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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-16 - Physical construction and operation of pharmacies located in businesses not devoted primarily to the operation of a pharmacy

Current through July 10, 2024
When a pharmacy is operated in any store, firm or other
				business not devoted primarily to the operation of a pharmacy, the following
				provisions shall be met:
(1) The area
			 which is licensed as a pharmacy shall be completely separated from other
			 business operations by partitions approved by the commission and the entire
			 pharmacy shall be arranged or constructed to prevent the public from having
			 unauthorized or illegal access to any drugs or medical devices;
(2) Such pharmacy shall be constructed so
			 that it can be completely secured and locked to prevent unauthorized entry
			 during times when the pharmacy is closed and the pharmacist is not
			 present;
(3) The hours of operation
			 of the pharmacy shall be conspicuously displayed at the main outside entrance
			 of the business, store or firm;
(4)
			 Access to the pharmacy by an authorized pharmacist shall be provided
			 twenty-four hours daily;
(5)
			 Exterior and interior signs exhibited by such business which use words such as
			 "pharmacy," "drug store," "apothecary" or other words indicating that such
			 place of business houses a pharmacy shall not be positioned in such a way, or
			 be of such size, as to imply that the entire premises is a pharmacy;
(6) The portion of the premises occupied by a
			 pharmacy may have a door admitting the public directly into said pharmacy from
			 outside of the building, from a public way within a shopping mall or plaza or
			 from a lobby which leads directly to the outside; and
(7) In a business, store or firm where there
			 is no access providing direct access to the pharmacy in accordance with
			 subdivision (6) of this section, the pharmacy shall be located in an area which
			 is approved by the commission and which provides for convenience and ease of
			 access to patients.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-17 - Closing of prescription department

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The pharmacist
			 manager of a pharmacy may apply to the commission for permission to close the
			 prescription department during specified hours. Prior to granting the
			 applicant's request, the commission shall request that the Commissioner of
			 Consumer Protection inspect the pharmacy for compliance with sections 20-576-17
			 through
			 20-576-19,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations f Connecticut State Agencies. Upon confirmation
			 from the Commissioner of Consumer Protection that the pharmacy is in compliance
			 with those regulations, the commission shall grant such permission. A record of
			 such application and its approval shall be maintained on file by the
			 commission.
(b) After approval is
			 granted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, a pharmacy may reduce the
			 hours the prescription department is open if:
(1) the pharmacist manager files notice of
			 such reduction of hours with the Department of Consumer Protection at least
			 thirty days prior to such change; and
(2) the pharmacy posts a conspicuous notice
			 to the public at least thirty days prior to such reduction of hours.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-18 - Procedures when prescription department closed

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) During
			 times that the prescription department is closed, it shall be securely locked
			 and equipped with an alarm system. Such alarm shall be activated and operated
			 separately from any other alarm system at the pharmacy, and shall be able to
			 detect entrance to the prescription department at times when it is closed. Keys
			 and access codes to the alarm system shall be controlled in such a manner so as
			 to prevent access to the prescription department by other than authorized
			 pharmacy personnel. Only a pharmacist shall have the authority to deactivate
			 the alarm system.
(b) Original
			 written prescriptions, prescription containers to be refilled or written
			 requests for prescription refills may be left at the pharmacy at times when the
			 prescription department is closed only if they are deposited directly into a
			 drop box by a patient or his agent. Such box shall be a one-way container
			 constructed in a manner which ensures that deposited items are not retrievable
			 other than from inside the pharmacy by the pharmacist or his designee and only
			 at times when the pharmacist is present in the pharmacy.
(c) Prescriptions which have been prepared
			 for pickup, legend drugs, controlled substances, legend devices and products
			 whose sale is limited to pharmacies or shall be carried out by or under the
			 supervision of a pharmacist, shall be stored within the prescription department
			 or in a separate locked storage area and no sales of such products shall take
			 place when the prescription department is closed.
(d) When the prescription department is
			 closed, deliveries from manufacturers, wholesalers or other drug distributors
			 of legend drugs, controlled substances, legend devices and products whose sale
			 is limited to pharmacies or shall be carried out by or under the supervision of
			 a pharmacist, shall be stored in a secure locked area until such time that a
			 pharmacist is present in the pharmacy and the orders can be processed under a
			 pharmacist's supervision.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-18a - Unscheduled closing of the prescription department or the pharmacy

