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Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 1.1 - Definitions › Section 1.1-10 - "Electronic record or image" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13
Sec. 10.
"Electronic record or image" means a record or image capable
				  of being copied, reproduced, or created via technology designed to capture
				  information in one (1) form and reproduce it in an electronic medium
				  presentable and usable to an end user. For example, an electronic image could
				  be a scanned version of a written prescription. An electronic record or image
				  must be capable of being securely stored and retrieved after the date of
				  creation for subsequent use or evaluation, or both. Such a record or image once
				  created shall be unalterable but may be annotated as necessary so long as the
				  original record or image is still available for review and the individual that
				  made the annotation is noted.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 2 - Pharmacists' Certificate › Section 2-1 - Display of certificate

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-4; IC
				  25-26-13-11
Sec. 1.
Certificates of licensure shall be conspicuously displayed
				  in the drugstore, pharmacy, hospital, dispensary or other place where drugs are
				  sold or dispensed and where the owner or holder thereof is in employment.
				  Failure to comply with this rule shall be deemed sufficient cause for
				  suspension or revocation of the license.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 2 - Pharmacists' Certificate › Section 2-2 - Illegal display of certificate; prohibition

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-4; IC
				  25-26-13-11
Sec. 2.
The display of a certificate of licensure as a pharmacist in
				  a drugstore, pharmacy, hospital, dispensary, or other place where drugs are
				  sold or dispensed, and in which place the owner and holder of such license is
				  not in bona fide employment, shall be deemed an illegal use of such license,
				  and upon satisfactory proof of such illegal use, such license may be
				  revoked.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 2 - Pharmacists' Certificate › Section 2-3 - Notification of address change

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-4; IC
				  25-26-13-11
Sec. 3.
All holders of a license as a pharmacist shall notify the
				  Indiana board of pharmacy of any change of address.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 2 - Pharmacists' Certificate › Section 2-4 - Service by mail sufficient notice

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-4; IC
				  25-26-13-11
Sec. 4.
The Board has no way of knowing whether or not a notice
				  reaches its destination and, therefore, when a notice has been mailed to the
				  person concerned, the duty of the Board has been performed.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 3.1 - Examination and Experience Requirements › Section 3.1-1 - Licensure by examination

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13
Sec. 1.
All pharmacist applicants for licensure by examination
				  qualified by law and as provided in rules of the board shall take the complete
				  examination consisting of North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination
				  (NAPLEXT) and the Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination (MPJET). All
				  exams shall be given in the English language only.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 3.1 - Examination and Experience Requirements › Section 3.1-2 - Information for licensure

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 25-26-13-4
Affected: IC 25-26-13
Sec. 2.
(a) Persons
				seeking licensure by examination shall file an application on a form supplied
				by the board.
(b) Persons seeking
				licensure by examination shall provide the following information on, or submit
				such information with, the application for licensure:
(1) Complete name, address, and telephone
				number.
(2) Date and place of
				birth.
(3) Certification of
				complete history and structure of hours of pharmacy experience prior to and
				after graduation.
(4) Intern/extern
				certificate number, including date and state from which certificate was
				issued.
(5) Two (2) recent
				passport-type (2" x 2") photographs of the applicant, taken within eight (8)
				weeks prior to filing the application.
(6) The fee as required by
				856 IAC 1-27-1.
(7) Either:
(A) certification of graduation from a
				program approved by the board pursuant to
				856 IAC 1-5-1; or
(B) in the case of an applicant applying in
				the last half-year of the curriculum, certification from the dean of an
				approved pharmacy program that the applicant is expected to successfully
				complete the curriculum;
however, the applicant shall not be allowed to sit for the
				  examination until the board has received certification of
				  graduation.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 3.1 - Examination and Experience Requirements › Section 3.1-3 - Passing scores

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13
Sec. 3.
To successfully pass an examination, the applicant must
				  attain a general average of not less than seventy-five (75) on the examination
				  taken after the effective date of this rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 3.1 - Examination and Experience Requirements › Section 3.1-4 - Reexamination

