Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 23 - BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Section R4-23-110 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In addition to definitions in A.R.S. §
									32-1901,
				  the following definitions apply to this Chapter:
"Active ingredient" means any component that furnishes
				  pharmacological activity or other direct effect in the diagnosis, cure,
				  mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease or that affects the structure
				  or any function of the body of man or other animals. The term includes those
				  components that may undergo chemical change in the manufacture of the drug,
				  that are present in the finished drug product in a modified form, and that
				  furnish the specified activity or effect.
"AHCCCS" means the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment
				  System.
"Annual family income" means the combined yearly gross earned
				  income and unearned income of all adult individuals within a family
				  unit.
"Approved course in pharmacy law" means a continuing
				  education activity that addresses practice issues related to state or federal
				  pharmacy statutes, rules, or regulations.
"Approved Provider" means an individual, institution,
				  organization, association, corporation, or agency that is approved by the
				  Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) in accordance with ACPE's
				  policy and procedures or by the Board as meeting criteria indicative of the
				  ability to provide quality continuing education.
"Assisted living facility" means a residential care
				  institution as defined in A.R.S. §
									36-401.
"Authentication of product history" means identifying the
				  purchasing source, the ultimate fate, and any intermediate handling of any
				  component of a radio pharmaceutical or other drug.
"Automated dispensing system" means a mechanical system in a
				  long-term care facility that performs operations or activities, other than
				  compounding or administration, relative to the storage, packaging, counting,
				  labeling, and dispensing of medications, and which collects, controls, and
				  maintains all transaction information.
"Automated storage and distribution system" means a
				  mechanical system that performs operations or activities other than counting,
				  compounding, or administration, relative to the storage, packaging, or
				  distributing of drugs or devices and that collects, controls, and maintains all
				  transaction information.
"Batch" means a specific quantity of drug that has uniform
				  character and quality, within specified limits, and is produced according to a
				  single manufacturing order during the same cycle of manufacture.
"Beyond-use date" means:
A date determined by a pharmacist and placed on a
				  prescription label at the time of dispensing to indicate a time beyond which
				  the contents of the prescription are not recommended to be used; or
A date determined by a pharmacist and placed on a compounded
				  pharmaceutical product's label at the time of preparation as specified in
				  R4-23-410(B)(3)(d),
				  R4-23-410(I)(6)(e),
				  or
				  R4-23-410(J)(1)(d)
				  to indicate a time beyond which the compounded pharmaceutical product is not
				  recommended to be used.
"Biological safety cabinet" means a containment unit suitable
				  for the preparation of low to moderate risk agents when there is a need for
				  protection of the product, personnel, and environment, consistent with National
				  Sanitation Foundation (NSF) standards, published in the National Sanitation
				  Foundation Standard 49, Class II (Laminar Flow) Biohazard Cabinetry, NSF
				  International P. O. Box 130140, Ann Arbor, MI, revised June 1987 edition, (and
				  no future amendments or editions), incorporated by reference and on file with
				  the Board.
"Care-giver" means a person who cares for someone who is sick
				  or disabled or an adult who cares for an infant or child and includes a
				  patient's husband, wife, son, daughter, mother, father, sister, brother, legal
				  guardian, nurse, or medical practitioner.
"Change of ownership," as used in A.R.S. §
									32-1901.01(A),
				  means a change of at least 30 percent in voting stock or vested interest that
				  has direct operational oversight.
"Community pharmacy" means any place under the direct
				  supervision of a pharmacist where the practice of pharmacy occurs or where
				  prescription orders are compounded and dispensed other than a hospital pharmacy
				  or a limited service pharmacy.
"Component" means any ingredient used in compounding or
				  manufacturing drugs in dosage form, including an ingredient that may not appear
				  in the finished product.
"Compounding and dispensing counter" means a pharmacy counter
				  working area defined in this Section where a pharmacist, intern, pharmacy
				  technician, or pharmacy technician trainee under the supervision of a
				  pharmacist compounds, mixes, combines, counts, pours, or prepares and packages
				  a prescription medication to dispense an individual prescription order or
				  prepackages a drug for future dispensing.
"Computer system" means an automated data-processing system
				  that uses a programmable electronic device to store, retrieve, and process
				  data.