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
(1) A
			 pharmacy that has received approval from the commission, in accordance with
			 section
			 20-576-17
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, to close the prescription
			 department during specified hours, may close the prescription department during
			 its posted hours of operation only if the pharmacist who was scheduled to work
			 cannot do so and a replacement pharmacist cannot reasonably be scheduled to
			 work.
(2) If the prescription
			 department of a pharmacy is closed under the provisions of subsection (a)(1) of
			 this section, the pharmacy shall comply with the requirements of section
			 20-576-18
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and the following:
(A) The pharmacy shall implement procedures
			 to notify patients of the pharmacy who need prescriptions dispensed where these
			 prescriptions, including refills, can be obtained immediately. Such procedures
			 may include, but are not limited to, telephone system messages and
			 conspicuously posted signs;
(B) the
			 prescription department of a pharmacy shall not be closed more than one
			 calendar day for any one such closing;
(C) the prescription department of a pharmacy
			 shall not be closed more than eighteen times in a three hundred sixty-five day
			 period or more than twice in any thirty-day period; and
(D) the pharmacist manager shall report each
			 such closing of the prescription department to the commission not later than
			 seventy-two hours after the closing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-19 - Disclosure of times of operation of prescription department

Current through July 10, 2024
Pharmacies which have received approval from the commission to
				operate when the prescription department is closed shall comply with the
				following requirements:
(1) The hours
			 of operation of the prescription department shall be posted at all entrances to
			 the pharmacy in block letters at least one-half inch in height;
(2) All advertising for a specific pharmacy
			 shall clearly state the hours of operation of the prescription department;
			 and
(3) All advertising containing
			 multiple listings of specific pharmacies may contain the statement "The
			 services of a pharmacist may not be available at all times when stores are
			 open" in lieu of stating the hours of operation of each pharmacy's prescription
			 department.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-20 - New pharmacy or relocation of existing pharmacy

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The
			 pharmacist manager and applicant for a new pharmacy premise, or the pharmacist
			 manager and licensee of a pharmacy premise which moves its location to a new
			 premise location, or the pharmacist manager and licensee of a pharmacy which
			 complies with sections
			 20-576-15
			 and
			 20-576-16
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and which moves the area, or
			 any portion thereof, licensed as a pharmacy, to a different area within the
			 business premises, shall appear in person at a meeting of the commission and
			 present a completed new pharmacy premise application or a completed transfer
			 pharmacy premise application with the proper fee and a detailed sketch drawn to
			 scale or a blueprint of the proposed new pharmacy premise location or
			 re-location with its dimensions. The sketch or blueprint shall show at least
			 the following data:
(1) the square footage of
			 the area which will be licensed as the pharmacy premise;
(2) for pharmacies which comply with sections
			 20-576-15
			 and
			 20-576-16
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the total square footage of
			 the entire business entity;
(3) the
			 square footage of the prescription department;
(4) the square footage and location of areas
			 used as storerooms or stockrooms;
(5) the size of the prescription
			 counter;
(6) the location of the
			 prescription department sink and refrigerator;
(7) the location of the controlled drug
			 safe;
(8) the location of the
			 toilet facilities;
(9) the location
			 and size of patient counseling areas, if any; and
(10) any other information, related to the
			 physical plant, required by the commission in regulations adopted pursuant to
			 section
			 20-576(a)(2)
			 of the General Statutes, concerning the licensing of various classes of
			 pharmacies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-21 - Name of pharmacist manager to be posted

Current through July 10, 2024
The name of the pharmacist manager shall be conspicuously
				posted within the prescription department of a pharmacy, or in immediate
				proximity to it. The manager's name shall be displayed in a location and in a
				manner so as to be clearly and readily identifiable to patients and customers.
				Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the display of the name
				of the pharmacist manager at other locations within the pharmacy in addition to
				the above location.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-22 - Report of absence of pharmacist manager