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13
Sec. 4.
If an applicant fails an examination or any portion of an
				  examination and wishes to retake the failed portions, the applicant shall file
				  a new complete application, except that the applicant may include affidavits or
				  data concerning his or her experience in a pharmacy and attendance at a college
				  or school of pharmacy by referring to the original application. An applicant
				  who fails to pass a portion of the examination after two (2) sittings shall be
				  permitted to take subsequent examinations, providing the candidate first both
				  appears before the board for consultation, and receives the express written
				  permission of the board.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 3.1 - Examination and Experience Requirements › Section 3.1-5 - Pharmacist intern/extern; experience requirement

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13
Sec. 5.
The period of practical experience required by law for an
				  applicant for a pharmacist license shall be computed and credited from the date
				  of registration as a pharmacist intern/extern, with no credit given for any
				  experience in pharmacy prior to registration or during a period when the
				  registration has lapsed or is suspended or revoked by the
				  board.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 3.1 - Examination and Experience Requirements › Section 3.1-6 - Board approval required for practical experience programs for pharmacist intern/extern registration; pharmacy permit required, exceptions; prior approval of nonpharmacy experience site; minimum-maximum hours of practical experience

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13
Sec. 6.
(a) The
				Indiana board of pharmacy (board) shall approve all practical experience
				programs wherever served. Persons responsible for the integrity and content of
				practical experience programs shall furnish information regarding material
				changes to the board, prior to implementation, for approval of the program.
				Approval may be withheld for cause, which may include, but is not limited to,
				unapproved material change in the program or change in program
				administration.
(b) All persons
				wishing to satisfy their practical experience requirements in Indiana shall
				possess a valid registration as a pharmacist intern or extern in Indiana while
				the practical experience hours are being served.
(c) If the experience is in a pharmacy that
				is required by law to have a pharmacy permit, that pharmacy must have a valid
				pharmacy permit. A pharmacy permit is not required if:
(1) the practical experience is being
				obtained at a site other than a pharmacy, for example, sites primarily engaged
				in:
(A) manufacturing;
(B) research;
(C) consulting;
(D) drug information;
(E) drug utilization review; or
(F) other pharmacy-related activity;
				or
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 3.1 - Examination and Experience Requirements › Section 3.1-7 - Pharmacist intern/extern; program requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-2
Sec. 7.
(a) Practical
				experience requirements for pharmacist interns/externs in Indiana may be
				satisfied by complying with either of the following:
(1) Completion of the practical experience
				requirements of the college or school of pharmacy from which the intern/extern
				has graduated, if the curriculum of the college or school has been accredited
				by:
(A) the American Council on Pharmaceutical
				Education (ACPE);
(B) the Canadian
				Council on Pharmacy Accreditation (CCPA); or
(C) another board-approved practical
				experience program.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 3.1 - Examination and Experience Requirements › Section 3.1-9 - Pharmacist intern/extern; practical experience affidavits

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13
Sec. 9.
The acceptable pharmacist intern or pharmacist extern
				  practical experience time must be verified by practical experience affidavits
				  signed at the termination of each period of practical experience. All such
				  affidavits must list all practical experience time on a calendar week basis
				  showing actual time served each week.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 3.1 - Examination and Experience Requirements › Section 3.1-11 - Out-of-state externship and other practical experience programs; postgraduate requirements; taking the licensure examination before completion of practical experience

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-11
Sec. 11.
(a) Time
				accepted for experience gained in approved school supervised practical
				experience programs in other states successfully completed while enrolled in a
				professional degree program recognized under IC
				25-26-13-11 (a)(3)
				 will be credited toward fulfillment of
				experience hours required under section 7 of this rule. Time accepted for
				practical experience obtained while not enrolled in a professional degree
				program and approved under section 6 of this rule may be credited to experience
				requirements at the board's discretion, whether or not served in
				Indiana.
(b) A description of the
				out-of-state practical experience program with the number of hours it contains
				shall be submitted with the certification for evaluation by the board subject
				to the following:
(1) Students supplying
				detailed information on their program at least eight (8) weeks in advance of
				the board examination date will have their hours evaluated to determine the
				number that will be accepted toward the prelicensure five hundred twenty (520)
				hour requirement.
(2) Students not
				supplying sufficient detailed information on their program or failing to submit
				the same within eight (8) weeks before the board examination to allow
				evaluation may take the exam prior to the evaluation of their program. After
				evaluation, they will be notified of the hours that may be accepted. If
				sufficient hours are not accepted, licensure will not be
				granted.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 3.1 - Examination and Experience Requirements › Section 3.1-12 - Out-of-state practical experience; reciprocity

