Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 72375 - Pharmaceutical Service-Staff
(a) Facilities shall retain a consulting
pharmacist who devotes a sufficient number of hours during a regularly
scheduled visit, for the purpose of coordinating, supervising and reviewing the
pharmaceutical service committee, or its equivalent, at least quarterly. The
report shall include a log or record of time spent in the facility. There shall
be a written agreement between the pharmacist and the facility which includes
duties and responsibilities of both.
(b) A pharmacist shall serve on the
pharmaceutical service committee and the patient care policy
committee.
(c) A pharmacist shall
review the drug regimen of each patient at least monthly and prepare
appropriate reports. The review of the drug regimen of each patient shall
include all drugs currently ordered, information concerning the patient's
condition relating to drug therapy, medication administration records, and
where appropriate, physician's progress notes, nurse's notes, and laboratory
test results. The pharmacists shall be responsible for reporting, in writing,
irregularities in the dispensing and administration of drugs and other matters
relating to the review of the drug regimen to the administrator and director of
the nursing service.
Notes
Note: Authority cited: Sections 208(a) and 1275, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Section 1276, Health and Safety Code.
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