"Computer system audit" means an accounting method, involving
				  multiple single-drug usage reports and audits, used to determine a computer
				  system's ability to store, retrieve, and process original and refill
				  prescription dispensing information.
"Contact hour" means 50 minutes of participation in a
				  continuing education activity sponsored by an Approved Provider.
"Container" means:
A receptacle, as described in the official compendium or the
				  federal act, that is used in manufacturing or compounding a drug or in
				  distributing, supplying, or dispensing the finished dosage form of a drug;
				  or
A metal receptacle designed to contain liquefied or
				  vaporized compressed medical gas and used in manufacturing, transfilling,
				  distributing, supplying, or dispensing a compressed medical gas.
"Continuing education" means a structured learning process
				  required of a licensee to maintain licensure that includes study in the general
				  areas of socio-economic and legal aspects of health care; the properties and
				  actions of drugs and dosage forms; etiology, characteristics and therapeutics
				  of disease status; or pharmacy practice.
"Continuing education activity" means continuing education
				  obtained through an institute, seminar, lecture, conference, workshop, mediated
				  instruction, programmed learning course, or postgraduate study in an accredited
				  college or school of pharmacy.
"Continuing education unit" or "CEU" means 10 contact hours
				  of participation in a continuing education activity sponsored by an Approved
				  Provider.
"Continuous quality assurance program" or "CQA program" means
				  a planned process designed by a pharmacy permittee to identify, evaluate, and
				  prevent medication errors.
"Correctional facility" has the same meaning as in A.R.S.
				  §§
									13-2501
				  and
				  31-341.
"CRT" means a cathode ray tube or other mechanism used to
				  view information produced or stored by a computer system.
"CSPMP" means the Controlled Substances Prescription
				  Monitoring Program established under A.R.S. Title 36, Chapter 28.
"Current good compounding practices" means the minimum
				  standards for methods used in, and facilities or controls used for, compounding
				  a drug to ensure that the drug has the identity and strength and meets the
				  quality and purity characteristics it is represented to possess.
"Current good manufacturing practice" means the minimum
				  standard for methods used in, and facilities or controls used for
				  manufacturing, processing, packing, or holding a drug to ensure that the drug
				  meets the requirements of the federal act as to safety, and has the identity
				  and strength and meets the quality and purity characteristics it is represented
				  to possess.
"Cytotoxic" means a pharmaceutical that is capable of
				  killing living cells.
"Day" means a calendar day unless otherwise
				  specified.
"DEA" means the Drug Enforcement Administration as defined
				  in A.R.S. §
									32-1901.
"Declared disaster areas" means areas designated by the
				  governor or by a county, city, or town under A.R.S. §
									32-1910
				  as those areas that have been adversely affected by a natural disaster or
				  terrorist attack and require extraordinary measures to provide adequate, safe,
				  and effective health care for the affected population.
"Delinquent license" means a pharmacist, intern, or pharmacy
				  technician license the Board suspends for failure to renew or pay all required
				  fees on or before the date the renewal is due.
"Dietary supplement or food supplement," as used in A.R.S.
				  §
									32-1904(B),
				  means a product (other than tobacco) that:
Is intended to supplement the diet that contains one or more
				  of the following dietary ingredients: a vitamin, mineral, herb or other
				  botanical, amino acid, dietary substance for use by humans to supplement the
				  diet by increasing the total daily intake, or concentrate, metabolite,
				  constituent, extract, or combinations of these ingredients;
Is intended for ingestion in pill, capsule, tablet, or liquid
				  form;
Is not represented for use as a conventional food or as the
				  sole item of a meal or diet; and
Is labeled as a "dietary supplement" or "food
				  supplement."
"Digital signature" has the same meaning as in A.R.S. §
									41-132(E).
"Dispensing pharmacist" means a pharmacist who, in the
				  process of dispensing a prescription medication after the complete preparation
				  of the prescription medication and before delivery of the prescription
				  medication to a patient or patient's agent, verifies, checks, and initials the
				  prescription medication label, as required in
				  R4-23-402(A).
"Drug sample" means a unit of a prescription drug that a
				  manufacturer provides free of charge to promote the sale of the drug.