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13
Sec. 12.
Practical experience time served in another state will be
				  accepted and will permit the applicant to take the NAPLEX examination subject
				  to section 11 of this rule if the following requirements are met:
(1) The practical experience time served in
				such other state meets all requirements of Indiana law and is experience time
				of the type that is acceptable to the Indiana board of pharmacy
				(board).
(2) The applicant has a
				valid intern or apprentice license from the state where the experience is
				served. Or, if that other state does not require an intern or apprentice
				license, the applicant must submit certification or an affidavit from the
				secretary of the board that state showing that no intern or apprentice license
				is required.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 3.1 - Examination and Experience Requirements › Section 3.1-13 - Fraud or misrepresentation in applying for or taking examination

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13
Sec. 13.
Any misrepresentation made or any fraud perpetrated in an
				  application for examination, or in the examination, shall be deemed sufficient
				  cause for the refusal of such application, or to complete such examination, and
				  if such misrepresentation or fraud is not discovered until later than at the
				  time of the submission of such application, or until the completion of such
				  examination, it shall be deemed sufficient cause for the dismissal from the
				  examination, or the refusal to grant a certificate, or the revocation of the
				  certificate if already issued, and the fee paid with such application for such
				  examination shall be forfeited; provided, however, that the action of the board
				  shall be subject to the law in force with respect to the denial of a license or
				  permit on application.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 4 - Reciprocity › Section 4-1 - License transfer

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13
Sec. 1.
All applicants for license transfer registration must submit
				  their application, with a certified photograph of the applicant and if
				  necessary a copy of their birth certificate attached thereto, and may be
				  requested to appear in person before the Indiana board of pharmacy (board) for
				  a personal interview during a board meeting. An Indiana law examination must be
				  passed before any certificate of licensure will be issued. A practical
				  examination will be administered to the applicant if the board determines that
				  the applicant has not been actively practicing pharmacy in the twelve (12)
				  months preceding the application. Applications for license transfer must be
				  reviewed and approved at a board meeting prior to examination and prior to the
				  applicant's board requested personal appearance.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 4 - Reciprocity › Section 4-2 - Application forms

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-4; IC
				  25-26-13-11
Sec. 2.
All applicants applying for license transfer in Indiana are
				  required to make application on the official application blanks issued by the
				  National Association of Boards of Pharmacy.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 4 - Reciprocity › Section 4-4 - Qualifications of applicants for license transfer

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-4; IC
				  25-26-13-11
Sec. 4.
Applicants for license transfer will be admitted to Indiana
				  only if their qualifications for licensure, possessed at the time of their
				  original registration in the state from which they came, were equal to the
				  requirements of Indiana at that time.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 6.1 - Drugstores, Pharmacies, Apothecary Shops › Section 6.1-1 - Pharmacy equipment; lack of access between adjacent pharmacies

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-18
Sec. 1.
(a) In
				addition to the requirements of IC
				25-26-13-18, the qualifying
				pharmacist for each pharmacy issued a permit by the board shall be responsible
				for all decisions concerning the additional fixtures, facilities, and equipment
				needed by the pharmacy to operate properly in compliance with the law
				regulating pharmacies. In making those decisions, the qualifying pharmacist
				shall consider minimum health, safety, and security measures as well as the
				type and scope of practice, the patient's needs, and the laws and rules that
				apply.
(b) If requested by a
				representative of the Indiana board of pharmacy (board), the qualifying
				pharmacist shall justify, in writing, all decisions made under this
				rule.
(c) The board shall determine
				whether minimum health, safety, and security measures have been satisfactorily
				met by an applicant for a pharmacy permit before the permit is issued or at any
				time the permit is in effect.
(d)
				If the board determines that a pharmacy does not meet the requirements of IC
				25-26-13-18 and this rule, it will
				identify and notify the qualifying pharmacist of the deficiencies. The
				qualifying pharmacist shall correct or cause to be corrected the deficiencies
				identified within thirty (30) days of notification by the board of the
				noncompliance.
(e) Failure to
				timely correct the deficiencies identified is grounds for denial or revocation
				of a permit.
(f) To assure that no
				pharmacy is left unattended by a pharmacist while that pharmacy is in
				operation, no means of access may be constructed or maintained between adjacent
				pharmacies.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 7 - Pharmacy Permits › Section 7-1 - Change of pharmacy ownership

