Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64B16 - Board of Pharmacy › Chapter 64B16-27 - PHARMACY PRACTICE › Section 64B16-27.450 - Prescription Department Managers

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1)
				Designation as Prescription Department
				Manager.
(a) Initial Designation. Pursuant to
				sections  465.018,
				 465.0197, and
				 465.022, F.S., a permit for a
				community or internet pharmacy may not be issued unless a licensed pharmacist
				is designated as the prescription department manager. Pursuant to rules
				 64B16-28.820,
				 64B16-28.830, and
				 64B16-28.901, F.A.C.,
				applications for permits for a Special Parenteral and Enteral, Special Closed
				System, or Nuclear pharmacy require the supervising licensed pharmacist be
				designated as the prescription department manager. Finally, applications for a
				Special Sterile Compounding Permit require the supervising licensed pharmacist
				or consultant pharmacist be designated as either the prescription department
				manager or the consultant pharmacist of record, as applicable to the underlying
				permit type. Initial designation is accomplished as part of the application
				process using the appropriate application form incorporated in rule
				 64B16-28.100, F.A.C., or as part
				of the application for an Internet Pharmacy Permit, utilizing Form DH-MQA 1220,
				Special Pharmacy Permit Application and Information, incorporated in rule
				 64B16-28.100, F.A.C.
(b) Change of prescription department
				manager. No later than ten (10) days after a change of designated prescription
				department manager for a community pharmacy, a Special Parenteral and Enteral
				pharmacy, a Special Closed System pharmacy, a Nuclear pharmacy, or a Special
				Sterile Compounding permittee, or thirty (30) days for an internet pharmacy,
				both the pharmacy permittee and the newly designated prescription department
				manager shall notify the Board of the change and the identity of the newly
				designated prescription department manager. Notification shall be accomplished
				by completing Form DOH/MQA/PH10, 01/18, Prescription Department Manager (PDM)
				Designation and Privacy Statement Acknowledgement, which is hereby incorporated
				by reference and which can be obtained from
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-09439
,
				the Board of Pharmacy, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C04, Tallahassee, Florida
				32399-3254, or the Board's website at
http://floridaspharmacy.gov/Applications/app-change-perscription-dept-manager.pdf
.
				In addition, an outgoing prescription department manager may choose to notify
				the Board they will no longer serve as prescription department manager using
				this form.
(c) Submission of
				Fingerprints. In addition to submission of Form DOH/MQA/PH10, the newly
				designated prescription department manager shall comply with the fingerprinting
				requirements of sections
				 456.0135 and
				 465.022, F.S. Electronic
				fingerprint information ("EFI") that has been submitted to the Florida Agency
				for Health Care Administration may be accessible by the Florida Department of
				Health for a period of sixty (60) months. If the Department is able to access
				EFI from AHCA, applicants will not be required to resubmit EFI for additional
				or new applications submitted during this time period. After sixty (60) months,
				new electronic fingerprint information must be submitted as part of all
				applications.