Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 480 - RULES OF GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY › Chapter 480-18 - OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAM CLINIC PHARMACIES › Rule 480-18-.01 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
				apply:
(a) Administer. The term
			 administer means to give one, single dose of a pharmacy prepared narcotic
			 controlled substance.
(b) Board.
			 Board means the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy.
(c) Compound. The term compound means to mix,
			 prepare, package or change the dosage form of a narcotic controlled substance
			 for use in or by an opioid treatment program.
(d) CSAT. CSAT means the Center for Substance
			 Abuse Treatment.
(e) DEA. DEA means
			 the United States Drug Enforcement Administration.
(f) DHR. DHR means the Georgia Department of
			 Human Resources.
(g) Dispense. The
			 term dispense refers to the actions of a pharmacist when he/she fills a
			 prescription drug order and prepares either a single dose or multiple doses in
			 patient-specific take-home containers with narcotic controlled substances for
			 an opioid treatment program.
(h)
			 Director of Pharmacy Services. Director of Pharmacy Services shall be a
			 pharmacist, licensed with the Board, who shall direct, oversee, establish
			 protocols and be responsible for all pharmacy related transactions at an opioid
			 treatment program clinic pharmacy.
(i) Emergency kit. An emergency kit is a kit
			 containing drugs which may be required to meet the immediate therapeutic needs
			 of patients and which are not available from any other authorized source within
			 the clinic in sufficient time to prevent risk of harm to patients;
(j) GDNA. GDNA means the Georgia Drugs &
			 Narcotics Agency.
(k) Licensed
			 medical personnel. The term licensed medical personnel is used to describe
			 employees of an opioid treatment program clinic licensed by the State of
			 Georgia as health care professionals, i.e. physicians, pharmacists,
			 nurses.
(l) Medication dosing
			 station. The term medication dosing station is used to describe the location
			 where doses of medication are administered.
(m) Medication order. The term medication
			 order is used to describe the manner in which a physician orders, via written,
			 verbal or electronically transmitted means, the administration of a narcotic
			 controlled substance to the ultimate user.
(n) Methadone clinic. Methadone clinic is
			 defined the same as a narcotic treatment program clinic or an opioid treatment
			 program clinic.
(o) Methadone
			 treatment program. Methadone treatment program is defined the same as a
			 narcotic treatment program or an opioid treatment program.
(p) Narcotic maintenance. The term narcotic
			 maintenance means a treatment procedure in which individuals use an approved
			 narcotic controlled substance over a period of time to relieve withdrawal
			 symptoms and reduce narcotic craving in combination with rehabilitation
			 services.
(q) Narcotic treatment
			 program. Narcotic treatment program or NTP, also known as an opioid treatment
			 program, is defined as a program licensed or otherwise authorized, by the State
			 of Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR), the Substance Abuse and Mental
			 Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the U.S. Drug Enforcement
			 Administration (DEA) to operate a narcotic substance abuse program using
			 narcotic replacement procedures for individuals dependant on opium, morphine,
			 heroin or any derivative or synthetic drug in that group.
(r) Narcotic treatment program clinic
			 pharmacy. Narcotic treatment program clinic pharmacy, is defined as a pharmacy
			 licensed by the Board which is designated as an on-site pharmacy department of
			 a narcotic treatment program.
(s)
			 On-site pharmacy. On-site pharmacy (OSP) is a licensed opoid treatment program
			 clinic pharmacy.
(t) Opioid
			 replacement center. Opioid replacement center (ORC) is an opioid treatment
			 program.
(u) Opioid treatment
			 program. Opioid treatment program (OTP), is an opioid replacement program or a
			 narcotic treatment program licensed, or otherwise authorized by the State of
			 Georgia Department of Human Resources, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
			 Services Administration, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. This
			 program operates as a narcotic substance abuse program using narcotic
			 replacement procedures for individuals dependant on opium, morphine, heroin or
			 any derivative or synthetic drug in that group.
(v) Opioid treatment program clinic pharmacy.
			 Opioid treatment program clinic pharmacy is a licensed pharmacy which is
			 designated as an on-site pharmacy department located in and operated by any
			 opioid treatment program or opiate replacement treatment program.
(w) Opioid treatment program clinic pharmacy
			 license. An opioid treatment program clinic pharmacy license is issued by the
			 Georgia State Board of Pharmacy to an opioid treatment program clinic
			 pharmacy.
(x) Outpatient.
			 Outpatient shall mean an opioid treatment program patient who is treated on an
			 outpatient basis.
(y) SAMHSA.
			 SAMHSA means the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
			 Administration.
(z) Take-home dose.
			 The term take-home dose means a quantity of a physician ordered narcotic
			 controlled substance dispensed by an opioid treatment program clinic pharmacy
			 which an individual can take away from the OTP clinic, as set forth in the
			 Georgia Department of Human Resources rules.
O.C.G.A.
				26-4-37.