Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Part 4
Subtitle 34 - BOARD OF PHARMACY
Chapter 10.34.36 - Pharmaceutical Services to Residents in Assisted Living Programs and Group Homes
Section 10.34.36.02 - Definitions
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 10.34.36.02
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) Assisted Living Program.
(a) "Assisted living program" means a
residential or facility-based program that provides housing and supportive
services, supervision, personalized assistance, health-related services, or a
combination of these services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to meet the needs
of individuals who are unable to perform, or who need assistance in performing,
the activities of daily living or instrumental activities of daily living, in a
way that promotes optimum dignity and independence for the
individuals.
(b) "Assisted living
program" does not include:
(i) A nursing home
or comprehensive care facility, as defined under Health-General Article,
§19-301, Annotated Code of Maryland;
(ii) A State facility, as defined under
Health-General Article, §10-101, Annotated Code of Maryland;
(iii) A program licensed or approved by the
Department under Health-General Article, Title 7 or Title 10, Annotated Code of
Maryland;
(iv) A hospice care
program licensed by the Department under Health-General Article, Title 19,
Annotated Code of Maryland;
(v)
Services provided by family members;
(vi) Services provided by a licensed
residential service agency or licensed home health agency in an individual's
own home; or
(vii) A Certified
Adult Residential Environment Program that is certified by the Department of
Human Resources under Article 88A, § 140, Annotated Code of
Maryland.
(2)
"Chart order" means a lawful order entered on the chart or a medical record of
a resident of an assisted living program or group home by an authorized
prescriber or the authorized prescriber's designated agent for a drug or
device.
(3) "Group home" means a
residence owned, leased, or operated by a licensed group home provider that:
(a) Provides residential services for
individuals who, because of a developmental disability, require specialized
living arrangements;
(b) Admits at
least two, but not more than eight individuals; and
(c) Provides 10 or more hours of supervision
per week.
(4) "Interim
box" means a tamper evident container or an electronic system holding minimal
quantities of medications:
(a) Agreed upon by
the appropriate committee of the assisted living program; 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;
(b) Placed into a new container by a licensed
pharmacist or registered pharmacy technician under the direct supervision of a
pharmacist; and
(c) Packaged as
further defined in Regulation .07 of this chapter.
(7) "Pharmaceutical services" means the care
within practice standards, laws, regulations, and guidelines which is afforded
by a licensed pharmacist to the residents of an assisted living program or
group home.
(8) "Pharmacy area"
means that portion of the licensed pharmacy where over-the-counter medications
and other products requiring a prescription by federal or State law are stored
and where the prescriptions are compounded or prepared.
(9) "Registered pharmacy technician" means an
individual who is registered with the Board to perform delegated pharmacy acts.
(a) Licensed to engage in the practice of
pharmacy in Maryland;
(b)
Knowledgeable in, and thoroughly familiar with, the specialized functions of an
assisted living program's or group home's pharmaceutical services;
and
(c) Responsible for and in full
and actual charge of the pharmacy and its personnel.
(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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