Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 181 - SPECIAL HEALTH PROGRAMS
Chapter 7 - IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT DRUG REPOSITORY PROGRAM
Section 181-7-004 - DISPENSING AND DISTRIBUTION OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT DRUGS
Universal Citation: 181 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 7 ยง 004
Current through September 17, 2024
Only those licensees who are authorized to dispense as set out in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-2850 may dispense immunosuppressant drugs.
004.01 DISPENSING AND DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS. Participants must meet the requirements set out in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2441 and these regulations.
004.01(A)
AUTHORIZED TO DISPENSE. The following persons are authorized
pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §
38-2850
to dispense drugs:
(i) Licensed physicians who
do not charge for the drugs;
(ii)
Licensed physicians who hold a valid dispensing practitioner pharmacy license;
and
(iii) Licensed
pharmacists.
004.01(B)
ACCEPTABLE USES OF DONATED DRUGS. Immunosuppressant
drugs accepted by a participant from the donor may be:
(i) Dispensed to an ultimate user of the
immunosuppressant drug; or
(ii)
Distributed to another participant for dispensing.
004.01(C)
PATIENT
NOTIFICATION. Patients for whom immunosuppressant drugs are
dispensed under the program must be notified by the prescribing practitioner
that the immunosuppressant drugs they receive were originally dispensed to
another patient and were returned for re-dispensing through the
program.
004.02 STORAGE REQUIREMENTS. The participant that receives donated immunosuppressant drugs for dispensing or distribution must:
(A) Provide equipment for the storage of
immunosuppressant drugs donated to the program at controlled room temperature
that must be stored between 59 and 86 degrees Fahrenheit;
(B) Maintain the inventory of donated
immunosuppressant drugs separate from all other drug inventory of the
participant; and
(C) Establish a
secure location for the storage of the donated immunosuppressant
drugs.
004.03 RECORD KEEPING REQUIREMENTS. A perpetual inventory log book of all immunosuppressant drugs received, dispensed and distributed by a participant under the program must be maintained.
004.03(A)
PERPETUAL INVENTORY LOG
BOOK REQUIREMENTS. The perpetual inventory log book must contain
the following information regarding all immunosuppressant drugs received,
dispensed and distributed by a participant under the program:
(i) Name of the immunosuppressant
drug;
(ii) Quantity of the
immunosuppressant drug;
(iii)
Expiration date of the immunosuppressant drug;
(iv) Lot number of the immunosuppressant
drug;
(v) Name of
participant;
(vi) Name of person
who donated the immunosuppressant drug;
(vii) Name of person to whom the
immunosuppressant drug was originally prescribed;
(viii) Name of person to whom the
immunosuppressant drug was dispensed;
(ix) Date the immunosuppressant drug was
dispensed;
(x) Name of the
prescribing practitioner who wrote the prescription for the immunosuppressant
drug to be dispensed under the program;
(xi) Name of the participant to which the
immunosuppressant drug was distributed;
(xii) Date the immunosuppressant drug was
distributed to another participant; and
(xiii) Date of destruction of the expired
immunosuppressant drug.
004.03(B)
RECORDS
RETENTION. Hard copies of all prescriptions dispensed must be
maintained by the participant to document the receipt of a prescription for the
immunosuppressant drug to be dispensed and must be kept for five years pursuant
to Neb. Rev. Stat. §
38-2871.
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