Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Part 4 › Subtitle 34 - BOARD OF PHARMACY › Chapter 10.34.23 - Pharmaceutical Services to Patients in Comprehensive Care Facilities › Section 10.34.23.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this chapter,
				  the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Chart order" means a lawful order
				  entered on the chart or a medical record of a patient of a comprehensive care
				  facility by an authorized prescriber or the authorized prescriber's designated
				  agent for a drug or device.
(2)
				  Comprehensive Care Facility.
(a)
				  "Comprehensive care facility" means a facility which admits patients suffering
				  from disease, disabilities, or advanced age, requiring medical service and
				  nursing service rendered by or under the supervision of a registered
				  nurse.
(b) "Comprehensive care
				  facility" does not mean an establishment which provides only:
(i) Acute care; or
(ii) Assisted living care.
(3) "Emergency drug
				  kit" means a container or electronic storage system containing medications
				  which:
(a) May be required for the emergency
				  need of a patient; and
(b) Are not
				  available from an authorized source in a timely manner.
(4) "Interim box" means a container or an
				  electronic system holding minimal quantities of medications:
(a) Agreed upon by the comprehensive care
				  facility's pharmaceutical services committee, as defined in COMAR
				  10.07.02.15C;
				  and
(b) Intended to expedite
				  immediate initiation of emergency or nonemergency dosing until the pharmacy is
				  able to provide a regular supply.
(5) "Licensed pharmacist" means a pharmacist
				  who is licensed by the Board to practice pharmacy.
(6) "Packaging" means the process by which a
				  medication is:
(a) Removed from a:
(i) Non-patient specific manufacturer's
				  original container; or
(ii) Patient
				  specific container directly received from another pharmacy licensed in Maryland
				  or operated by the government of the United States provided that the
				  manufacturer's name is present on the container; and
(b) Placed into a new container by a licensed
				  pharmacist or registered pharmacy technician under the supervision of a
				  pharmacist.
(7)
				  "Pharmaceutical services" means the care within practice standards, laws,
				  regulations, and guidelines which is afforded by a licensed pharmacist to the
				  patients of a comprehensive care facility.
(8) "Pharmacy" means a holder of a pharmacy
				  permit issued by the Board, located either on the premises of or outside the
				  comprehensive care facility and which provides pharmaceutical services to
				  patients in a comprehensive care facility.
(9) "Pharmacy area" means that portion of the
				  licensed pharmacy where medication and other products requiring a prescription
				  by federal or State law are stored and where the prescriptions are compounded
				  or prepared.
(10) "Registered
				  pharmacy technician" means an individual who is registered with the Board to
				  perform delegated pharmacy acts.
(11) "Verbal order" means a directive that is
				  orally communicated to a licensed pharmacist to accept a prescription order by
				  a person who is authorized to communicate a prescription.
(12) "Written order" means a directive that
				  is directly written by an authorized prescriber or a transcription of an order
				  from an authorized prescriber by a person authorized to transcribe an
				  order.