Delaware Administrative Code
Title 24 - Regulated Professions and Occupations
Department of State
Division of Professional Regulation
Uniform Controlled Substances Act Regulations
Section 2.0 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 24 DE Admin Code 2.0
Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 3, September 1, 2024

"Act" means the Controlled Substance Act, 16 Del.C. Ch. 47.

"Administer" or "administration" means the direct application of a drug to the body of a patient by injection, inhalation, ingestion or any other means. The administration of a drug directly to a patient by a practitioner is administration not an act of dispensing.

"Controlled substance" means any substance or drug defined, enumerated or included in this chapter and Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations.

"Direct supervision" means the supervising practitioner, pharmacist or licensee will be present and immediately available within the dispensing area.

"Dispense" or "dispensing" means the interpretation, evaluation, and implementation of a prescription drug or, including the preparation and delivery of a drug to a patient or patient's agent in a suitable container appropriately labeled for subsequent administration to, or use by, a patient.

"Dispenser" means a person authorized by this State to dispense or distribute to the ultimate user any controlled substance.

"Practitioner" means physician, dentist, veterinarian, podiatrist, nurse practitioner, physician assistant or other individual, licensed, registered, or otherwise permitted, by the United States or the State of Delaware to prescribe, dispense or store a controlled substance in the course of professional practice but does not include a pharmacist, a pharmacy, or an institutional practitioner.

"Pharmacist" means any pharmacist licensed by the State of Delaware to dispense controlled substances and shall include any other person (e.g. pharmacist intern) authorized by the State of Delaware to prescribe, dispense or store controlled substances under the supervision of a pharmacist licensed by this State.

"Pharmacist in charge" or "PIC" means a pharmacist registered with the State Board of Pharmacy and who is responsible for the prescription department of the registrant.

"Prescription" means an order for medication which is dispensed to or for an ultimate user but does not include an order for medication which is dispensed for immediate administration to the ultimate user. (e.g. an order to dispense a drug to a bed patient for immediate administration in a hospital is not a prescription.)

"Register" and "registered" means registration required by 16 Del.C. § 4732.

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