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) If a pharmacist
			 manager is absent from the pharmacy for any reason for more than sixteen
			 consecutive days, the licensee shall immediately report such absence to the
			 commission. The licensee shall provide the commission with the name of the
			 pharmacist designated to be the acting pharmacist manager within five days
			 following the sixteenth consecutive day of the pharmacist manager's
			 absence.
(b) If the absence of the
			 pharmacist manager exceeds forty-two consecutive days such person shall be
			 deemed to have ceased to be the pharmacist manager of the pharmacy. In such
			 case, the licensee shall, in accordance with section
			 20-597
			 of the General Statutes, immediately notify the commission and shall
			 immediately enroll with the commission the name, address and license number of
			 the pharmacist who is assuming management of the pharmacy. This notice of
			 change of pharmacist manager shall be accompanied by the filing fee required by
			 section
			 20-601 of the
			 General Statutes. The pharmacist who ceases management of the pharmacy shall
			 also immediately notify the commission of this fact.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-23 - Newly designated pharmacist managers

Current through July 10, 2024
A pharmacist who is designated to be a pharmacist manager and
				has not previously managed a Connecticut pharmacy, shall appear before the
				commission for a personal interview related to the pharmacist's knowledge and
				responsibilities as a pharmacist manager. Such interview shall take place
				before the pharmacist is authorized to manage the pharmacy except that, in
				cases of hardship, the pharmacist shall appear at the first commission meeting
				held after the date the pharmacist commences work as the pharmacist
				manager.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-25 - Labeling of prescriptions

Current through July 10, 2024
All prescriptions dispensed in pharmacies and all outpatient
				prescriptions dispensed in institutional pharmacies shall be labeled and such
				labels shall contain all information required by federal and state statutes and
				regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-26 - Prescription procedures

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Oral orders
			 from a prescribing practitioner or his agent for new prescriptions or oral
			 authorizations for prescription refills shall be communicated directly to a
			 pharmacist. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent a pharmacy
			 technician from obtaining prescription renewal authorizations in accordance
			 with sections
			 20-576-35
			 and
			 20-576-39
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) All electronically transmitted
			 prescriptions shall be received directly in the prescription department of a
			 pharmacy.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-27 - Substitution of drugs. Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections 20-576-27 through
				20-576-30,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, "Purchaser" means
				the patient for whom the drug product is prescribed, or the patient's
				authorized agent, or, in the case of a minor or incompetent person, the
				patient's parent or guardian except that for subsection (e) of section
				20-619
				of the General Statutes the word "Purchaser" means the Payor of a prescription
				drug; and "Substitution" means the dispensing of a different drug, biological,
				medicinal substance, device or brand of the same in place of the drug,
				biological, medicinal substance, device or brand of the same prescribed without
				the express permission of the prescribing practitioner, except as provided in
				section
				20-619
				of the General Statutes, or in hospitals without the express approval of the
				medical staff pharmacy committee.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-28 - Notification to patient concerning substitution

Current through July 10, 2024
The pharmacist, prior to any substitution of a drug product
				pursuant to section
				20-619
				of the General Statutes, shall notify the patient or the patient's agent of any
				such substitution. The patient may indicate that no substitution is to be made
				and that the drug product appearing on the prescription shall be used to the
				exclusion of all other drug products.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-29 - Recording of drug substitution

Current through July 10, 2024
Whenever a pharmacist substitutes a drug product pursuant to
				section
				20-619
				of the General Statutes, the pharmacist shall:
(1) Record on the face of the prescription
			 form of a written prescription the brand name of the drug product substituted
			 or if the drug product substituted has no brand name, the generic name and name
			 of the manufacturer of the drug product substituted; or in the case of an oral
			 or electronically transmitted prescription, he shall record both the brand name
			 of the drug product ordered by the prescribing practitioner and the brand name
			 of the drug product substituted or, if the drug product substituted has no
			 brand name, the generic name and name of the manufacturer of the drug product
			 substituted; and
(2) Record on the
			 face of the prescription form the retail price (at the time of dispensing) of
			 the drug product substituted.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-30 - Disclosing the price of legend drugs