"Durable medical equipment" or "DME" means technologically
				  sophisticated medical equipment that may be used by a patient or consumer in a
				  home or residence. DME may be prescription-only devices as defined in A.R.S.
				  §
									32-1901.
				  DME includes:
Air-fluidized beds,
Apnea monitors,
Blood glucose monitors and diabetic testing strips,
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machines,
Electronic and computerized wheelchairs and seating
				  systems,
Feeding pumps,
Home phototherapy devices,
Hospital beds,
Infusion pumps,
Medical oxygen and oxygen delivery systems excluding
				  compressed medical gases,
Nebulizers,
Respiratory disease management devices,
Sequential compression devices,
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) unit,
				  and
Ventilators.
"Earned income" means monetary payments received by an
				  individual as a result of work performed or rental property owned or leased by
				  the individual, including:
Wages,
Commissions and fees,
Salaries and tips,
Profit from self-employment,
Profit from rent received from a tenant or boarder,
				  and
Any other monetary payments received by an individual for
				  work performed or rental of property.
"Electronic signature" has the same meaning as in A.R.S.
				  §
									44-7002.
"Eligible patient" means a patient who a pharmacist
				  determines is eligible to receive an immunization using professional judgment
				  after consulting with the patient regarding the patient's current health
				  condition, recent health condition, and allergies.
"Emergency drug supply unit" means those drugs that may be
				  required to meet the immediate and emergency therapeutic needs of long-term
				  care facility residents and hospice inpatient facility patients, and which are
				  not available from any other authorized source in sufficient time to prevent
				  risk of harm to residents or patients.
"Extreme emergency" means the occurrence of a fire, water
				  leak, electrical failure, public disaster, or other catastrophe constituting an
				  imminent threat of physical harm to pharmacy personnel or patrons.
"Family unit" means:
A group of individuals residing together who are related by
				  birth, marriage, or adoption; or
An individual who:
Does not reside with another individual; or
Resides only with another individual or group of individuals
				  to whom the individual is unrelated by birth, marriage, or adoption.
"FDA" means the Food and Drug Administration, a federal
				  agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services,
				  established to set safety and quality standards for foods, drugs, cosmetics,
				  and other consumer products.
"Health care decision maker" has the same meaning as in
				  A.R.S. §
									12-2291.
"Health care institution" has the same meaning as in A.R.S.
				  §
									36-401.
"Hospice inpatient facility" means a health care institution
				  licensed under A.R.S. §
									36-401
				  and Article 8 that provides hospice services to a patient requiring inpatient
				  services.
"Immediate notice" means a required notice sent by mail, fax,
				  or electronic mail to the Board Office within 24 hours.
"Immunizations training program" means an immunization
				  training program for pharmacists and interns that meets the requirements of
				  R4-23-411(E).
"Inactive ingredient" means any component other than an
				  "active ingredient" present in a drug.
"Internal test assessment" means performing quality
				  assurance or other procedures necessary to ensure the integrity of a
				  test.
"ISO Class 5 environment" means an atmospheric environment
				  that complies with the ISO/TC209 International Clean room Standards,
				  specifically ANSI/IEST/ISO-14644-1:1999: Cleanrooms and associated controlled
				  environments--Part 1: Classification of air cleanliness, first edition dated
				  May 1, 1999, (and no future amendments or editions), incorporated by reference
				  and on file in the Board office.
"ISO Class 7 environment" means an atmospheric environment
				  that complies with the ISO/TC209 International Clean room Standards,
				  specifically ANSI/IEST/ISO-14644-1:1999: Cleanrooms and associated controlled
				  environments--Part 1: Classification of air cleanliness, first edition dated
				  May 1, 1999, (and no future amendments or editions), incorporated by reference
				  and on file in the Board office.
"Licensed health care professional" means an individual who
				  is licensed and regulated under A.R.S. Title 32, Chapter 7, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16,
				  17, 18, 25, 29, or 35. "Limited-service correctional pharmacy" means a
				  limited-service pharmacy, as defined in A.R.S. §
									32-1901,
				  that:
Holds a current Board permit under A.R.S. §
									32-1931;
Is located in a correctional facility; and
Uses pharmacists, interns, and support personnel to compound,
				  produce, dispense, and distribute drugs.
