Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Part 4 › Subtitle 34 - BOARD OF PHARMACY › Chapter 10.34.34 - Pharmacy Technicians › Section 10.34.34.02 - 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) "Board" means the State Board of
				  Pharmacy.
(2) Compounding.
(a) "Compounding" means the preparation,
				  mixing, assembling, packaging, or labeling of a drug or device:
(i) As the result of a practitioner's
				  prescription drug order or initiative based on the
				  practitioner/patient/pharmacist relationship in the course of professional
				  practice; or
(ii) For the purpose
				  of, or incident to, research, teaching, or chemical analysis and not for the
				  sale or dispensing of the drug or device.
(b) "Compounding" includes the preparation of
				  drugs or devices in anticipation of a prescription drug order based on routine,
				  regularly observed prescribing patterns.
(3) Delegated Pharmacy Act.
(a) "Delegated pharmacy act" means an
				  activity that constitutes the practice of pharmacy delegated by a licensed
				  pharmacist under Health Occupations Article, Title 12, Subtitle 6B, Annotated
				  Code of Maryland, and this chapter.
(b) "Delegated pharmacy act" does not
				  include:
(i) An act within the parameters of a
				  Drug Therapy Management contract as provided under Health Occupations Article,
				  Subtitle 6A, Annotated Code of Maryland;
(ii) The administration of an influenza
				  vaccination in accordance with Health Occupations Article, §
													12-508, Annotated
				  Code of Maryland, or this title;
(iii) The delegation of a pharmacy act by a
				  registered pharmacy technician, pharmacy student, or pharmacy technician
				  trainee;
(iv) A pharmacy activity
				  performed by a pharmacy student in accordance with Health Occupations Article,
				  §
													12-301(b),
				  Annotated Code of Maryland; or
(v)
				  A pharmacy activity performed by an applicant for a license to practice
				  pharmacy, if the applicant does not perform delegated pharmacy acts for more
				  than 10 months.
(4) "Direct supervision" means that a
				  licensed pharmacist is physically available onsite to supervise the performance
				  of delegated pharmacy acts.
(5)
				  "Experiential learning rotation" means a course offered by an Accreditation
				  Council for Pharmacy Education accredited school of pharmacy that is designed
				  to provide pharmacy practice experiences to students seeking the doctor of
				  pharmacy degree.
(6) Final Product
				  Verification.
(a) "Final product
				  verification" means:
(i) Confirming the
				  accuracy of the device or drug product, and dosage form of a filled
				  prescription or medication order; or
(ii) Confirming the accuracy of the device or
				  drug product, and dosage form of a prescription or medication selected for
				  stocking into a medication distribution system.
(b) "Final product verification" does not
				  include determining the appropriateness of the prescription device or drug
				  product, dosage form, directions for use, labeling, packaging, or any other
				  determination that requires the application of a pharmacist's clinical
				  expertise.
(7)
				  "Medication distribution system" means an automated medication system,
				  emergency box, interim box, medication carousel or cart, or other storage and
				  dispensing system.
(8) "National
				  pharmacy technician certification program" means a program approved by a
				  Board-recognized national accrediting body.
(9) "Pharmacy student" means an individual
				  who is enrolled as a student in a school or college of pharmacy approved by the
				  Board or accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy
				  Education.
(10) "Pharmacy
				  technician trainee" means an individual engaged in a Board-approved pharmacy
				  technician training program.
(11)
				  "Registered pharmacy technician" means an individual who is registered with the
				  Board to perform delegated pharmacy acts.
(12) "Registration" means, unless the context
				  requires otherwise, a registration issued by the Board to perform delegated
				  pharmacy acts under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist.
(13) "Supervision" means reviewing the work,
				  guiding and directing the activities, and monitoring the performance of an
				  individual.
(14) "Unit dose" means
				  a package labeled with bar code scanning or other similar technology containing
				  a single dose of a device, drug, or medication ordered or prescribed for a
				  patient.
(15) "Unit-of-use" means a
				  package or container, such as a unit dose (injectable, liquid, or solid), otic,
				  ophthalmic product, otic product, topical product, or a prescription vial
				  filled from a stock bottle or in the original manufacturer's packaging,
				  designed to be dispensed to a patient that is labeled with bar code scanning or
				  other similar technology.
(16)
				  "Validated pharmacy technician" means a registered pharmacy technician who has
				  obtained a product verification certificate issued by a Board-approved national
				  training program and satisfied other regulatory requirements.