North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 13 - NC MEDICAL CARE COMMISSION
Subchapter D - RULES FOR THE LICENSING OF NURSING HOMES
Section .2600 - PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES
Section 13D .2604 - DRUG PROCUREMENT

Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 13D .2604

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) The facility shall not possess a stock of prescription drugs for general or common use except as permitted by the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy and as follows:

(1) for all intravenous and irrigation solutions in single unit quantities exceeding 49 ml. and related equipment for the use and administration of such;

(2) diagnostic agents;

(3) vaccines;

(4) drugs designated for inclusion in an emergency kit approved by the facility's Quality Assurance Committee;

(5) water for injection; and

(6) normal saline for injection.

(b) Patient Drugs:

(1) The contents of all prescriptions shall be kept in the original container bearing the original label as described in Subparagraph (b)(2) of this Rule.

(2) Except in a 72-hour or less unit dose system, each individual patient's prescription drugs shall be labeled with the following information:
(A) the name of the patient for whom the drug is intended;

(B) the most recent date of issue;

(C) the name of the prescriber;

(D) the name and concentration of the drug, quantity dispensed, and prescription serial number;

(E) a statement of generic equivalency which shall be indicated if a brand other than the brand prescribed is dispensed;

(F) the expiration date, unless dispensed in a single unit or unit dose package;

(G) auxiliary statements as required of the drug;

(H) the name, address and telephone number of the dispensing pharmacy; and

(I) the name of the dispensing pharmacist.

(c) Non-prescription drugs shall be kept in the original container as received from the supplier and shall be labeled with at least:

(1) the name and concentration of the drug, and quantity packaged;

(2) the name of the manufacturer, lot number and expiration date.

Authority G.S. 131E-104; 131E-117;
Eff. January 1, 1996;
Amended Eff. January 1, 2013;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. March 22, 2015.

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