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) As used in
			 section
			 20-611
			 of the General Statutes, and in this section, "prospective purchaser" means a
			 person for whom a prescription has been issued in compliance with section
			 20-614
			 of the General Statutes, or the patient's authorized agent or, in the case of a
			 minor or incompetent person, the patient's parent or guardian, and who is
			 making an inquiry either in person or by telephone to a pharmacist for the
			 price of said prescription.
(b) For
			 the purpose of complying with section
			 20-611
			 of the General Statutes, and in order to have sufficient information to
			 disclose a prescription price, a pharmacist may ask a prospective purchaser
			 making an inquiry in person or by telephone, or any other person making such an
			 inquiry on behalf of the prospective purchaser for the following:
(1) The name of the medication (brand or
			 generic);
(2) Dose or strength, if
			 applicable; and
(3)
			 Quantity.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Section 20-576-32 - Pharmacy technicians. Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The definitions
			 in section
			 20-571
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes and this section shall apply to sections
			 20-576-33 to
			 20-576-39
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. The term pharmacy
			 technician does not include:
(1) persons
			 working in an institutional pharmacy who are not engaged in the compounding and
			 dispensing of medications, such as stock clerks and clerical personnel;
			 and
(2) persons working in a
			 pharmacy who are not engaged in the compounding and dispensing of medications,
			 such as stock clerks, cashiers, clerical personnel and data entry personnel
			 performing routine functions such as entering and retrieving basic information
			 not directly related to dispensing as defined in subdivision (9) of section
			 20-571
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, getting prescription files and other
			 manual records from storage, generating computer records such as refill logs
			 and inventories of dispensing for the signature or initials of the pharmacist,
			 handling or delivering completed prescriptions to the patient or the patient's
			 agent, and ringing up or receiving sales. Data entry of demographic and
			 insurance information shall not be considered to be directly related to
			 dispensing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Pharmacy Technicians in Institutional Pharmacies › Section 20-576-33 - Ratio

Current through July 10, 2024
The ratio of pharmacy technicians to pharmacists in an
				  institutional pharmacy shall be as follows:
(1) In an outpatient pharmacy, the ratio
				shall not exceed two pharmacy technicians to one supervising pharmacist, except
				that the commission may, in its discretion, grant a petition based on
				demonstrated need from any director of pharmacy for a ratio not to exceed three
				pharmacy technicians to one supervising pharmacist;
(2) In an inpatient pharmacy, the ratio shall
				not exceed three pharmacy technicians to one supervising pharmacist, except
				that the commission may, in its discretion, grant a petition based on
				demonstrated need from any director of pharmacy for a ratio not to exceed five
				pharmacy technicians to one supervising pharmacist; and
(3) In a satellite pharmacy, the ratio shall
				not exceed three pharmacy technicians to one supervising pharmacist, except
				that the commission may, in its discretion, grant a petition based on
				demonstrated need from any director of pharmacy for a ratio not to exceed five
				pharmacy technicians to one supervising pharmacist.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Pharmacy Technicians in Institutional Pharmacies › Section 20-576-34 - Supervision and responsibility

Current through July 10, 2024
The pharmacist providing direct supervision of pharmacy
				  technicians shall be responsible for their actions. Any violations relating to
				  the dispensing of drugs resulting from the actions of pharmacy technicians, or
				  the use of pharmacy technicians in the performance of tasks in a manner not in
				  conformance with section
				  20-613
				  of the General Statutes or section
				  20-576-35
				  of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, shall constitute cause for
				  action against the license of the supervising pharmacist in accordance with
				  section
				  20-579
				  of the General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Pharmacy Technicians in Institutional Pharmacies › Section 20-576-35 - Limitations. Name tags

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Pharmacy
				technicians shall not:
(1) receive new
				prescription orders verbally from a prescribing practitioner or the
				practitioner's agent;
(2) consult
				with a patient or the patient's agent regarding medication, either before or
				after it has been dispensed, or regarding any medical information contained in
				a patient medication record system;
(3) perform any identification, evaluation,
				interpretation or needed clarification of a prescription;
(4) consult with the prescribing practitioner
				or the practitioner's agent regarding a patient or any medical information
				pertaining to the patient's prescription;
(5) interpret the clinical data in a patient
				medication record system;
(6)
				perform professional consultation with prescribing practitioners, nurses or
				other health care professionals or their authorized agents;
(7) verify a prescription prior to its
				release for patient use; and
(8)
				determine generically and therapeutically equivalent drug products to be
				substituted for brand name drug products in accordance with section
				20-619
				of the General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Pharmacy Technicians in Pharmacies › Section 20-576-36 - Ratio

