medication was dispensed to a patient in a container for inpatient administration, the remote hospital-site pharmacy dispenses that medication for the patient on discharge, if needed.
C. A remote hospital-site pharmacy permittee shall:
1. Develop and maintain a policy and procedures manual and make the manual available to the board or its agent on request.
2. Maintain a perpetual inventory of controlled substances.
3. Ensure that there is continuous video surveillance of the remote hospital-site pharmacy and maintain recorded videos for at least sixty days.
4. Ensure that the pharmacist in charge from the pharmacy located in the hospital reconciles the inventory of controlled substances on a monthly basis.
D. A pharmacist may engage simultaneously in the practice of pharmacy at a reasonable number of remote hospital-site pharmacies as determined and approved by the hospital.
E. The board may adopt additional rules that are necessary to implement this section.