Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 30 - Professions and Occupations › Part 3001 - MISSISSIPPI PHARMACY PRACTICE REGULATIONS › Article XLVII - PHYSICIAN DISPENSING FACILITY PERMITS › Section 30-3001-XLVII.3 - Storage and Dispensing Conditions

Current through June 25, 2024
1. All drug
				products which are stored or maintained in a facility permitted by the Board of
				Pharmacy shall remain in the manufacturer's or repackager's original container.
				The label of any container in which drugs are maintained must bear the drug
				name, strength, the manufacturer's control lot number and the expiration date.
				Drugs which are precounted and prepackaged, or placed in automatic tablet
				counting machines, for purposes of dispensing shall be identifiable as to
				expiration date and manufacturer's control lot number. The containers in which
				drug products are maintained shall not be labeled in any false or misleading
				manner. The labeling requirements of this ARTICLE are in addition to, and not
				in lieu of, other labeling requirements of the laws of the state of Mississippi
				and laws of the United States or federal regulations.
2. No physician may delegate dispensing
				authority to another person. Except as allowed pursuant to an automated
				dispensing physician facility permit, a physician must personally dispense the
				medication. For the purpose of this regulation, "personally dispense" means the
				physician must actually obtain the medication, prepare, count, place the
				medication into the appropriate container and affix the appropriate label to
				the container.
3. A physician shall
				not dispense out-of-date drugs and shall not maintain out-of-date drugs
				intermixed with the stock of current drugs. Out-of-date drugs shall be promptly
				removed from current stock and stored separately until proper disposal shall be
				made.
4. The Board of Pharmacy or
				its representative may seize, embargo, quarantine or place under seal any drug
				or controlled substance which may constitute an imminent danger to the public
				health or safety, i.e., tainted, counterfeit or recalled drugs.
5. A physician shall not accept the return
				for subsequent resale or exchange any drug after such drug has been taken from
				the premises where sold, distributed or dispensed and from the control of the
				physician.
6. All drug products
				shall be maintained, stored and dispensed in such a manner as to maintain the
				integrity of the product.
7. Unless
				requested not to do so, all medication dispensed in a liquid or solid dosage
				form shall be dispensed in child resistant packaging.
8. Disasters, accidents or emergencies which
				may affect the strength, purity or labeling of drugs shall be immediately
				reported to the Board of Pharmacy.
9. Customized Patient Medication Packages: In
				lieu of dispensing two or more prescribed drug products in separate containers,
				a physician may, with the consent of the patient or a patient's care giver,
				provide a customized package, known as a patient med-pak provided:
a. Patient med-paks shall bear a label (or
				labels) including all information required on a traditional prescription label.
				In addition, the med-pak shall bear an identification number unique to that
				patient med-pak, the date of preparation and the beyond-use date of the patient
				med-pak (not to exceed ninety (90) days from the date of preparation). If the
				patient med-pak allows for the removal or separation of individual cells within
				the med-pak, each cell shall bear a label identifying each of the drug products
				contained.
b. It is the
				responsibility of the dispensing physician when preparing the med-pak, to take
				into account any applicable compendia requirements or guidelines and the
				physical and chemical compatibility of the dosage forms placed within each cell
				of the med-pak, as well as any therapeutic incompatibilities that may attend
				the simultaneous administration of the drugs.
c. A record of each patient med-pak shall be
				made and filed. Each record shall contain at a minimum:
i. The name and address of the patient;
ii. The unique identification
				number of the patient med-pak;
iii. The drug name, manufacturer or
				distributor name and lot number of each drug product contained;
iv. Any special labeling instructions;
v. Information identifying or
				describing the design, characteristics, or specifications of the med-pak,
				sufficient to allow subsequent preparation of the med-pak for the patient;
vi. The date of preparation of the
				patient med-pak and the beyond-use date that was assigned; and
vii. The name or initials of the physician
				responsible for preparing the med-pak.