Arizona Laws 32-1964. Record of prescription orders; inspections; confidentiality
A. Every proprietor, manager or pharmacist in charge of a pharmacy shall keep in the pharmacy a book or file in which that person places the original of every prescription order of drugs, devices or replacement soft contact lenses that are compounded or dispensed at the pharmacy. This information shall be serially numbered, dated and filed in the order in which the drugs, devices or replacement soft contact lenses were compounded or dispensed. A prescription order shall be kept for at least seven years. The proprietor, manager or pharmacist shall produce this book or file in court or before any grand jury on lawful order. The book or file of original prescription orders is open for inspection at all times by the prescribing medical practitioner, the board and its agents and officers of the law in performance of their duties.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-1964
- Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
- 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
- Medication order: means a written or verbal order from a medical practitioner or that person's authorized agent to administer a drug or device. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation and association, and their duly authorized agents. 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
- Prescription: means either a prescription order or a prescription medication. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
- Prescription order: means any of the following:
(a) An order to a pharmacist for drugs or devices that is issued and signed by a duly licensed medical practitioner in the authorized course of the practitioner's professional practice. See Arizona Laws 32-1901
B. The board, by rule, shall permit pharmacies to maintain the book or file of all original prescription orders by means of electronic media or image of the original prescription order maintained in a retrievable format in a form that contains information the board requires to provide an adequate record of drugs, devices or replacement soft contact lenses compounded or dispensed.
C. The board, by rule, shall require a similar book or file for a hospital pharmacy in a form that contains information the board requires to provide an adequate record of drugs compounded or dispensed. A prescription order or medication order must be kept for at least seven years. The administrator, manager or pharmacist must produce this book or file in court or before any grand jury on lawful order. The book or file of original prescription orders or medication orders is open for inspection at all times by the prescribing medical practitioner, the board and its agents and officers of the law in performance of their duties.
D. A pharmacist, pharmacy permittee or pharmacist in charge shall comply with applicable state and federal privacy statutes and regulations when releasing patient prescription information.