Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 535 - Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy
Chapter 15 - Pharmacies
Subchapter 4 - Remote Medication Order Processing (RMOP) and RMOP Pharmacy for Hospital Pharmacies
Section 535:15-4-2 - Definitions
The following words or terms, when used in this Subchapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Contract employee" means any person who performs services for a hospital, and whose compensation may or may not be reflected on the payroll records of a hospital, hospital pharmacy, or remote medication order processing pharmacy.
"Remote medication order processing" or "RMOP" means the processing of a medication order for a hospital facility by a pharmacist employed by a remote medication order processing pharmacy site. Remote medication order processing does not include the dispensing of a drug, but may include receiving, interpreting, evaluating, clarifying and approval of medication orders. Additionally, remote medication order processing may include order entry, other data entry, performing prospective drug utilization review, interpreting clinical data, performing therapeutic interventions, and providing drug information services, and authorizing release of the medication for administration.
"Remote medication order processing pharmacy" means a pharmacy which does not stock, own, or dispense any prescription medications, and whose sole business consists of entry and/or review and/or verification of physician's orders and consulting services under contract for hospitals licensed in Oklahoma or any other state; and which provide services under the direction of a pharmacist in charge or PIC, licensed by the Board.
"Remote pharmacist" means any person licensed to practice pharmacy by the Board, either employed or a contract employee of a hospital, hospital pharmacy, or remote medication order processing pharmacy, processing the medication order from a remote site.
"Remote site" means a site located within the continental United States (US) or District of Columbia (DC) that is electronically linked to the hospital via a computer and/or other electronic communications system as defined in the operations, policies and procedures manual of a hospital pharmacy, hospital drug room or remote medication order processing pharmacy for the purposes of remote medication order processing.
Added at 27 Ok Reg 2256, eff 7-11-10
