Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 30 - Mississippi State Board of Public Accountancy
Part 3001 - MISSISSIPPI PHARMACY PRACTICE REGULATIONS
Article XLVII - PHYSICIAN DISPENSING FACILITY PERMITS
Section 30-3001-XLVII.8 - Automated Dispensaries

1. Any physician utilizing an automated dispensary will be responsible for developing and implementing written policies and procedures to ensure safety, accuracy, accountability, security, patient confidentiality and maintenance of the quality, potency and purity of the medications dispensed by the automated dispensary.

2. Any physician utilizing an automated dispensary will be responsible for the proper maintenance and inventory/accountability requirements as if the physician were personally dispensing the medications to the patients from his or her medication stock/inventory in their personal practice.

3. An automated dispensary may only be stocked by the inventory/stock from a single physician and may not dispense controlled substances.

4. The stocking of an automated dispensary shall be performed only by the responsible physician. This task may not be delegated.

5. All medications dispensed from the automated dispensary shall comply with the labeling requirements of Section 4 of this regulation.

6. No medication may be dispensed from an automated dispensary unless the patient has first had an initial or follow-up visit with the physician. Any refills dispensed from an automated dispensary must be accompanied by its own preceding physician visit.

7. Any automated dispensing system shall maintain an electronic record of all information related to each and every medication dispensed including, but not limited to, all label information and date and time of dispensing.