"Limited-service long-term care pharmacy" means a
				  limited-service pharmacy, as defined in A.R.S. §
									32-1901,
				  that holds a current Board-issued permit and dispenses prescription medication
				  or prescription-only devices to patients in long-term care facilities.
"Limited-service mail-order pharmacy" means a limited-service
				  pharmacy, as defined in A.R.S. §
									32-1901,
				  that holds a current Board permit under A.R.S. §
									32-1931
				  and dispenses a majority of its prescription medication or prescription-only
				  devices by mailing or delivering the prescription medication or
				  prescription-only device to an individual by the United States mail, a common
				  or contract carrier, or a delivery service.
"Limited-service nuclear pharmacy" means a limited-service
				  pharmacy, as defined in A.R.S. §
									32-1901,
				  that holds a current Board permit under A.R.S. §
									32-1931
				  and provides radiopharmaceutical services.
"Limited-service pharmacy permittee" means a person who
				  holds a current limited-service pharmacy permit in compliance with A.R.S.
				  §§ 32-1929, 32-1930, 32-1931, and A.A.C.
				  R4-23-606.
"Limited-service sterile pharmaceutical products pharmacy"
				  means a limited-service pharmacy, as defined in A.R.S. § 32-1901, that
				  holds a current Board permit under A.R.S. § 32-1931 and dispenses a
				  majority of its prescription medication or prescription-only devices as sterile
				  pharmaceutical products.
"Long-term care consultant pharmacist" means a pharmacist
				  providing consulting services to a long-term care facility.
"Long-term care facility" or "LTCF" means a nursing care
				  institution as defined in A.R.S. §
									36-401.
"Lot" means a batch or any portion of a batch of a drug, or
				  if a drug produced by a continuous process, an amount of drug produced in a
				  unit of time or quantity in a manner that assures its uniformity. In either
				  case, a lot is identified by a distinctive lot number and has uniform character
				  and quality with specified limits.
"Lot number" or "control number" means any distinctive
				  combination of letters or numbers, or both, from which the complete history of
				  the compounding or manufacturing, control, packaging, and distribution of a
				  batch or lot of a drug can be determined.
"Low-income subsidy" means Medicare-provided assistance that
				  may partially or fully cover the costs of drugs and is based on the income of
				  an individual and, if applicable, the individual's spouse.
"Materials approval unit" means any organizational element
				  having the authority and responsibility to approve or reject components,
				  in-process materials, packaging components, and final products.
"Mechanical counting device for a drug in solid, oral dosage
				  form" means a mechanical device that counts drugs in solid, oral dosage forms
				  for dispensing and includes an electronic balance when used to count
				  drugs.
"Mechanical storage and counting device for a drug in solid,
				  oral dosage form" means a mechanical device that stores and counts and may
				  package or label drugs in solid, oral dosage forms for dispensing.
"Mediated instruction" means information transmitted via
				  intermediate mechanisms such as audio or video tape or telephone
				  transmission.
"Medical practitioner-patient relationship" means that before
				  prescribing, dispensing, or administering a prescription-only drug,
				  prescription-only device, or controlled substance to a person, a medical
				  practitioner, as defined in A.R.S. §
									32-1901,
				  shall first conduct a physical examination of that person or have previously
				  conducted a physical examination. This subdivision does not apply to:
A medical practitioner who provides temporary patient
				  supervision on behalf of the patient's regular treating medical
				  practitioner;
Emergency medical situations as defined in A.R.S. §
									41-1831;
Prescriptions written to prepare a patient for a medical
				  examination; or
Prescriptions written, prescription-only drugs,
				  prescription-only devices, or controlled substances issued for use by a county
				  or tribal public health department for immunization programs, emergency
				  treatment, in response to an infectious disease investigation, public health
				  emergency, infectious disease outbreak or act of bioterrorism. For purposes of
				  this subsection, "bioterrorism" has the same meaning as in A.R.S. §
									36-781.
"Medicare" means a federal health insurance program
				  established under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act.
"Medication error" means any unintended variation from a
				  prescription or medication order. Medication error does not include any
				  variation that is corrected before the medication is dispensed to the patient
				  or patient's care-giver, or any variation allowed by law.