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-4;
				  IC
				  25-26-13-11
Sec. 1.
In case of change of ownership of a pharmacy the original
				  permit becomes void and must be returned, by the new owner, with application to
				  the Board of Pharmacy for a new permit.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 7 - Pharmacy Permits › Section 7-2 - Application for permit to conduct pharmacy

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-4;
				  IC
				  25-26-13-11
Sec. 2.
All applications for a permit to conduct a pharmacy will
				  require the action of at least a quorum of the Board.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 7 - Pharmacy Permits › Section 7-3 - Relocation of pharmacy

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-4;
				  IC
				  25-26-13-11;
				  IC
				  25-26-13-18
Sec. 3.
To be eligible for relocation of a pharmacy an applicant must
				  show to the satisfaction of the board that the requirements for the eligibility
				  for a pharmacy permit as set out in IC
				  25-26-13-18
				  will be met. Prior to relocating a pharmacy the proprietor shall file an
				  application, on a form prescribed and furnished by the board, setting out all
				  information so requested on such form. Prior to moving a pharmacy, after
				  receipt of board approval, the permit holder shall submit the premises to a
				  qualifying inspection by a representative of the board.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 7 - Pharmacy Permits › Section 7-4 - Licensed pharmacist required for each pharmacy

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-4;
				  IC
				  25-26-13-11
Sec. 4.
Every application for a permit to operate a pharmacy must set
				  forth the name of the pharmacist, licensed by the Indiana board of pharmacy,
				  who will be in full responsible charge for the legal operation of the pharmacy
				  under said permit. Any person, firm, corporation, co-partnership or association
				  owning or operating more than one pharmacy must secure a permit for each such
				  pharmacy and no single registered pharmacist shall be permitted to qualify for
				  more than one store. Provided, however, nothing in this regulation shall be
				  construed to apply to the ownership of such pharmacy but shall apply only to
				  the issuance of permits for the operation of such pharmacy.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 13 - General Definitions › Section 13-3 - "Prescription department closed" closing hours; electronic monitoring; applicability

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-10; IC
				  25-26-13-19
Sec. 3.
(a) This
				section and section 4 of this rule implement IC
				25-26-13-19 concerning board
				approval for Type I and Type VI pharmacies to be opened to the general public
				without a pharmacist on duty. This section and section 4 of this rule apply
				only in situations where the entire area of the business is licensed as a
				pharmacy. This section, section 4 of this rule, and IC
				25-26-13-19 do not apply where the
				only area of a business licensed as a pharmacy is the prescription
				department.
(b) The following
				definitions apply throughout this section:
(1)
				"Absence of pharmacist" means those periods when the prescription department is
				closed and secured and the pharmacist is not present in the pharmacy.
(2) "Electronic monitoring system" means a
				system having the ability by light beam, heat, motion, or other electronically
				activated method to detect the presence of unauthorized persons or
				instrumentalities in a given area, and relay or report that detection as
				described in this section.
(3)
				"Prescription department" means that area of the pharmacy where the legend
				drugs, devices, and other merchandise or items which can only be dispensed or
				delivered by a pharmacist are located and which must be secured in the absence
				of the pharmacist.
(4) "Reasonable
				barrier" means an obstruction or barricade that blocks or impedes the entry
				into the area by an ordinary person, and includes, but is not limited to, a
				latched or locked gate of sufficient height and construction that an ordinary
				person cannot breach the barrier and/or violate the space being monitored
				without detection.
(5) "Secured"
				means either of the following:
(A) An area is
				completely enclosed as to its perimeter, from floor to ceiling, and
				locked.
(B) Through installation of
				reasonable barriers, an area not readily accessible which is monitored by a
				board approved electronic monitoring system covering all portions of the
				secured areas.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 13 - General Definitions › Section 13-4 - Record of hours open without a pharmacist on duty

