Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LIII - Pharmacists › Chapter 15 - Hospital Pharmacy › Section LIII-1503 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. As used in this
				Chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this
				Section:
CFR
-Code of Federal Regulations
Dispensing of a Drug Pursuant to a Hospital
				  Prescription
-the professional review by a pharmacist required to place
				  a specific drug in final association with the name of a particular hospital
				  patient pursuant to the lawful order of a prescriber In the case of an
				  automated medication system meeting the requirements of Chapter 12 of these
				  rules, the final association with the name of a particular hospital patient
				  will be deemed to have occurred when the pharmacist has given the final
				  approval to the patient specific order in the system.
Electronic Drug Record Keeping System
-a
				  system of storing drug records electronically and capturing the positive
				  identification of the person responsible for a specific drug transaction
				  including, but not limited to, the prescribing, administering, or dispensing of
				  a drug.
Hospital Off-Site Satellite Pharmacy
-a
				  pharmacy located within a hospital licensed by the Louisiana Department of
				  Health, or its successor, the location of which is physically separate from the
				  location of the provider pharmacy.
Hospital Patient
-a person receiving health
				  care services within a hospital facility, or an animal receiving veterinary
				  care within a veterinary teaching hospital owned or operated by a public
				  university in this state.
Hospital Pharmacy
-a pharmacy department
				  permitted by the board and located in a hospital licensed pursuant to
				  R.S.
				  40:2100 et seq. or in a veterinary teaching
				  hospital owned or operated by a public university in this state. For the
				  purposes of this chapter, a hospital pharmacy is one example of a primary care
				  treatment modality pharmacy.
Hospital Prescription
-a written, electronic
				  or oral order for a drug for use in treating a hospital patient.
Positive Identification
-
Password
-a private identification that is
				  created by a user to obtain access to an electronic drug record keeping
				  system.
Personal Identifier
-a unique user name or
				  number for identifying and tracking a specific users access to an electronic
				  drug record keeping system such as Social Security number, user identification
				  number, or employee number.
1. has the
				same meaning as defined in
				Section
				1119 of this Part, except
				that a specific hospital having a closed electronic drug record keeping system
				may be permitted to use identifiers utilizing both a password combined with a
				personal identifier to document the positive identification of each user for
				the prescribing and administration of a drug, provided the pharmacist-in-charge
				has determined:
a. adequate audit controls
				are in place to detect and deter drug diversion;
b. adequate access controls are in place to
				assure the identity of the user and to assign accountability of the user for
				any drug transaction;
c. adequate
				safeguards are in place to prevent and detect the unauthorized use of an
				individuals password and personal identifier;
d. an ongoing quality assurance program is in
				place to ensure that all three provisions cited above in this definition are
				being fulfilled and reviewed; and
e. appropriate policies and procedures are in
				place to address all four provisions cited above in this definition;