Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 480 - RULES OF GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY › Chapter 480-8 - PRISON CLINIC PHARMACIES › Rule 480-8-.06 - Drug Distribution and Control

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Drug Distribution and Control shall be as follows:
(a) General. A drug distribution system is
			 the entirety of that mechanism by which a practitioner's prescription drug
			 order is executed, from the time the prescriber transmits the order either
			 orally or in writing to an authorized health professional through the time the
			 ordered drug is administered to the patient or delivered to the patient for
			 self-administration.
(b)
			 Responsibility. The Director of Pharmacy shall be responsible for the safe and
			 efficient distribution control, and accountability for drugs. The other
			 professional staff of the prison clinic shall cooperate with the Director in
			 meeting this responsibility and in ordering, administering, and accounting for
			 the pharmaceutical materials so as to achieve this purpose. Accordingly the
			 Director shall be responsible for, at a minimum, the following:
1. The drugs must be identified up to the
			 point of administration;
2. The
			 pharmacy must receive a direct copy or mechanical copy of a physician's order
			 before the first dose of medication is dispensed except as defined by prison
			 clinic stat order policy;
3.
			 Utilization of a pharmacy-generated patient profile. This shall be the official
			 record of medications dispensed to the patient. The patient profile shall be
			 maintained under the control of the Director of Pharmacy for a period of two
			 (2) years. The patient profile shall contain at a minimum:
(i) Given and last name;
(ii) DOC I.D. Number or any other assigned
			 I.D. Number;
(iii) Date of
			 birth;
(iv) Sex;
(v) Dorm or permanent housing
			 assignment;
(vi) Drug product
			 dispensed, date dispensed, strength, dosage form, quantity and directions, and
			 identification of dispensing pharmacist;
(vii) Identification or differentiation of
			 controlled substances;
(viii)
			 Selected medical data; and
(ix)
			 Sensitivities and allergies to drugs and foods.
4. Maintaining no more than a 7 day's supply
			 of unit dose medication with prison clinic labeling or no more than a 30-day
			 supply of maintenance medication with retail labeling.
5. Establishment of specifications or use of
			 compendial specifications for procurement of drugs, chemicals, and biologicals,
			 subject to approval of the appropriate committee of the prison
			 clinic;
6. Participation in
			 development of a drug formulary for the prison clinic;
7. Filling and labeling all containers from
			 which drugs are to be administered, after visual screening to determine that
			 same are neither adulterated nor misbranded;
8. Maintaining and making available a
			 sufficient inventory of antidotes and other emergency drugs. Current antidote
			 information, telephone numbers of regional poison control center(s) and other
			 emergency assistance organizations, and such other materials and information as
			 may be deemed necessary shall also be maintained;
9. Records of all transactions of the prison
			 clinic pharmacy as may be required by law, and as may be necessary to maintain
			 accurate control over and accountability for all pharmaceutical materials.
			 Nothing in this section shall prohibit the use of computer hard copy, where
			 such copy meets all other requirements of the law;
10. Participation in those aspects of the
			 prison clinic patient care evaluation program which relate to pharmaceutical
			 material utilization and effectiveness, and,
11. Efficient messenger and delivery service
			 to connect the pharmacy with appropriate parts of the facility throughout the
			 normal workday.