Alabama Administrative Code › Title 680 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY › Chapter 680-X-2 - PRACTICE OF PHARMACY › Section 680-X-2-.08 - Pharmacist Consultants Of Pharmaceutical Services

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
An increasing number of pharmacists are serving as pharmacy
				consultants to, or serving as coordinators of pharmaceutical services solely
				directed in the area of consultation to health care professionals regarding
				medication/treatment regimens and not to include manage consultation, in long
				term care facilities, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, domiciliaries,
				homes for the aged, governmental agencies and other places where a pharmacy
				permit is not held. The Alabama State Board of Pharmacy has the responsibility
				to maintain standards of professional conduct and to regulate professional
				practice. Due to the complexity of state and federal regulations pertaining to
				the provision of pharmaceutical care to the residents of long term care
				facilities and other facilities, and in the interest of protecting the public
				health of the citizens of Alabama residing in these facilities, and to insure
				the availability of qualified and competent consultant pharmacists, the Board
				of Pharmacy hereby promulgates the following rules and regulations:
(a) Requirements:
1. The Board of Pharmacy shall maintain a
			 roster of all pharmacist consultants of pharmaceutical services, solely
			 directed in the area of consultation to health care professionals regarding
			 medication/treatment regimens and not to include management consultation. All
			 persons serving as consultants shall be a pharmacist registered and licensed by
			 the State Board of Pharmacy in Alabama.
2. Location with on-site pharmacy: Any
			 pharmacist consultant to long term care facilities, nursing homes,
			 domiciliaries, homes of the aged, government agencies, and any other
			 pharmaceutical consultation practice shall register initially and biennially
			 which shall expire on December 31 of even-numbered years in each instance such
			 practice with the Alabama State Board of Pharmacy on forms provided by the
			 Board.
3. Location without on-site
			 pharmacy: Any pharmacist providing pharmaceutical consultation to, or
			 coordinating pharmaceutical services, solely directed in the area of
			 consultation to health care professionals regarding medication/treatment
			 regimens and not to include management consultation, in long term care
			 facilities, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, domiciliaries, homes for
			 the aged, governmental agencies, and any other place where a pharmacy permit is
			 not held shall register initially and biennially which shall expire on December
			 31 of even-numbered years in each instance such practice and place with the
			 Alabama State Board of Pharmacy on forms provided by the Board.
4. After January 1, 1996, pharmacists who
			 have not successfully completed an initial certification course for
			 consultants, which has been approved by the Board, will not be registered or
			 reregistered as consultants with the Board until they have completed said
			 course. Pharmacists must have taken the initial consultant certification course
			 and have successfully completed an examination with a passing score of 75. The
			 initial certification course shall be a eight (8) hour approved course
			 consisting of the following subject matters:
(i) Regulations and laws, both state and
			 federal, pertaining to services provided by consultant pharmacists.
(ii) Policy and Procedures.
(iii) Administrative
			 Responsibilities.
(iv) Professional
			 Responsibilities.
(v) Consultant
			 Pharmacy Opportunities -History and Overview.
(vi) Drug Regimen Review.
(vii) Ethics in Consultant
			 Pharmacy.
(viii) Impact of
			 Consultant Pharmacy on the Total Healthcare System.
(ix) Drug Therapy/Disease State
			 Monitoring.
5. All
			 pharmacist consultants to long term care facilities, assisted living
			 facilities, nursing homes, domiciliaries, homes of the aged, government
			 agencies, and all other pharmaceutical consultants are required to successfully
			 complete not less than eight (8) live hours that have been previously approved
			 by the Board each renewal cycle.