"Mobile pharmacy" means a pharmacy that is self-propelled or
				  movable by another vehicle that is self-propelled.
"MPJE" means Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination,
				  a Board-approved national pharmacy law examination written and administered in
				  cooperation with NABP.
"NABP" means National Association of Boards of
				  Pharmacy.
"NABPLEX" means National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
				  Licensure Examination.
"NAPLEX" means North American Pharmacist Licensure
				  Examination.
"Order" means either of the following:
A prescription order as defined in A.R.S. §
									32-1901;
				  or
A medication order as defined in A.A.C.
				  R4-23-651.
"Other designated personnel" means a non-pharmacist
				  individual who is permitted in the pharmacy area, for a limited time, under the
				  direct supervision of a pharmacist, to perform non-pharmacy related duties,
				  such as trash removal, floor maintenance, and telephone or computer
				  repair.
"Outpatient" means an individual who is not a residential
				  patient in a health care institution.
"Outpatient setting" means a location that provides medical
				  treatment to an outpatient.
"Patient profile" means a readily retrievable, centrally
				  located information record that contains patient demographics, allergies, and
				  medication profile.
"Pharmaceutical patient care services" means the provision of
				  drug selection, drug utilization review, drug administration, drug therapy
				  monitoring, and other drug-related patient care services intended to achieve
				  outcomes related to curing or preventing a disease, eliminating or reducing a
				  patient's symptoms, or arresting or slowing a disease process, by identifying
				  and resolving or preventing potential and actual drug-related problems.
"Pharmaceutical product" means a medicinal drug.
"Pharmacy counter working area" means a clear and continuous
				  working area that contains no major obstacles such as a desktop computer,
				  computer monitor, computer keyboard, external computer drive device, printer,
				  fax machine, pharmacy balance, typewriter, or pill-counting machine, but may
				  contain individual documents or prescription labels, pens, prescription blanks,
				  refill log, pill-counting tray, spatula, stapler, or other similar items
				  necessary for the prescription-filling process.
"Pharmacy law continuing education" means a continuing
				  education activity that addresses practice issues related to state or federal
				  pharmacy statutes, rules, or regulations, offered by an Approved
				  Provider.
"Pharmacy permittee" means a person who holds a current
				  pharmacy permit that complies with A.R.S. §§
									32-1929,
				  32-1930, 32-1931, 32-1934, and
				  R4-23-606
				  and
				  R4-23-652.
"Physician" means a medical practitioner licensed under
				  A.R.S. Title 32, Chapter 13 or 17.
"Physician-in-charge" means a physician who is responsible
				  to the Board for all aspects of a prescription medication donation program
				  required in A.R.S. §
									32-1909
				  and operated in the physician's office or in a health care institution.
"Poverty level" means the annual family income for a family
				  unit of a particular size, as specified in the poverty guidelines updated
				  annually in the
Federal Register
by the U.S. Department of
				  Health and Human Services.
"Precursor chemical" means a precursor chemical I as defined
				  in A.R.S. §
									13-3401(26)
				   and a precursor chemical II as defined in
				  A.R.S. §
									13-3401(27).
"Prepackaged drug" means a drug that is packaged in a
				  frequently prescribed quantity, labeled in compliance with A.R.S. §§
									32-1967
				  and
				  32-1968,
				  stored, and subsequently dispensed by a pharmacist or intern under the
				  supervision of a pharmacist, who verifies at the time of dispensing that the
				  drug container is properly labeled, in compliance with A.R.S. §
									32-1968,
				  for the patient.
"Prep area" means a specified area either within an ISO class
				  7 environment or adjacent to but outside an ISO class 7 environment
				  that:
Allows the assembling of necessary drugs, supplies, and
				  equipment for compounding sterile pharmaceutical products, but does not allow
				  the use of paper products such as boxes or bulk drug storage;
Allows personnel to don personnel protective clothing, such
				  as gown, gloves, head cover, and booties before entering the clean compounding
				  area; and
Is a room or a specified area within a room, such as an area
				  specified by a line on the floor.
"Primary care provider" means the medical practitioner who
				  is treating an individual for a disease or medical condition.
