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Title 12 . Professional and Vocational Regulations
Chapter 52 . Big Game Guides and Transporters
Section 710. Absence of a pharmacist from an institutional pharmacy

12 AAC 52.710. Absence of a pharmacist from an institutional pharmacy

(a) When an institutional pharmacy will be unattended by a pharmacist, the pharmacist-in-charge shall arrange in advance for providing drugs for use within the institutional facility.

(b) When an institutional pharmacy is closed and a drug is required to treat a patient's immediate need and is not available from the drug stock outside of the pharmacy, a person designated by the pharmacist-in-charge and licensed to handle drugs may obtain the drug from the institutional pharmacy. The pharmacist-in-charge is responsible

(1) to record on a suitable form the removal of any drug from the institutional pharmacy by the person designated; the record must show the

(A) patient's name and room number;

(B) name, strength, and amount of the drug;

(C) date and time of removal; and

(D) initials or signature of the person designated who removed the drug from the pharmacy;

(2) when the pharmacy reopens or as soon as is practical, to check the stock container or similar unit dose package of the drug removed; and

(3) to ensure that the quantity of drugs that were removed is only the quantity necessary to sustain the patient until the pharmacy reopens.

History: Eff. 1/16/98, Register 145

Authority: AS 08.80.005

AS 08.80.030

AS 08.80.157

AS 08.80.390

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