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The ratio of pharmacy technicians to
				pharmacists shall not exceed two pharmacy technicians to one supervising
				pharmacist, except that the ratio shall not exceed three pharmacy technicians
				to one supervising pharmacist:
(1) for
				intravenous admixtures and other sterile products preparation, unit dose and
				unit of use dispensing and bulk compounding; ; or
(2)
(A) if
				at least one of the three pharmacy technicians is a Certified Pharmacy
				Technician; and
(B) the supervising
				pharmacist has not, pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this
				section, provided notice to the pharmacist manager that the pharmacist refuses
				to supervise three pharmacy technicians.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Pharmacy Technicians in Pharmacies › Section 20-576-37 - Training and registration

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Pharmacy
				technicians shall complete initial training as determined by the pharmacist
				manager of each pharmacy. Such training shall include, but not be limited to,
				on-the-job and other related education and shall be commensurate with the tasks
				pharmacy technicians are to perform. This training shall be completed prior to
				the regular performance of such tasks. The pharmacy technician shall be
				registered with the department no more than thirty days after the start of such
				training.
(b) The pharmacist
				manager shall assure the continued competency of pharmacy technicians through
				continuing in-service training designed to supplement initial
				training.
(c) The pharmacist
				manager shall be responsible for maintaining a written record documenting the
				initial and continuing training of pharmacy technicians and it shall contain
				the following information:
(1) the name of the
				individual receiving the training;
(2) the date(s) of the training;
(3) a general description of the topics
				covered;
(4) the name of the person
				supervising the training; and
(5)
				the signature of the individual receiving the training and the pharmacist
				manager.
When a change of pharmacist manager occurs, the new manager
				  shall review the document and sign it, indicating that he understands its
				  contents. This record shall be readily available for inspection and may be
				  copied by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection or his authorized
				  agents.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Pharmacy Technicians in Pharmacies › Section 20-576-38 - Supervision and responsibility

Current through July 10, 2024
The pharmacist providing direct supervision of pharmacy
				  technicians shall be responsible for their actions. Any violations relating to
				  the dispensing of drugs resulting from the actions of pharmacy technicians, or
				  the use of pharmacy technicians in the performance of tasks in a manner not in
				  conformance with section
				  20-613
				  of the General Statutes or section
				  20-576-39
				  of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, shall constitute cause for
				  action against the license of the supervising pharmacist in accordance with
				  section
				  20-579
				  of the General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Pharmacy Technicians in Pharmacies › Section 20-576-39 - Limitations. Name tags

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Pharmacy
				technicians shall not:
(1) receive new
				prescription orders verbally from a prescribing practitioner or the
				practitioner's agent;
(2) consult
				with a patient or the patient's agent regarding medication, either before or
				after it has been dispensed, or regarding any medical information contained in
				a patient medication record system;
(3) perform any identification, evaluation,
				interpretation or needed clarification of a prescription;
(4) consult with the prescribing practitioner
				or the practitioner's agent regarding a patient or any medical information
				pertaining to the patient's prescription;
(5) interpret the clinical data in a patient
				medication record system;
(6)
				perform professional consultation with prescribing practitioners, nurses or
				other health care professionals or their authorized agents;
(7) verify a prescription prior to its
				release for patient use; or
(8)
				determine generically and therapeutically equivalent drug products to be
				substituted for brand name products in accordance with section
				20-619
				of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Pharmacy Technicians in Pharmacies › Section 20-576-40 - Prescriptions transmitted by facsimile machine