"Proprietor" means the owner of a business permitted by the
				  Board under A.R.S. §§
									32-1929,
				  32-1930,
				  32-1931,
				  and 32-1934.
"Provider pharmacy" means a pharmacy that contracts with a
				  long-term care facility to supply prescription medication or other services for
				  residents of a long-term care facility.
"Radiopharmaceutical" means any drug that emits ionizing
				  radiation and includes:
Any nonradioactive reagent kit, nuclide generator, or
				  ancillary drug intended to be used in the preparation of a radiopharmaceutical,
				  but does not include drugs such as carbon-containing compounds or
				  potassium-containing salts, that contain trace quantities of naturally
				  occurring radionuclides; and
Any biological product that is labeled with a radionuclide or
				  intended to be labeled with a radionuclide.
"Radiopharmaceutical quality assurance" means performing and
				  interpreting appropriate chemical, biological, and physical tests on
				  radiopharmaceuticals to determine the suitability of the radiopharmaceutical
				  for use in humans and animals. Radiopharmaceutical quality assurance includes
				  internal test assessment, authentication of product history, and appropriate
				  record retention.
"Radiopharmaceutical services" means procuring, storing,
				  handling, compounding, preparing, labeling, quality assurance testing,
				  dispensing, distributing, transferring, recordkeeping, and disposing of
				  radiochemicals, radiopharmaceuticals, and ancillary drugs. Radiopharmaceutical
				  services include quality assurance procedures, radiological health and safety
				  procedures, consulting activities associated with the use of
				  radiopharmaceuticals, and any other activities required for the provision of
				  pharmaceutical care.
"Red C stamp" means a device used with red ink to imprint an
				  invoice with a red letter C at least one inch high, to make an invoice of a
				  Schedule III through IV controlled substance, as defined in A.R.S. §
									36-2501,
				  readily retrievable, as required by state and federal rules.
"Refill" means other than the original dispensing of the
				  prescription order, dispensing a prescription order in the same quantity
				  originally ordered or in multiples of the originally ordered quantity when
				  specifically authorized by the prescriber, if the refill is authorized by the
				  prescriber:
In the original prescription order;
By an electronically transmitted refill order that the
				  pharmacist promptly documents and files; or
By an oral refill order that the pharmacist promptly
				  documents and files.
"Regulated chemical" means the same as in A.R.S. §
									13-3401(30).
"Remodel" means to alter structurally the pharmacy area or
				  location.
"Remote drug storage area" means an area that is outside the
				  premises of the pharmacy, used for the storage of drugs, locked to deny access
				  by unauthorized persons, and secured against the use of force.
"Resident" means:
An individual admitted to and living in a long-term care
				  facility or an assisted living facility,
An individual who has a place of habitation in Arizona and
				  lives in Arizona as other than a tourist, or
A person that owns or operates a place of business in
				  Arizona.
"Responsible person" means the owner, manager, or other
				  employee who is responsible to the Board for a permitted establishment's
				  compliance with the laws and administrative rules of this state and of the
				  federal government pertaining to distribution of drugs, devices, precursor
				  chemicals, and regulated chemicals. Nothing in this definition relieves other
				  individuals from the responsibility to comply with state and federal laws and
				  administrative rules.
"Score transfer" means the process that enables an applicant
				  to take the NAPLEX in a jurisdiction and be eligible for licensure by
				  examination in other jurisdictions.
"Security features" means attributes incorporated into the
				  paper of a prescription order, referenced in A.R.S. §
									32-1968(A)(4),
				  that are approved by the Board or its staff and include one or more of the
				  following designed to prevent duplication or aid the authentication of a paper
				  document: laid lines, enhanced laid lines, thermochromic ink, artificial
				  watermark, fluorescent ink, chemical void, persistent void, penetrating
				  numbers, high-resolution border, high-resolution latent images, micro-printing,
				  prismatic printing, embossed images, abrasion ink, holograms, and foil
				  stamping.
"Shared order filling" means the following:
Preparing, packaging, compounding, or labeling an order, or
				  any combination of these functions, that are performed by:
A person with a current Arizona Board license, located at an
				  Arizona pharmacy, on behalf of and at the request of another resident or
				  nonresident pharmacy; or
A person, located at a nonresident pharmacy, on behalf of and
				  at the request of an Arizona pharmacy; and
Returning the filled order to the requesting pharmacy for
				  delivery to the patient or patient's care-giver or, at the request of this
				  pharmacy, directly delivering the filled order to the patient.