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4; IC
				  25-26-13-19
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-4; IC
				  25-26-13-19
Sec. 4.
The pharmacist shall maintain a record stating any hours
				  that the pharmacy has been open for business without having a pharmacist on
				  duty if those hours vary from the hours listed in the application under section
				  3(c) of this rule. Entries in this written record shall be made in ink of the
				  time the pharmacist is absent. The written record shall be maintained in the
				  pharmacy and shall be available for examination by members of the board or
				  their inspectors for a period of not less than two (2) years from the date of
				  the last entry in the record.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 15 - Pharmacists' Notification of Termination › Section 15-1 - Pharmacist leaving employ of pharmacy; notice to board; application to qualify permit

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-4; IC
				  25-26-13-18
Sec. 1.
If a qualified pharmacist, who, having upon the basis of his
				  or her qualifications caused a pharmacy permit to be granted to any person,
				  firm, corporation or copartnership desiring to operate, maintain, open or
				  establish a pharmacy should leave the employ of such pharmacy, he or she shall
				  immediately notify the Indiana board of pharmacy (board) and the owner shall
				  file an application with the board to qualify the permit with another
				  pharmacist.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 21 - Resale of Returned Substances › Section 21-1 - Resale of returned substances

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-25
Sec. 1.
(a) This
				section implements and interprets IC
				25-26-13-25 (h) 
				concerning the resale or redistribution of medications.
(b) For a medication to have been properly
				stored and securely maintained according to sound pharmacy practices, the
				storage and administration of medications in the institutional facility must be
				under the immediate control of licensed nursing personnel.
(c) If the medication was originally packaged
				by the dispensing pharmacy, it cannot be resold or redistributed unless:
(1) the medication has been repackaged into
				unit-dose packaging using packaging materials that meets Class A or Class B
				standards, found in the United States Pharmacopeia (U.S.P.), page 1574,
				published by the United States Pharmacopeia, 22nd Revision, January 1, 1990,
				United States Pharmacopeia Convention, Inc., 12601 Twinbrook Parkway,
				Rockville, Maryland 20852, which standards are incorporated herein by
				reference; and
(2) the repackaging
				process complies with the standards as found in the "Proper Treatment of
				Products Subjected to Additional Manipulations, Section 1191" of the United
				States Pharmacopeia, page 1705, 22nd Revision, 1990, which section is
				incorporated herein by reference.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 23 - Dispensing of Dangerous Drugs › Section 23-1 - Dispensing of dangerous drugs

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  16-42-22; IC
				  25-26-13-4; IC
				  25-26-13-11
Sec. 1.
In the sale or dispensing of any prescription drug or
				  narcotic, the pharmacist shall be required to affix to the immediate container
				  in which such prescription drug or narcotic is delivered a label bearing the
				  following information:
(1) The name,
				address, and telephone number of the establishment from which such drug was
				sold.
(2) The date on which the
				prescription for such drug was filled.
(3) The number of such prescription as filed
				in the prescription files of the pharmacy where the prescription was
				filled.
(4) The name of the
				practitioner who prescribed such drug.
(5) The name of the patient, and if such drug
				was prescribed for an animal, a statement of the species of the animal and the
				owner's name.
(6) The directions
				for use of the drug as contained in the prescription.
(7) The name of the drug (trade or generic,
				or both) in compliance with the Generic Drug Law found in IC
				16-42-22.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 26 - Continuing Professional Education › Section 26-1 - Continuing professional education; general requirements; definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-1-9-3; IC
				  25-26-13-14
Sec. 1.
(a) The
				following definitions apply throughout this rule:
(1) "Continuing professional education" or
				"continuing education" means accredited postlicensure professional educational
				experience derived from participation in postgraduate studies, institutes,
				seminars, lectures, conferences, workshops, and such other forms of educational
				experiences so as to maintain the professional competency of the practice of
				pharmacy, improve pharmacy professional skills, and preserve pharmaceutical
				standards for the purpose of the protection of the health and welfare of the
				citizens of Indiana.
(2) "Hours"
				means measurement of value applied to a particular accredited continuing
				pharmacy educational activity as assigned by the Indiana board of pharmacy
				(board) relative to maintaining the competency of a pharmacist.
(3) "Contact hour" means not less than fifty
				(50) nor more than sixty (60) minutes of clock time participating in a
				continuing education program.
(4)
				"Continuing education unit" or "CEU" means ten (10) contact hours of continuing
				education credit.
(5) "Approved by
				ACPE" means pharmacy continuing education providers that meet the requirements
				of "The ACPE Continuing Education Provider Approval Program Criteria for
				Quality and Interpretive Guidelines" as published by the American Council on
				Pharmaceutical Education, Inc., Chicago, Illinois on July 1991.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 27 - Fee Structure › Section 27-1 - Fees