Current through July 10, 2024
No pharmacist or pharmacy shall dispense legend drugs which
				  are not controlled substances upon a prescription transmitted by means of a
				  facsimile machine unless such prescription fully complies with sections
				  20-576-41
				  through
				  20-576-43,
				  inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. For the purposes
				  of Sections 20-576-40 through
				  20-576-43,
				  inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, "facsimile
				  machine" means a machine that electronically transmits facsimiles through
				  connection with a telephone network.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Pharmacy Technicians in Pharmacies › Section 20-576-41 - Requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Prescriptions for legend drugs which are not controlled
				  substances may be transmitted by a prescribing practitioner or his agent to a
				  pharmacy by means of a facsimile machine. All such prescriptions must comply
				  with the following in addition to any other requirement of federal or state
				  statute or regulation:
(a) The
				facsimile prescription shall clearly contain the name of the pharmacy to which
				the facsimile is being transmitted and the name of the facility from which it
				is being transmitted if the prescription is written for an inpatient of a
				chronic or convalescent nursing home or a rest home with nursing
				supervision;
(b) The facsimile
				prescription shall clearly display a statement in substantially the following
				form: "This prescription is valid only if transmitted by means of a facsimile
				machine"; and
(c) The facsimile
				document received may be maintained as the actual prescription only if the
				nature of the equipment and paper ensures that the document will remain
				non-fading and durable for the minimum amount of time required for the
				maintenance of prescription records under federal and state statute or
				regulation. If the document will not remain non-fading or durable, the document
				transmitted by facsimile machine shall be reduced to writing, photocopied or
				converted into an individual hard copy printout.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Pharmacy Technicians in Pharmacies › Section 20-576-42 - Accuracy of prescriptions

Current through July 10, 2024
If a pharmacist questions the accuracy or authenticity of a
				  prescription order transmitted by facsimile machine, the pharmacist shall
				  contact the prescribing practitioner for verification before dispensing the
				  prescription.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Pharmacy Technicians in Pharmacies › Section 20-576-43 - Relationship with prescribing practitioners and health care facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No pharmacist or pharmacy shall maintain
				direct telephone, facsimile machine or computer lines to any health care
				facility or prescribing practitioner's office.
(b) No pharmacist shall enter into any
				agreement with a prescribing practitioner or health care facility concerning
				the provision of facsimile machine services or equipment which adversely
				affects any person's freedom to choose the pharmacy at which a prescription
				will be filled.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Pharmacy Technicians in Pharmacies › Section 20-576-44 - Computer system requirements for non-controlled legend drugs

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Original written prescriptions for
				non-controlled substances shall be received, executed and filed in accordance
				with sections
				20-614
				and
				20-615
				of the General Statutes. In the case of original oral prescriptions which shall
				be received by a pharmacist, an individual or continuous hard copy printout
				containing all the required information may be used to satisfy the requirement
				of sections
				20-614
				and
				20-615
				of the General Statutes provided that such hard copy prescriptions are
				maintained in numerical order.
(b)
				In the case of refills of prescriptions for non-controlled substances an
				automated data processing system may be used for the storage and retrieval of
				refill information. Any such computerized system must provide on-line retrieval
				for a period of at least six months from the date of the last recorded
				dispensing via visual display device or hard-copy printout of original
				prescription order information for all prescriptions including those
				prescription orders which are currently authorized for refilling. This shall
				include but is not limited to data such as:
(1) the original prescription
				number;
(2) date of issuance of the
				original prescription order by the prescribing practitioner;
(3) full name and complete address of the
				patient;
(4) name and address of
				the prescribing practitioner;
(5)
				the name, strength, dosage form, quantity of the substance prescribed and
				quantity dispensed if different from the quantity prescribed; and
(6) the total number of refills authorized by
				the prescribing practitioner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Pharmacy Technicians in Pharmacies › Section 20-576-45 - Refill history capability requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Any computerized system must also provide on line retrieval
				  via visual display device or hard copy printout of the current refill history
				  for all prescription orders which are currently authorized for refilling. This
				  refill history shall include but is not limited to:
(1) the full name and address of the
				patient;
(2) the full name and
				complete address of the prescribing practitioner;
(3) the name, strength and dosage form of the
				substance dispensed;
(4) the date
				of refill;
(5) the quantity
				dispensed;
(6) the date on which
				the prescription was first dispensed;
(7) the original number assigned to said
				prescription;
(8) the name or
				initials of the dispensing pharmacists for each refill; and
(9) the total number of refills dispensed to
				date for that prescription order.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Pharmacy Technicians in Pharmacies › Section 20-576-46 - Documentation of data requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Documentation of the fact that the refill information entered
				  into the computer each time a pharmacist refills an original prescription order
				  for non-controlled substance is correct must be provided by the individual
				  pharmacist who makes use of such a system. In order to accomplish this
				  documentation a pharmacy using such a computerized system must:
(1) provide a separate hardcopy printout of
				non-controlled substance prescription order refill data for each day. This hard
				copy printout shall include the refill data mentioned in section
				20-576-45
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies except that it need not
				contain the address of the patient or the address of the prescribing
				practitioner. The individual pharmacist must verify that the data is correct
				and sign the document in the same manner as he would sign a check or legal
				document. This document shall be maintained in a separate file at that pharmacy
				for a period of three years from the dispensing date. This printout of the
				non-controlled substance prescription order refill data for each day must be
				provided to each pharmacy using such a computerized system within 72 hours of
				the date on which the refill was dispensed. It must be verified and signed by
				each pharmacist who effected such dispensing as soon as possible after receipt.
				In no case shall the printout be verified and signed later than the
				pharmacist's first work period following receipt of the document; or
(2) In lieu of producing a separate hardcopy
				printout of non-controlled drug prescription refill data for each day, such
				data may be maintained in electronic form. If daily refill data is maintained
				electronically, the electronic data processing system must provide for ready
				retrieval of this information for a period of three years from the date of the
				last recorded dispensing. The system must provide on-line retrieval of
				prescription refill data, via visual display device, for at least six months
				from the date of the last recorded dispensing. The remaining refill data that
				must be stored for the required time period may be archived. The name or
				initials of the pharmacist associated with a prescription refill in the
				electronic system shall be construed to indicate that such pharmacist was the
				person responsible for dispensing that prescription. It shall be the
				responsibility of each dispensing pharmacist to insure that the daily refill
				information attributed to them is accurate.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Pharmacy Technicians in Pharmacies › Section 20-576-47 - Information available upon request

