Illinois Administrative Code › Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Part 1330 - PHARMACY PRACTICE ACT › Subpart E - TYPES OF PHARMACIES › Section 1330.510 - Telepharmacy

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Telepharmacy
				shall be limited to the types of operations described in this Section. Each
				site where such operations occur shall be a separately licensed pharmacy. Home
				pharmacies that are located outside of Illinois must be licensed as a
				nonresident pharmacy. Nonresident pharmacies shall abide by all Illinois laws
				and rules when filling prescriptions for Illinois residents, except that the
				dispensing pharmacist and the pharmacist-in-charge shall not be required to be
				licensed in Illinois, except as otherwise provided in this Part.
b) Remote Dispensing Site
1) Written prescriptions presented to the
				remote dispensing site shall be scanned into the electronic data processing
				equipment to ensure initial dispensing and each refill and the original
				prescription may be viewed on the monitor at both the remote dispensing site
				and home pharmacy site. Records shall be maintained at the remote dispensing
				site.
2) A remote site is
				considered to be under the supervision of the pharmacist-in-charge of the home
				pharmacy. Each home pharmacy may supervise no more than 3 remote sites that are
				simultaneously open.
3) The remote
				site shall use its home pharmacy and pharmacy management system.
A) The system shall assign consecutive
				prescription numbers.
B)
				Prescriptions dispensed at the remote site shall be distinguishable from those
				dispensed from the home pharmacy.
C) Daily reports must be separated for the
				home and remote site.
4)
				A pharmacist at the home pharmacy must verify each prescription before it
				leaves the remote site.
A) Pharmacist and
				pharmacy technician initials or unique identifiers must appear on the
				prescription record and the prescription label.
B) A pharmacist shall electronically compare
				via video link the stock bottle, drug dispensed, the strength and its beyond
				use date. The entire label must be checked for accuracy on the video
				link.
C) The remote dispensing site
				shall utilize a barcode system that prints the barcode of the stock bottle on
				the label of the dispensed drug. If the stock bottle does not have a barcode,
				the pharmacy shall create one. The technician shall scan both the stock bottle
				and the label of the dispensed drug to verify that the drug dispensed is the
				same as the drug in the stock bottle for each prescription dispensed.
D) A pharmacy may utilize a different
				electronic verification system that accomplishes the same purpose after review
				and approval of the Division.
5) Counseling must be done by a pharmacist
				via video link and audio link. Pursuant to Section
				1330.700, the pharmacist
				providing counseling, pursuant to this subsection, must be employed or
				contracted by the home pharmacy or by a pharmacy contracted with the home
				pharmacy and have access to all relevant patient information maintained by the
				home pharmacy.
6) A
				pharmacist-in-charge or a designated pharmacist must complete monthly
				inspections of the remote site. Inspection criteria must be included in the
				policies and procedures for the site. The inspection report must be available
				on site for pharmacy investigator inspection.
7) Controlled substances shall be kept at the
				remote site in accordance with the Act and this Part. All records must be
				stored at the remote site.
8) There
				shall be a working computer link, video link and audio link to a pharmacist at
				a home pharmacy whenever the prescription area is open to the public. The
				communication link must be checked daily and the remote site pharmacy must be
				closed if the link malfunctions, unless a pharmacist is physically present at
				the remote site.
A) The pharmacy technician
				located at the remote dispensing site must have one year of experience and be
				registered as a certified pharmacy technician, or be a student
				pharmacist.
B) New prescriptions
				received at the remote dispensing site may be entered into the remote computer
				system with all verification, interaction, checking and profile review by the
				pharmacist at the home pharmacy.
C)
				Each pharmacist at the home pharmacy may electronically supervise no more than
				3 remote sites that are simultaneously open.
9) The facility must have a sign clearly
				identifying it as a remote dispensing site.
10) The facility shall have an area for
				patient consultation, exclusive of any waiting area.