Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 535 - Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy
Chapter 15 - Pharmacies
Subchapter 16 - Pharmacy Emergency Medication Kits for Use in a Facility
Section 535:15-16-4 - Policies and procedures for use of emergency medication kit drugs
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a) The drugs in the emergency medication kits shall remain the property of an Oklahoma licensed pharmacy.
(b) Only one Oklahoma licensed pharmacy may provide emergency medication kits to each facility.
(c) Emergency medication kits maintained by an Oklahoma licensed pharmacy within the facility shall be approved by the medical director of the facility and the facility's consultant pharmacist on at least an annual basis.
(d) Medications may be administered from the facility's emergency medication kit only upon a prescriber's order for the emergency medication; and must be administered by a licensed nurse, physician, or physician's assistant.
(e) The facility licensed nurse shall
(f) The facility and Oklahoma licensed pharmacy shall have a written agreement that clearly states these drugs should not be used for routine use, but for emergency use and the need of the patient for urgent care.
(g) The Oklahoma licensed pharmacy shall maintain the following records for each facility remote site where an emergency medication kit is maintained:
(h) Expired medications shall be removed from emergency supply by a licensed nurse employed at the facility or an employee of the Oklahoma licensed pharmacy; and shall not be dispensed or administered.
(i) Controlled Dangerous Substances (CDS) may be maintained only in a medication kit that is separate from Non-Controlled Dangerous Substances or within an electronic medication dispensing machine, if allowed, in accordance with Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration laws and rules.
(j) Emergency medication kits that do not contain controlled dangerous substances may be maintained in an electronic system or in a secure emergency medication kit. A list of drugs in the emergency medication kit shall be attached to the same.
(k) A record of transactions involving the controlled substance emergency medication kit shall be maintained for two (2) years in a readily retrievable manner by the Oklahoma licensed pharmacy and facility. This transaction record is separate from the prescription record which must be maintained for a minimum of 5 years.
Added at 29 Ok Reg 1641, eff 7-12-12; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 2013, eff 7-25-13
AGENCY NOTE: Contact Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control (OBNDDC) and the federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) - No controlled dangerous substances (CDS) are allowed unless and until approved by both OBNDDC and DEA.