"Shared order processing" means the following:
Interpreting the order, performing order entry verification,
				  drug utilization review, drug compatibility and drug allergy review, final
				  order verification, and when necessary, therapeutic intervention, or any
				  combination of these order processing functions, that are performed by:
A pharmacist or intern, under pharmacist supervision, with a
				  current Arizona Board license, located at an Arizona pharmacy, on behalf of and
				  at the request of another resident or nonresident pharmacy: or
A pharmacist or intern, under pharmacist supervision,
				  located at a nonresident pharmacy, on behalf of and at the request of an
				  Arizona pharmacy; and
After order processing is completed, returning the processed
				  order to the requesting pharmacy for order filling and delivery to the patient
				  or patient's care-giver or, at the request of this pharmacy, returning the
				  processed order to another pharmacy for order filling and delivery to the
				  patient or patient's care-giver.
"Shared services" means shared order filling or shared order
				  processing, or both.
"Sight-readable" means that an authorized individual is able
				  to examine a record and read its information from a CRT, microfiche, microfilm,
				  printout, or other method acceptable to the Board or its designee.
"Single-drug audit" means an accounting method that
				  determines the numerical and percentage difference between a drug's beginning
				  inventory plus purchases and ending inventory plus sales.
"Single-drug usage report" means a computer system printout
				  of original and refill prescription order usage information for a single
				  drug.
"Standard-risk sterile pharmaceutical product" means a
				  sterile pharmaceutical product compounded from sterile commercial drugs using
				  sterile commercial devices or a sterile pharmaceutical optic or ophthalmic
				  product compounded from non-sterile ingredients.
"State of emergency" means a governmental declaration issued
				  under A.R.S. §
									32-1910
				  as a result of a natural disaster or terrorist attack that results in
				  individuals being unable to refill existing prescriptions.
"Sterile pharmaceutical product" means a medicinal drug free
				  from living biological organisms.
"Strength" means:
The concentration of the drug substance (for example,
				  weight/weight, weight/volume, or unit dose/volume basis); or
The potency, that is, the therapeutic activity of a drug
				  substance as indicated by bioavailability tests or by controlled clinical data
				  (expressed, for example, in terms of unity by reference to a standard).
"Substantial-risk sterile pharmaceutical product" means a
				  sterile pharmaceutical product compounded as a parenteral or inject-able dosage
				  form from non-sterile ingredients.
"Supervision" means a pharmacist is present, assumes legal
				  responsibility, and has direct oversight of activities relating to acquiring,
				  preparing, distributing, administering, and selling prescription medications by
				  interns, pharmacy technicians, or pharmacy technician trainees and when used in
				  connection with the intern training requirements means that, in a pharmacy
				  where intern training occurs, an intern preceptor assumes the primary
				  responsibility of teaching the intern during the entire period of the
				  training.
"Supplying" means selling, transferring, or delivering to a
				  patient or a patient's agent one or more doses of:
A nonprescription drug in the manufacturer's original
				  container for subsequent use by the patient, or
A compressed medical gas in the manufacturer's or compressed
				  medical gas distributor's original container for subsequent use by the
				  patient.
"Support personnel" means an individual, working under the
				  supervision of a pharmacist, trained to perform clerical duties associated with
				  the practice of pharmacy, including cashiering, bookkeeping, pricing, stocking,
				  delivering, answering non-professional telephone inquiries, and documenting
				  third-party reimbursement. Support personnel shall not perform the tasks of a
				  pharmacist, intern, pharmacy technician, or pharmacy technician trainee.
"Temporary pharmacy facility" means a facility established
				  as a result of a declared state of emergency to temporarily provide pharmacy
				  services within or adjacent to declared disaster areas.
"Tourist" means an individual who is living in Arizona but
				  maintains a place of habitation outside of Arizona and lives outside of Arizona
				  for more than six months during a calendar year.
"Transfill" means a manufacturing process by which one or
				  more compressed medical gases are transferred from a bulk container to a
				  properly labeled container for subsequent distribution or supply.
