Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 37.106 - HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
Subchapter 37.106.18 - Licensure of Specialty Mental Health Facilities
Rule 37.106.1844 - SPECIALTY MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY: PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES
Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 37.106.1844
Current through Register Vol. 6, March 22, 2024
(1) A specialty mental health facility must have pharmaceutical services that meet the needs of the patients and include either a pharmacy directed by a registered pharmacist or a drug storage area under the supervision of a consulting pharmacist who develops, supervises, and coordinates all the facility's pharmacy services.
(2) The facility must ensure that:
(a) The pharmacy or drug storage
area is administered in accordance with accepted professional
principles.
(b) When a pharmacist
is not available, drugs and biologicals are removed from the pharmacy or
storage area solely by the personnel designated in writing in medical staff and
pharmaceutical services policies, and in a manner consistent with federal and
state law.
(c) All compounding,
packaging, and dispensing of drugs and biologicals is under the supervision of
a pharmacist and performed in a manner consistent with federal and state law
and rules.
(d) Drugs and
biologicals are kept in a locked storage area.
(e) Outdated, mislabeled, or otherwise
unusable drugs and biologicals are removed from the facility and
destroyed.
(f) Drug administration
errors, adverse reactions, and incompatibilities are immediately reported to
the attending practitioner.
Sec. 50-5-103, MCA; IMP, Sec. 50-5-103, MCA;
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