4729-17-02 Responsible person for an institutional pharmacy.

 

 

 

4729-17-02                  Pharmacist-in-charge      of     Responsible      person      for     an institutional pharmacy.

 

 

Each  institutional  pharmacy  shall  be  directed  by  a  pharmacist  who  holds  a  current identification card to practice pharmacy in Ohio pursuant to the provisions of section

4729.12 of the Revised Code.

 

(A)       The institutional pharmacy director or designated pharmacist shall be the pharmacist-in-charge pursuant to section 4729.27 of the Revised Code, the responsible pharmacistperson pursuant to rule 4729-5-11 of the Administrative Code, and the pharmacist responsible for maintaining supervision and control over the possession and custody of all dangerous drugs acquired by the institutional facility pursuant to division (B) of section 4729.55 of the Revised Code.

 

(B)   The terminal distributor of dangerous drugs license issued to the institutional facility shall be signed by the pharmacist-in-chargeresponsible person and maintained in a readily available place in the pharmacy.

 

(C)  The pharmacist-in-chargeresponsible person shall:

 

(1)  Be responsible for the practice of pharmacy performed within the institution;

 

(2)    Develop, implement, supervise, and coordinate all services provided by the pharmacy;

 

(3)   In conjunction with the appropriate interdisciplinary committees, be responsible for the development of written policies and procedures which are consistent with this chapter of the Administrative Code and other applicable federal and state laws and rules governing the legal distribution of drugs, assure adherence to these policies and procedures in order to provide for the safe and efficient distribution of drugs in all areas of the institution, and make available a current copy of these written policies and procedures for inspection and/or copying by an employee of the state board of pharmacy;

 

(4)   Be responsible for the security and control of all drugs within the institution;

 

(5)   Be responsible for the maintenance of all records, required by state or federal law to be kept at the licensed location, of the acquisition, use, distribution, and disposition of all drugs.

 

(D)      An institutional pharmacy director or designated pharmacist, who ceases to bebecomes the pharmacist-in-charge and responsible person pharmacist pursuant to section 4729.27 and division (B) of section 4729.55 of the Revised Code, shall:

 

 

 

(1)    File a written notice to the state board of pharmacy by certifiedregular mail, return receipt requested, or by verified facsimile transmission within thirty days. This notice shall include:

(a)    The name, address, and dangerous drug distributor license number(s) of the institutional pharmacy;

(b)   His/her name and pharmacist registration identification number; and

(c)          The date on which he/she was no longer became the pharmacist-in-chargeresponsible person.

(2)    Take a complete inventory, pursuant to federal regulations, of the controlled substances on hand at the pharmacy with the new old or acting pharmacist-in-charge previous responsible person at the time he/she ceases to be pharmacist-in-chargethe responsible person.

(a)    The original copy of the inventory shall be maintained in the pharmacy with all other required controlled substance records;

(b)    This inventory shall serve as the inventory of controlled substances for which the new or acting pharmacist-in-chargeresponsible person is responsible.

Effective:	01/01/2009
R.C. 119.032 review dates:	12/01/2010
CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY
Certification
12/08/2008
Date
Promulgated Under:	119.03
Statutory Authority:	3719.28, 4729.26
Rule Amplifies:	3719.05, 3719.07, 4729.27, 4729.55
Prior Effective Dates:	9/10/1976, 11/1/1985, 7/1/1990, 7/1/1991, 1/10/1996,
	3/1/1999