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-1-8-2; IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13
Sec. 1.
(a) The
				following fees apply to an applicant for licensure to practice as a pharmacist:
(1) Application for examination for a pharmacist's
							 license
$100
(2) Reexamination of the jurisprudence examination
$25
(3) Reexamination of the practical examination
$25
(4) Licensure by reciprocity (license transfer)
$100
(5) Application for the renewal of a biennial license
$160
(6) Certification of qualifications, grades, or
							 registration to another state
$10
(7) Wall certificate
$10
(8) Duplicate pharmacist pocket license
No fee
(9) Compilation of pharmacy laws
$10
(b) The following fees apply to an applicant for
							 permission to operate, maintain, open, or establish a pharmacy:
(1) Initial application
$100
(2) Application for renewal of biennial license
$200
(3) Application for change of ownership
$50
(4) Application for change of location
$50
(5) Application for remodel
$50
(6) Duplicate pharmacy permit
No fee
(7) Nonresident pharmacy initial application
$100
(8) Application for renewal of nonresident pharmacy
							 biennial license
$200
(c) The following fees apply to applicants for permits
							 or certifications authorized by the board:
(1) Intern/extern initial application
$10
(2) Intern/extern annual renewal
$10
(3) Pharmacy technician initial application
$25
(4) Pharmacy technician biennial renewal
$25
NOTE: Renumbered Reg 30 by 1978 Amendment.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 28.1 - Institutional Pharmacies and Pharmacy Services › Section 28.1-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  16-42-19-5; IC
				  25-26-13
Sec. 1.
In addition to the definitions in IC
				  25-26-13-2 and for purposes of
				  this rule, the following definitions apply throughout this rule:
(1) "Cabinet" includes a mechanical storage
				device for dispensing drugs. The term means a locked or secured enclosure
				located outside the pharmacy licensed area:
(A) to which only specifically authorized
				personnel may obtain access by key or combination available only to those
				authorized persons by:
(i) security
				code;
(ii) password; or
(iii) other method of positively identifying
				an individual; and
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 28.1 - Institutional Pharmacies and Pharmacy Services › Section 28.1-2 - Purpose

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-17
Sec. 2.
The purpose of this rule is to set forth the
				  responsibilities of pharmacists and pharmacies serving institutional and home
				  health care patients.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 28.1 - Institutional Pharmacies and Pharmacy Services › Section 28.1-3 - Applicability

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-17
Sec. 3.
This rule is applicable to pharmacies located:
(1) within institutional facilities as
				defined in section 1 of this rule and classified as Type II pharmacies in IC
				25-26-13-17; and
(2) outside institutional facilities that
				serve institutionalized patients who are classified as Type III and Type VI
				pharmacies as in IC
				25-26-13-17.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 28.1 - Institutional Pharmacies and Pharmacy Services › Section 28.1-4 - Pharmacist in charge; responsibilities

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-17
Sec. 4.
The pharmacist in charge or an appropriate designee
				  shall:
(1) be responsible for
				establishing and carrying out a performance improvement program as defined in
				section 1 of this rule; and
(2)
				develop or be responsible for development of a policies and procedures manual
				that shall be of sufficient scope and detail that pharmacists practicing in the
				institutional pharmacy will be able to practice effectively and
				safely.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 28.1 - Institutional Pharmacies and Pharmacy Services › Section 28.1-5 - Policies and procedures manual

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-17
Sec. 5.
(a) The
				pharmacist in charge shall develop or be responsible for the development of a
				policies and procedures manual that shall be of sufficient scope and detail
				that pharmacists practicing in the institutional pharmacy will be able to
				practice effectively and safely.
(b) The manual required in this section shall
				be available for inspection by a member of the board or its
				representative.
(c) The policies
				and procedures manual shall contain, at a minimum, the following:
(1) Provisions for a continuous quality
				improvement committee that shall be comprised of staff members of the pharmacy,
				including, but not necessarily limited to, the following:
(A) Pharmacists.
(B) Pharmacist interns or externs.
(C) Pharmacy technicians.
(D) Clerical or support staff.
(E) Other persons deemed necessary by the
				qualifying pharmacist.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 28.1 - Institutional Pharmacies and Pharmacy Services › Section 28.1-6 - Personnel

