Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Shared Pharmacy Services › Section 20-576-76 - Originating Pharmacy

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) If an
				originating pharmacy accepts a prescription for dispensing to a patient or
				patient's representative through the use of a central dispensing pharmacy, at
				least one of such pharmacies shall be located in Connecticut;
(b) An originating pharmacy shall notify a
				patient or patient's representative when a prescription may be processed or
				dispensed via shared pharmacy services;
(c) An originating pharmacy shall provide a
				patient or patient's representative with the name of the licensed pharmacy
				processing or dispensing their prescription. If an originating pharmacy
				utilizes a pharmacy network under common ownership to process and dispense
				prescriptions, the patient or patient's representative shall be notified that
				any of the network pharmacies may process or dispense their prescription. Such
				notification may be provided to a patient or patient's representative via a
				one-time written notice or signage in the originating pharmacy;
(d) Each licensed pharmacy that participates
				in shared pharmacy services shall have the same owner or have a written
				contract or agreement with a participating licensed pharmacy outlining the
				specific services provided by each licensed pharmacist and licensed pharmacy
				along with the responsibilities shared by each licensed pharmacist and licensed
				pharmacy with respect to complying with applicable federal and state pharmacy
				statutes and regulations;
(e) An
				originating pharmacy shall maintain each original prescription in a readily
				retrievable manner at such pharmacy;
(f) An originating pharmacy shall implement
				and maintain a quality assurance program as described in section 20-635 of the
				Connecticut General Statutes that documents each prescription error reported to
				such originating pharmacy by a patient or patient's representative or by a
				licensed pharmacist or licensed pharmacy participating in shared pharmacy
				services regardless of where such reported prescription error
				occurred;
(g) An originating
				pharmacy shall provide access to all records required by this section, section
				20-576-75, and sections 20-576-78 and 20-576-79 of the Regulations of
				Connecticut State Agencies to the Department of Consumer Protection, Drug
				Control Division, within 48 hours of said department's request;
(h) An originating pharmacy shall verify, at
				least annually, that each licensed pharmacy utilized by the originating
				pharmacy for shared pharmacy services is properly licensed, and the originating
				pharmacy shall maintain a record of such verification on file for review by the
				Department of Consumer Protection, Drug Control Division;
(i) An originating pharmacy shall require
				pharmacy personnel to verify that each shipping container received from a
				central dispensing pharmacy contains each prescription listed on the shipping
				record. Such shipping record shall be maintained for a period of no less than
				three years;
(j) An originating
				pharmacy shall not provide any controlled substance prescriptions in Schedule
				II, III, IV or V of the federal Controlled Substances Act to a central
				dispensing pharmacy;
(k) An
				originating pharmacy shall perform a final prescription verification each time
				such pharmacy places a new prescription label over an existing prescription
				label or alters a dispensed prescription ready for delivery to a patient or
				patient's representative; and
(l)
				An originating pharmacy shall be responsible for reporting all dispensation
				data.