Current through July 10, 2024
Any computerized system shall have the capability of
				  producing a printout of any refill data, for a three year period following the
				  last date of dispensing, which the utilizing pharmacy is responsible for
				  maintaining under Chapter 400j of the General Statutes and the regulations
				  promulgated thereunder. The printout shall be produced within 48 hours of the
				  request, and shall include the following:
(1) the name of the prescribing
				practitioner;
(2) the name of the
				patient;
(3) the name, dosage form,
				strength and quantity of the drug;
(4) the date of dispensing for each
				refill;
(5) the name or initials of
				the dispensing pharmacist; and
(6)
				the number of the original prescription order.
Any pharmacy utilizing a computerized system, and authorized
				  to maintain records at a central record keeping location, must be capable of
				  obtaining the requested printout within 48 hours.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Pharmacy Technicians in Pharmacies › Section 20-576-48 - Auxiliary system provision

Current through July 10, 2024
In the event that a pharmacy which employs such a
				  computerized system experiences system downtime, the pharmacy shall have an
				  auxiliary procedure to be used for documentation of refills of non-controlled
				  substance prescription orders. This auxiliary procedure shall insure that
				  refills are authorized by the original prescription order, and that all of the
				  appropriate data are retained for on-line entry as soon as the computer system
				  is available for use again. All prescriptions refilled during the down time
				  shall be confirmed as being authorized upon the resumption of on-line
				  service.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Pharmacy Technicians in Pharmacies › Section 20-576-49 - When handwritten system allowed

Current through July 10, 2024
If an automated data processing system is used for the
				  storage and retrieval of refill information for prescription orders as
				  authorized by section
				  20-576
				  of the General Statutes and the regulations promulgated thereunder, the
				  pharmacy may use a traditional handwritten system only to satisfy the
				  requirements of section
				  20-576-48
				  of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Pharmacy Technicians in Pharmacies › Section 20-576-50 - Notice to commission upon commencement of use or change

Current through July 10, 2024
Any pharmacy instituting an automated data processing system,
				  or changing to an entirely new system, for the storage and retrieval of refill
				  information for prescription orders as authorized by section
				  20-576
				  of the General Statutes and the regulations promulgated thereunder shall notify
				  the commission at least 30 days prior to the commencement of usage of said
				  system.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Pharmacy Technicians in Pharmacies › Section 20-576-51 - Requirement of safeguards

Current through July 10, 2024
If an automated data processing system is used for the
				  storage and retrieval of refill information for prescription orders as
				  authorized by section
				  20-576
				  of the General Statutes and the regulations promulgated thereunder, it
				  shall:
(1) guarantee the
				confidentiality of the information contained in the data bank; and
(2) be capable of providing safeguards
				against erasures and/or unauthorized changes in data after the information has
				been entered and verified by the pharmacist.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Pharmacy Technicians in Pharmacies › Section 20-576-52 - Reconstruction of data in case of accident