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-17
Sec. 6.
The qualifying pharmacist and/or the pharmacist in charge
				  shall develop and implement, or cause to be developed and implemented, policies
				  and procedures that specify duties to be performed by pharmacy technicians and
				  other ancillary personnel.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 28.1 - Institutional Pharmacies and Pharmacy Services › Section 28.1-7 - Pharmacist's duties

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  16-42-19-3; IC
				  25-26-13-2; IC
				  25-26-13-31; IC
				  25-26-16
Sec. 7.
(a) Pursuant
				to authority granted in IC
				25-26-13-2 and IC
				25-26-13-31, the duties of the
				pharmacists practicing in the institutional pharmacy include, but are not
				limited to, the requirements in this section.
(b) The pharmacist practicing in an
				institutional pharmacy shall, at a minimum, do the following:
(1) Obtain and maintain patient drug
				histories and drug profiles.
(2)
				Perform drug evaluations, drug utilization review, drug regimen review, and
				drug therapy management under protocol approved by the medical staff of the
				institution and authorized by IC
				25-26-16.
(3) Interpret the drug order written by a
				practitioner in or transmitted to an institutional facility and either received
				in or subsequently transmitted to the pharmacy.
(4) Be responsible for checking all drug
				orders within a maximum of twenty-four (24) hours, including those written
				during periods when the pharmacy is closed and orders are filled from sources,
				including emergency kits, drug cabinets, or the pharmacy as authorized under
				section 8(c) of this rule.
(5) Be
				responsible for drug product selection of the item that will be used to fill
				the drug order that may be established either by policy or formulary pursuant
				to the institution's pharmacy and therapeutics committee or related
				committee.
(6) Be responsible for
				determining the legality, completeness, and appropriateness of the drug order
				and product pursuant to IC
				16-42-19-3.
(7) Participate in drug or drug-related
				research.
(8) Provide counseling,
				advising, and education of patients, patients' care givers, and health care
				providers and professionals on issues regarding drugs or drug
				therapy.
(9) Compound, label,
				administer, and dispense drugs or devices.
(10) Assess, record, and report quality
				related events as defined in this rule.
(11) Be responsible for storage and
				distribution of drugs and devices.
(12) Provide documentation in the medical
				record of the recommendations made related to the patient's therapeutic
				response to medication.
(13) Any
				other duties that shall from time to time be necessary for the proper operation
				of the institutional pharmacy.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 28.1 - Institutional Pharmacies and Pharmacy Services › Section 28.1-8 - Absence of pharmacist

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-17
Sec. 8.
(a) During
				such times as an institutional pharmacy is closed and unattended by a
				pharmacist, the drugs may be obtained for patient use as outlined in this
				section.
(b) Cabinets, including
				mechanical storage devices for dispensing drugs, are locked or secured
				enclosures located outside the pharmacy licensed area, to which only
				specifically authorized personnel may obtain access by key, combination, or
				security code, password, or other method of positively identifying an
				individual, and are sufficiently secure to deny access to unauthorized persons.
				The qualifying pharmacist and/or pharmacist in charge shall, in conjunction
				with the appropriate committee of the institutional facility, develop inventory
				listings of the drugs to be included in such cabinets and shall ensure the
				following:
(1) Such listed drugs, properly
				labeled, are available therein.
(2)
				Only prepackaged drugs (meaning that no repackaging is required at the time of
				removal for an individual patient's use) are available therein, in amounts
				sufficient for immediate therapeutic requirements for a period not to exceed
				twenty-four (24) hours.
(3) When
				drugs are used, a record is made to include a written physician's order or
				accountability record.
(4) All
				drugs therein are reviewed by a pharmacist upon return to duty, not to exceed
				twenty-four (24) hours.
(5) There
				are written policies, procedures, and forms established to implement the
				requirements of this subsection.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 28.1 - Institutional Pharmacies and Pharmacy Services › Section 28.1-9 - Emergency drug kits from Type III and Type VI pharmacies

