New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Chapter VIII - Official New York State Prescription Forms
Part 910 - Official New York State Prescription Forms
Section 910.5 - Safeguarding of prescriptions and facility labels
Universal Citation: 10 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 910.5
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Safeguarding of official New York State prescription forms and facility labels by registered practitioners and registered facilities.
(1) Adequate safeguards and
security measures shall be undertaken by registered practitioners holding
official New York State prescription forms to assure against the loss,
destruction, theft, or unauthorized use of the forms. Registered practitioners
shall maintain a sufficient but not excessive supply of such forms in
reserve.
(2) Registered practitioners
and registered facilities shall immediately notify the department, in a manner
designated by the department, upon their knowledge of the loss, destruction,
theft or unauthorized use of any official New York State prescription forms or
facility labels issued to them, as well as the failure to receive official New
York State prescription forms or facility labels within a reasonable time after
ordering them from the department.
(3) Registered practitioners and registered
facilities shall immediately notify the department upon their knowledge of any
diversion or suspected diversion of drugs pursuant to the loss, theft, or
unauthorized use of prescriptions or facility labels.
(4) It is the responsibility of a registered
facility to obtain all official prescription forms and facility labels for use,
to assign such forms and labels to its staff practitioners and to ensure the
security of all such forms and labels. Registered facilities obtaining official
New York State prescription forms and facility labels shall establish a system of
control and security which will include at a minimum, the following:
(i) a record of all such forms and labels
received;
(ii) a record of all such
forms and labels assigned to its staff practitioners;
(iii) a system requiring that such forms and
labels be secure when not in use;
(iv) a system whereby such forms and labels are
surrendered to the registered facility by the staff practitioner if the staff
practitioner to whom they were assigned terminates his affiliation with the
registered facility; and
(v) a system
whereby the registered facility has a sufficient but not excessive number of such
forms and labels in reserve for use by the registered facility.
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