Current through July 10, 2024
If an automated data processing system is used for the
				  storage and retrieval of refill information for prescription orders as
				  authorized by section
				  20-576
				  of the General Statutes and the regulations promulgated thereunder, said
				  automated data processing system shall be capable of being reconstructed in the
				  event of a computer malfunction or accident resulting in the destruction of the
				  data bank.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Pharmacy Technicians in Pharmacies › Section 20-576-53 - Discontinuance of data processing system

Current through July 10, 2024
In the event that a pharmacy using an electronic data
				  processing system for storage and retrieval of information goes out of
				  business, sells out to another pharmacy that does not wish to use such a
				  system, or discontinues use of the computer system, the pharmacy shall:
(1) Notify the commission in writing at least
				30 days prior to discontinuance of said system;
(2) Provide an up-to-date hardcopy printout
				of all prescriptions stored in the automated system for three years as part of
				the final records of that pharmacy prior to a change over to a manual system;
				and
(3) Make provision for these
				records to be available to any nearby pharmacy in the event that the pharmacy
				closes, as provided in Section
				20-615
				of the General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Classes of Pharmacies › Section 20-576-54 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections 20-576-54 to
				  20-576-59,
				  inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Commission" means the Commission of
				Pharmacy;
(2) "Community pharmacy"
				means a pharmacy licensed under section
				20-594
				of the Connecticut General Statutes wherein legend drugs and legend devices are
				stored and dispensed and from which related pharmaceutical care services are
				provided, primarily to non-institutionalized patients living in a community
				setting;
(3) "Infusion therapy
				pharmacy" means a pharmacy licensed under section
				20-594
				of the Connecticut General Statutes wherein legend drugs, in the form of
				parenteral, enteral and infusion therapies, and legend devices are stored,
				dispensed or sold and from which related pharmaceutical care services are
				provided;
(4) "Long-term care
				pharmacy" means a pharmacy licensed under section
				20-594
				of the Connecticut General Statutes wherein legend drugs and legend devices are
				stored and dispensed to patients or residents of licensed nursing homes, rest
				homes, homes for the aged, or other supervised residential facilities and from
				which related pharmaceutical care services are provided. This includes
				pharmacies located both inside and outside of such facilities but does not
				include those that are part of a licensed hospital;
(5) "Nuclear pharmacy" means a pharmacy
				licensed under section
				20-594
				of the Connecticut General Statutes wherein legend drugs, in the form of
				radiopharmaceuticals, and legend devices are stored, prepared or dispensed and
				from which related radiopharmaceutical care services are provided;
(6) "Specialized drug pharmacy" means a
				pharmacy licensed under section
				20-594
				of the Connecticut General Statutes wherein specialized legend drugs and legend
				devices are stored and dispensed and from which related pharmaceutical care
				services are provided including, but not limited to, those relating to the
				treatment of diabetes, hemophilia and infertility; and
(7) "Specialty pharmacy" means a pharmacy
				licensed under section
				20-594
				of the Connecticut General Statutes that does not meet any of the other
				definitions listed in subdivisions (2) through (6), inclusive, of this
				section.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Classes of Pharmacies › Section 20-576-55 - Classes of pharmacies

Current through July 10, 2024
The commission shall approve a pharmacy for licensure in one
				  or more of the following classes:
(1)
				Community pharmacy;
(2) Infusion
				therapy pharmacy;
(3) Long-term
				care pharmacy;
(4) Nuclear
				pharmacy;
(5) Specialized drug
				pharmacy; or
(6) Specialty
				pharmacy.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 576 - The Practice of Pharmacy › Classes of Pharmacies › Section 20-576-56 - Practice of pharmacy in classes

Current through July 10, 2024
The commission shall approve each pharmacy to practice in one
				  or more classes, as listed in section
				  20-576-55
				  of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. No pharmacy shall conduct any
				  substantial portion of its business in a class or classes until it is approved
				  to do so by the commission, except that no pharmacy licensed prior to the
				  effective date of this section shall be in violation of this section if the
				  commission has not yet approved the pharmacy to practice in one or more
				  classes.