Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Part 4
Subtitle 34 - BOARD OF PHARMACY
Chapter 10.34.23 - Pharmaceutical Services to Patients in Comprehensive Care Facilities
Section 10.34.23.02 - Definitions
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 10.34.23.02
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Chart order" means a lawful order
entered on the chart or a medical record of a patient of a comprehensive care
facility by an authorized prescriber or the authorized prescriber's designated
agent for a drug or device.
(2)
Comprehensive Care Facility.
(a)
"Comprehensive care facility" means a facility which admits patients suffering
from disease, disabilities, or advanced age, requiring medical service and
nursing service rendered by or under the supervision of a registered
nurse.
(b) "Comprehensive care
facility" does not mean an establishment which provides only:
(i) Acute care; or
(ii) Assisted living care.
(3) "Emergency drug
kit" means a container or electronic storage system containing medications
which:
(a) May be required for the emergency
need of a patient; and
(b) Are not
available from an authorized source in a timely manner.
(4) "Interim box" means a container or an
electronic system holding minimal quantities of medications:
(a) Agreed upon by the comprehensive care
facility's pharmaceutical services committee, as defined in COMAR
10.07.02.15C;
and
(b) Intended to expedite
immediate initiation of emergency or nonemergency dosing until the pharmacy is
able to provide a regular supply.
(5) "Licensed pharmacist" means a pharmacist
who is licensed by the Board to practice pharmacy.
(6) "Packaging" means the process by which a
medication is:
(a) Removed from a:
(i) Non-patient specific manufacturer's
original container; or
(ii) Patient
specific container directly received from another pharmacy licensed in Maryland
or operated by the government of the United States provided that the
manufacturer's name is present on the container; and
(b) Placed into a new container by a licensed
pharmacist or registered pharmacy technician under the supervision of a
pharmacist.
(7)
"Pharmaceutical services" means the care within practice standards, laws,
regulations, and guidelines which is afforded by a licensed pharmacist to the
patients of a comprehensive care facility.
(8) "Pharmacy" means a holder of a pharmacy
permit issued by the Board, located either on the premises of or outside the
comprehensive care facility and which provides pharmaceutical services to
patients in a comprehensive care facility.
(9) "Pharmacy area" means that portion of the
licensed pharmacy where medication and other products requiring a prescription
by federal or State law are stored and where the prescriptions are compounded
or prepared.
(10) "Registered
pharmacy technician" means an individual who is registered with the Board to
perform delegated pharmacy acts.
(11) "Verbal order" means a directive that is
orally communicated to a licensed pharmacist to accept a prescription order by
a person who is authorized to communicate a prescription.
(12) "Written order" means a directive that
is directly written by an authorized prescriber or a transcription of an order
from an authorized prescriber by a person authorized to transcribe an
order.
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