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 25-26-13-4
Affected: IC 25-26-13-17; IC 35-38
Sec. 9.
(a) Emergency
				drug kits supplied by pharmacies with a Type III or Type VI permit shall be in
				compliance with this section.
(b)
				All drugs in the emergency kit shall be provided and owned by a single
				supplying pharmacy.
(c) All drugs
				in the emergency drug kit shall be selected and approved by a committee whose
				membership includes, at a minimum, the following:
(1) The facility's consultant
				pharmacist.
(2) A licensed
				nurse.
(3) A physician (medical
				doctor or doctor of osteopathy).
(4) The facility administrator.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 28.1 - Institutional Pharmacies and Pharmacy Services › Section 28.1-10 - Security

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-17
Sec. 10.
The pharmacy shall be capable of being secured against entry
				  by key, combination, code, password, or other method developed that can
				  positively identify an individual so as to prevent access by unauthorized
				  personnel.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 28.1 - Institutional Pharmacies and Pharmacy Services › Section 28.1-11 - Performance improvement events, sentinel events, corrective and avoidance measures, review, records, and documentation

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-17
Sec. 11.
(a) The
				pharmacist in charge shall, as a part of the pharmacy's performance improvement
				program, assure or be responsible for assuring that data are collected to:
(1) monitor the stability of existing
				medication use processes;
(2)
				identify opportunities for improvement; and
(3) identify changes that will lead to and
				sustain improvement.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 28.1 - Institutional Pharmacies and Pharmacy Services › Section 28.1-12 - Drug distribution, storage, and accountability

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-17
Sec. 12.
(a) All
				drugs and devices in pharmacies located within institutions shall be obtained
				and used in accordance with written policies and procedures that have been
				prepared or approved by the qualifying pharmacist or pharmacist in charge and
				the medical staff who explain the:
(1)
				selection;
(2)
				distribution;
(3) storage;
				and
(4) safe and effective use of:
(A) drugs;
(B) new drugs;
(C) investigational new drugs; and
(D) devices;
in the facility.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 28.1 - Institutional Pharmacies and Pharmacy Services › Section 28.1-13 - Drug self-administration

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-17
Sec. 13.
Self-administration of drugs by patients of an institutional
				  facility shall be permitted only if such use is specifically authorized by the
				  treating or ordering physician and:
(1) the patient's knowledge of
				self-administration has been evaluated; or
(2) the patient has received training in the
				proper manner of self-administration:
(A) by a
				pharmacist; or
(B) according to
				hospital policy; and there is no risk of harm to the patient.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 28.1 - Institutional Pharmacies and Pharmacy Services › Section 28.1-14 - Patient's own medication

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-26-13-4
Affected: IC
				  25-26-13-17
Sec. 14.
(a) An
				institutional pharmacy is prohibited from accepting and dispensing drugs that
				are brought into the institution by the patient, even if intended for use by
				that same patient. However, use of the patient's own medication may be
				permitted if:
(1) the patient or the patient's
				representative may maintain the patient's own medication:
(A) at the bedside; or
(B) for drugs with special storage
				requirements, including, but not limited to, refrigeration in an appropriate
				storage area in the patient care area under control of nursing personnel for
				appropriate administration to that patient only; and
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 856 - INDIANA BOARD OF PHARMACY › Article 1 - PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS › Rule 28.1 - Institutional Pharmacies and Pharmacy Services › Section 28.1-15 - Inspections

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 25-26-13-4
Affected: IC 16-42-3-3; IC 25-26-13-17
Sec. 15.
The qualifying pharmacist or pharmacist in charge shall be
				  responsible for the timely inspection of all areas where drugs are stored,
				  used, or administered. The inspection can be carried out by qualified designee
				  and appropriate records kept. The inspection shall verify, at a minimum, the
				  following:
(1) Disinfectants and drugs
				solely for nontherapeutic external use are stored separately and apart from
				drugs for internal use or injection.
(2) Drugs requiring special storage
				conditions are appropriately stored to assure the drugs are not adulterated as
				described in IC 16-42-3-3.
(3)
				Drugs subject to deterioration are removed from any accessible location prior
				to the expiration date (manufacturer's or other such as required under
				856 IAC 1-21) and disposed of
				appropriately.
(4) Emergency drugs
				designated by the institution are in adequate supply and are properly stored in
				the institution.
(5) All necessary
				and required security and storage standards are met.
(6) All pharmacy-related policies and
				procedures of the institution are complied with.