"Unearned income" means monetary payment received by an
				  individual that is not compensation for work performed or rental of property
				  owned or leased by the individual, including:
Unemployment insurance,
Workers' compensation,
Disability payments,
Payments from the Social Security Administration,
Payments from public assistance,
Periodic insurance or annuity payments,
Retirement or pension payments,
Strike benefits from union funds,
Training stipends,
Child support payments,
Alimony payments,
Military family allotments,
Regular support payments from a relative or other individual
				  not residing in the household,
Investment income,
Royalty payments,
Periodic payments from estates or trusts, and
Any other monetary payments received by an individual that
				  are not:
As a result of work performed or rental of property owned by
				  the individual,
Gifts,
Lump-sum capital gains payments,
Lump-sum inheritance payments,
Lump-sum insurance payments, or
Payments made to compensate for personal injury.
"Verified signature" or "signature verifying" means in
				  relation to a Board license or permit application or report, form, or
				  agreement, the hand-written or electronic signature of an individual who, by
				  placing a hand-written or electronic signature on a hard-copy or electronic
				  license or permit application or report, form, or agreement agrees with and
				  verifies that the statements and information within or attached to the license
				  or permit application or report, form, or agreement are true in every respect
				  and that inaccurate reporting can result in denial or loss of a license or
				  permit or report, form, or agreement.
"Veteran" means an individual who has served in the United
				  States Armed Forces.
"Virtual manufacturer" means an entity that contracts for
				  the manufacture of a drug or device for which the entity:
Owns the New Drug Application or Abbreviated New Drug
				  Application number, as defined by the FDA, for a drug;
Owns the Unique Device Identification number, as defined by
				  the FDA, for a prescription device;
Is not involved in the physical manufacture of the drug or
				  device; and
Contracts with an Arizona-permitted manufacturing entity for
				  the physical manufacture of the drug or device; or
If the contracted manufacturing entity is in a location not
				  included in the definition at A.R.S.
				  32-1901 of
				  other jurisdiction, the virtual manufacturer ensures the facility is inspected
				  every time the virtual manufacturer submits an initial or renewal application
				  and determined to comply with current good manufacturing practices as defined
				  by the federal act and the official compendium.
Virtual manufacturer includes an entity that may be
				  identified as an own-label distributor, which contracts with a manufacturer to
				  produce a drug or device and with another entity to package and label the drug
				  or device, which is then sold under the distributor's name or another
				  name.
"Virtual wholesaler" means an entity that engages in the
				  wholesale distribution of a drug or device in, into, or out of Arizona but does
				  not take physical possession of the drug or device. A virtual wholesaler
				  distributes a drug or device only from a Board-permitted facility to:
A Board-permitted pharmacy, drug manufacturer, full-service
				  drug wholesaler, or non-prescription drug wholesaler; or
A medical practitioner licensed under A.R.S. Title 32;
				  and
Virtual wholesaler includes an entity that may be identified
				  as a broker that buys and sells goods for others or a person that facilitates
				  distribution of a drug, chemical, or device regulated by the Board.
"Wholesale distribution" means distribution of a drug to a
				  person other than a consumer or patient, but does not include:
Selling, purchasing, or trading a drug or offering to sell,
				  purchase, or trade a drug for emergency medical reasons. For purposes of this
				  Section, "emergency medical reasons" includes transferring a prescription drug
				  by a community or hospital pharmacy to another community or hospital pharmacy
				  to alleviate a temporary shortage;
Selling, purchasing, or trading a drug, offering to sell,
				  purchase, or trade a drug, or dispensing a drug as specified in a
				  prescription;
Distributing a drug sample by a manufacturers' or
				  distributors' representative; or Selling, purchasing, or trading blood or blood
				  components intended for transfusion.
"Wholesale distributor" means any person engaged in
				  wholesale distribution of drugs, including: manufacturers; repackers; own-label
				  distributors; private-label distributors; jobbers; brokers; warehouses,
				  including manufacturers' and distributors' warehouses, chain drug warehouses,
				  and wholesale drug warehouses; independent wholesale drug traders; and retail
				  pharmacies that conduct wholesale distributions in the amount of at least 5% of
				  gross sales.