Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
In accordance with Subsections
58-17b-102(8) and
58-1-301(3),
the qualifications for designation as a branch pharmacy include the
following:
(1) The Division, in
collaboration with the Board, shall approve the location of each branch
pharmacy. The following shall be considered in granting such designation:
(a) the distance between or from nearby
alternative pharmacies and all other factors affecting access of persons in the
area to alternative pharmacy resources;
(b) the availability at the location of
qualified persons to staff the pharmacy, including the physician, physician
assistant or advanced practice registered nurse;
(c) the availability and willingness of a
parent pharmacy and supervising pharmacist to assume responsibility for the
branch pharmacy;
(d) the
availability of satisfactory physical facilities in which the branch pharmacy
may operate; and
(e) the totality
of conditions and circumstances which surround the request for
designation.
(2) A
branch pharmacy shall be licensed as a pharmacy branch of an existing Class A
or B pharmacy licensed by the Division.
(3) The application for designation of a
branch pharmacy shall be submitted by the licensed parent pharmacy seeking such
designation. In the event that more than one licensed pharmacy makes
application for designation of a branch pharmacy location at a previously
undesignated location, the Division in collaboration with the Board shall
review all applications for designation of the branch pharmacy and, if the
location is approved, shall approve for licensure the applicant determined best
able to serve the public interest as identified in Subsection (1).
(4) The application shall include the
following:
(a) complete identifying
information concerning the applying parent pharmacy;
(b) complete identifying information
concerning the designated supervising pharmacist employed at the parent
pharmacy;
(c) address and
description of the facility in which the branch pharmacy is to be
located;
(d) specific formulary to
be stocked indicating with respect to each prescription drug, the name, the
dosage strength and dosage units in which the drug will be
prepackaged;
(e) complete
identifying information concerning each person located at the branch pharmacy
who will dispense prescription drugs in accordance with the approved protocol;
and
(f) protocols under which the
branch pharmacy will operate and its relationship with the parent pharmacy to
include the following:
(i) the conditions
under which prescription drugs will be stored, used and accounted
for;
(ii) the method by which the
drugs will be transported from parent pharmacy to the branch pharmacy and
accounted for by the branch pharmacy; and
(iii) a description of how records will be
kept with respect to:
(A) formulary;
(B) changes in formulary;
(C) record of drugs sent by the parent
pharmacy;
(D) record of drugs
received by the branch pharmacy;
(E) record of drugs dispensed;
(F) periodic inventories; and
(G) any other record contributing to an
effective audit trail with respect to prescription drugs provided to the branch
pharmacy.
