Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 535 - Oklahoma State Board of Pharmacy
Chapter 15 - Pharmacies
Subchapter 5 - Hospital Pharmacies
Section 535:15-5-13 - Medications from other sources

(a) Drugs from outside pharmacies. Whenever drugs or pharmaceutical services are obtained from outside of a hospital facility, arrangements shall be made to insure that such outside pharmacies provide their services in a manner which assures the safety of the patients and properly serves the need of the hospital facility. Such arrangements shall be made in writing and shall at a minimum specify that:

(b) Emergency sources of medications. Procedures shall be made, in writing, for the hospital facility to obtain emergency items from a neighboring facility, retail pharmacy, or other source of pharmaceuticals. (Unit dose packaging is recommended).

(c) Medications from home. Whenever patients bring drugs into a hospital facility, such drugs shall not be administered unless they can be precisely identified and the physician has specifically indicated on the patient chart that the patient is to take their own medication.