Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 480-13-.01 - Definitions
For purposes of these Rules and Regulations, the following definitions apply:
(a) Hospital. As
defined by the Department of Human Resources;
(b) Hospital pharmacy. Hospital pharmacy is
defined as that portion of a hospital facility which is engaged in the
manufacture, production, sale and distribution of drugs, medications, devices,
and other materials used in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of injury,
illness and disease (hereinafter referred to as "drugs"); and which is
registered with the State Board of Pharmacy pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
26-4-110;
(c) Hospital pharmacy license. Hospital
pharmacy license shall mean a pharmacy license issued by the Georgia State
Board of Pharmacy to said hospital pharmacies, pursuant to the provisions of
O.C.G.A. Sections
26-4-27, 26-4-28 and
26-4-110 whereas the licensee shall be subject to special hospital pharmacy regulations
as set forth herein, but exempt from other certain regulations and
requirements. To obtain the hospital pharmacy license, there must be employed a
Director of Pharmacy.
1. The Board authorizes
the holder of a hospital pharmacy license to service patients of Nursing Homes,
Long Term Care Facilities or Hospices as long as these entities are under the
same ownership as the hospital pharmacy; however, such entities can only be
serviced by the hospital pharmacy subject to the requirements as set forth by
Georgia State Board of Pharmacy Rules 480-24, the rule for providing services
to nursing homes, long term care facilities, and hospices. The hospital
pharmacy is prohibited from maintaining standard ward (Floor Stock) inventories
in such entities, but, it would allow the hospital pharmacy to supply emergency
kits.
(d) In-patient.
In-patient shall mean a patient who is confined to the hospital;
(e) Out-patient. Out-patient shall mean a
patient who is not an in-patient, including patients on leave of
absence;
(f) Remote Location.
Remote location shall mean a location away from the hospital or hospital
pharmacy located within the United States where a pharmacist reviews and enters
patient specific prescription drug orders for a hospital's patients.
(g) Remote Order Entry. Remote order entry
shall mean the entry made by a pharmacist licensed in this state, who is an
employee or contractor of either a pharmacy licensed in this state or a
pharmacy that holds a Georgia nonresident pharmacy permit issued pursuant to
Code Section
26-4-114.1, from a remote location anywhere in the United States indicating that the
pharmacist has reviewed the patient specific drug order for a hospital patient,
has approved or disapproved the administration of the drug for said patient,
and has entered the information in the hospital's patient record
system.
(h) Remote Order Entry
Pharmacist. A remote order entry pharmacist shall mean a pharmacist who is
licensed to practice pharmacy in the State of Georgia, who is at a remote
location located within the United States, who is an employee or contractor of
a pharmacy licensed in this state or that holds a nonresident pharmacy permit
issued pursuant to Code Section
26-4-114.1, and who is under contract with or employed by the hospital to review and enter
patient specific prescription drug orders for hospital patients when the
hospital pharmacy is closed.
(i)
Standard ward inventory. The Director of Pharmacy or his/her pharmacist
designee may, in the best interest of the patients served, establish one or
more lists of the kind and quantity of legend drugs to be kept at one or more
locations at all times within said hospital and such stocks of legend drugs
shall be known as standard ward inventory. The use of standard ward inventory
shall be minimized. A copy of the list of items on standard ward inventory must
be kept by the Director of Pharmacy or his/her pharmacist designee. A standard
ward inventory may be placed on an emergency vehicle licensed with the State
Department of Human Resources. A contract or agreement must be signed between
the hospital and the ambulance service and filed with the Department of Human
Resources Licensure Division and the Georgia Drugs and Narcotics Agency (GDNA)
before any legend drugs may be placed on said licensed vehicle. An agreement
can be made with only one hospital.
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