Kan. Admin. Regs. § 68-20-18a - Information concerning prescriptions; recordkeeping; pharmacy prescription application
(a) Each controlled
substance shall be supplied or dispensed directly to a patient only pursuant to
a prescription issued in accordance with
K.A.R.
68-20-18. Each controlled substance shall be
supplied at a registered facility for immediate facility administration to the
ultimate user only pursuant to a medication order.
(b) Each dispensing, partial filling, or
refilling of a prescription for a controlled substance shall be entered on the
back of the prescription with the date, quantity, and name or initials of the
pharmacist providing the final verification.
(c) As an alternative to the procedures
provided by subsection (b), a pharmacy prescription application may be used for
the storage and retrieval of dispensing, refill, and partial filling
information for prescription orders for controlled substances if all of the
following requirements are met:
(1) Each
computerized system shall provide on-line retrieval, by computer monitor
display or hard-copy printout, of original prescription order, refill, and
partial fill information for those prescription orders that are authorized for
filling. Each display or printout of information shall include the following:
(A) The original prescription
number;
(B) the date of issuance of
the original prescription order by the prescriber;
(C) the dates of dispensing or partial
filling;
(D) the full name and
address of the patient;
(E) the
name, address, and DEA registration number of the prescriber;
(F) the name, strength, dosage form, quantity
of the controlled substance prescribed, and the quantity dispensed, if
different from the quantity prescribed;
(G) the identification code, or name or
initials of the dispensing pharmacist;
(H) the total number of refills authorized by
the prescriber, if applicable and allowable; and
(I) the total number of doses dispensed to
date for that prescription order.
(2) Each pharmacist who makes use of a
pharmacy prescription application shall document that the information in the
pharmacy prescription application is correct each time the pharmacist fills,
refills, or partially fills a controlled substance.
(A) If the pharmacy prescription application
produces a hard-copy printout of each day's controlled substance prescription
order data, the printout shall meet the following requirements:
(i) The printout shall be verified, dated,
and signed by the pharmacist who filled or partially filled the prescription
order. The pharmacist shall verify that the date indicated is correct and then
sign this document in the same manner as the pharmacist would sign a check or
legal document.
(ii) The printout
shall be provided to each pharmacy using the computerized system within 72
hours of the date on which the controlled substance was dispensed.
(iii) The printout shall be verified and
signed by each pharmacist who is involved in the
dispensing.
(B) In lieu
of signing a hard-copy printout of each day's controlled substance prescription
order data, the pharmacy owner shall maintain a bound logbook or separate file
in which each pharmacist involved in the dispensing shall sign a statement, in
the manner described in paragraph (c)(2)(A), each day, attesting to the fact
that the information entered into the pharmacy prescription application that
day has been reviewed by the pharmacist and is correct as
shown.
(3) Each pharmacy
prescription application shall have the capability of producing a printout of
any fill data that the facility is responsible for maintaining. Each printout
shall include an audit trail for any specified strength and dosage form of any
controlled substance, by brand, generic name, or both, in addition to the
following:
(A) The name of the
prescriber;
(B) the name and
address of the patient;
(C) the
quantity dispensed on each fill;
(D) the date of dispensing of each
fill;
(E) the name or
identification code of the dispensing pharmacist; and
(F) the number of the original prescription
order.
(4) If a pharmacy
experiences a computer system outage of the pharmacy prescription application,
the pharmacy shall have an auxiliary procedure that will be used for
documentation of partial fills and refills of controlled substance
prescriptions. This auxiliary procedure shall ensure that partial fills or
refills are authorized by the original prescription, the maximum number of
dosage units or refills has not been exceeded, the prescription is still valid
for partial filling or refilling, and all appropriate data is retained for
on-line data entry as soon as the computer system is available for use
again.
(d) All
prescriptions, records, and documents required by this article of the board's
regulations shall be kept readily retrievable at the registered location for
five years from the date of the last filling, refilling, partial filling, or
entry into the record, except that financial and shipping records may be kept
at other than the registered location with approval of the DEA.
Notes
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