Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A)
Library
(1)
All pharmacists
working in an institutional pharmacy must be able to access all current federal
and state laws, regulations, and rules governing the legal distribution of
drugs in Ohio, including internet access to the following:
(a)
The board's
website;
(b)
LAWriter® Ohio laws and rules (
http://codes.ohio.gov);
(c)
The code of laws of the United States of America
(variously abbreviated to Code of Laws of the United States, United States
Code, U.S. Code, U.S.C., or USC); and
(d)
The code of
federal regulations.
(2)
The pharmacy
shall have access to and utilize the references necessary to conduct a pharmacy
in a manner that is in the best interest of the patients served and to comply
with all state and federal laws, this shall include hard copy or internet
access to appropriate pharmacy reference materials.
(3)
A pharmacy
engaged in the compounding of dangerous drugs shall have access to all
references listed in rule
4729:7-1-01 of the
Administrative Code.
(4)
All pharmacists working in a pharmacy shall have access
to the telephone number of a poison control center.
(B)
Equipment
The pharmacy shall carry and utilize
the equipment necessary to conduct a pharmacy in a manner that is in the best
interest of the patients served and to comply with all state and federal
laws.
(C)
Stock of drugs
The stock of drugs shall include such
chemicals, drugs, and preparations sufficient to compound and prepare all types
of prescriptions offered by the pharmacy.
(D)
Space and
fixtures
(1)
All
areas where drugs, equipment, and devices are stored and prepared shall be dry,
well-lit, well-ventilated, and maintained in a clean, sanitary, and orderly
condition. Storage areas shall be maintained at temperatures and conditions
which will ensure the integrity of the drugs prior to their dispensing or
administering as stipulated by the USP/NF and/or the manufacturer's or
distributor's labeling.
(2)
All storage areas shall provide adequate security for
all dangerous drugs in accordance with the requirements of rule
4729:5-9-02.2 of the
Administrative Code.
(E)
Personnel
(1)
The pharmacy
shall be appropriately staffed to operate in a safe and effective manner
pursuant to section 4729.55 of the Revised
Code.
(2)
An employee of a pharmacy must be identified by a name
tag that includes the employee's job title.
(F)
Quality
assurance
The institutional pharmacy shall
implement quality assurance program that is designed to objectively and
systematically monitor and evaluate the quality and appropriateness of patient
care, pursue opportunities to improve patient care, prevention and detection of
drug diversion, and resolve identified problems.
