Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES › Division 30 - Division of Regulation and Licensure › Chapter 1 - Controlled Substances › Section 19 CSR 30-1.011 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule contains definitions which
				  establish the intended meaning of certain terms used throughout this
				  chapter.
(1) As used in this
				chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings specified:
(A) Commercial container means any bottle,
				jar, tube, ampule or other receptacle in which a substance is held for
				distribution or dispensing to an ultimate user and, in addition, any box or
				package in which the receptacle is held for distribution or dispensing to an
				ultimate user. The term commercial container does not include any package
				liner, package insert of other material kept with or within a commercial
				container, nor any carton, crate, drug or other package in which commercial
				containers are stored or are used for shipment of controlled
				substances;
(B) Controlled
				substances administration record means the form used to record information when
				administering individual drug doses to patients;
(C) Dispenser means an individual
				practitioner, institutional practitioner, pharmacy or pharmacist who dispenses
				a controlled substance;
(D) Hospice
				means a public agency or private organization or subdivision of either of these
				that is primarily engaged in providing care to dying persons and their families
				and meets the standards specified in 19 CSR 30-35;
(E) Hospital employee means a nurse,
				physician, pharmacist or other responsible patient-care employee;
(F) Individual practitioner means a
				physician, dentist, veterinarian, optometrist or other individual licensed,
				registered or otherwise permitted by the United States or Missouri to dispense
				a controlled substance in the course of professional practice, but does not
				include a pharmacist, a pharmacy or an institutional practitioner;
(G) Institutional practitioner means a
				hospital or other person (other than an individual) licensed, registered or
				otherwise permitted by the United States or Missouri to dispense a controlled
				substance in the course of professional practice, but does not include a
				pharmacy;
(H) Long-term care
				facility means a nursing home, retirement care, mental care, or other facility
				or institution which provides extended health care to resident
				patients;
(I) Name means the
				official name, common or usual name, chemical name or brand name of a
				substance;
(J) Nurse means a
				registered or licensed practical nurse licensed under Chapter 335,
				RSMo;
(K) Patient care areas means
				any area of a hospital where medical attention is rendered to a
				patient;
(L) Pre-hospital emergency
				medical service means an emergency medical services system as defined in
				Chapter 190, RSMo providing services to persons prior to admission to a
				hospital;
(M) Prescription means an
				order for medication which is dispensed to or for an ultimate user but does not
				include an order for medication which is dispensed for immediate administration
				to the ultimate user. (For example, an order to dispense a drug to a bed
				patient for immediate administration in a hospital is not a
				prescription.);
(N) Readily
				retrievable means that certain records are kept by automatic data processing
				systems or other electronic or mechanized record keeping systems in a manner
				that they can be separated out from all other records; and/or records are kept
				on which certain items are asterisked, redlined, highlighted or in some other
				manner visually identifiable apart from other items appearing on the records;
				and records are provided within three working days of a request;
(O) Registration means a Missouri controlled
				substances registration;
(P)
				Reregistration means a registration issued to a person who was previously
				registered and whose application for reregistration was received by the
				Department of Health prior to the expiration of the previous
				registration;
(Q) Temporary
				location registration means a registration issued to an individual practitioner
				who:
1. Has a current Missouri professional
				license to practice and is registered with the Department of Health at the
				address listed on his/her professional license;
2. Has a federal Drug Enforcement
				Administration registration that is valid in Missouri;
3. Anticipates practicing in Missouri within
				the next 12 months;
4. Does not
				practice for more than 90 consecutive calendar days at any location;
5. Maintains a record of the date(s) and
				location(s) of all practice activity in Missouri and makes the record available
				to the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. This record shall be retained
				for two years;
6. Maintains all
				required controlled substance records at each location;
7. Does not receive or stock controlled
				substances at any location;