New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Ph - N.H. Pharmacy Board
Chapter Ph 700 - STANDARDS OF PRACTICE
Part Ph 709 - INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICES
Section Ph 709.05 - Dispensing Practices
Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a) Drugs shall be dispensed only by or in the presence of and under the supervision of a pharmacist, or prescriber in compliance with local, state and federal pharmacy-related laws and rules. Upon the written order of a prescriber a nurse may leave a properly labeled container of any non-controlled drug at the patient's bedside. A licensed nurse shall not dispense or compound drugs except as permitted by RSA 318:42.
(b) The pharmacy shall dispense medications pursuant of an order from a prescriber. Drugs shall be provided to patients in institutions only on the order of a practitioner legally authorized to write prescriptions. No change in the order for drugs shall be made without the approval of a practitioner qualified to write prescriptions.
(c) Each order pursuant to (b) above shall include at least the:
(d) Written policies and procedures shall be adopted which establish the method utilized in the procurement, storage and distribution of drugs in all areas or departments of the facility, and which are consistent with state and federal pharmacy laws and rules.
#2260, eff 1-5-83; ss by #2914, eff 11-27-84; ss by #4600, eff 8-1-89; ss by #6094-B, INTERIM, eff 9-21-95, EXPIRED, 1-19-96
New. #6181-B, eff 2-5-96, EXPIRED: 2-5-04
New. #8316, eff 3-26-05; amd by#8572, eff 2-23-06; ss by #10225, eff 11-7-12
