New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING › Chapter 19 - PHARMACISTS › Part 33 - TELE-PHARMACY AND REMOTE DISPENSING › Section 16.19.33.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. "Board" means
				the New Mexico board of pharmacy.
B. "Electronic link" means a real time,
				continuous HIPAA-compliant computer video and audio link between the hub
				pharmacy and the remote tele-pharmacy during all hours of the remote
				tele-pharmacy's operation and in compliance with Paragraph (4) of Subsection A
				of
				16.19.33.9
				NMAC.
C. "Indirect supervision"
				means continuous supervision through a constant live video link with not less
				than four camera views which provide for real time live monitoring by the hub
				pharmacy of the remote tele-pharmacy which is recorded for a minimum of 90
				days. This indirect supervision must be in compliance with Subsection B of
				16.19.22.7
				NMAC.
D. "Patient-pharmacist audio
				visual link" means a real time HIPAA-compliant audio visual link from the
				private patient counseling area of the remote tele-pharmacy to the pharmacist
				at the hub pharmacy.
E. "Hub
				pharmacy" means a board licensed pharmacy located in New Mexico operating under
				the direct control of a board registered pharmacist from which computer-aided
				pharmacist supervision of a remote tele-pharmacy occurs.
F. "Hub pharmacist" means a board registered
				pharmacist who provides the indirect supervision of a remote tele-pharmacy via
				HIPAA-compliant electronic link that includes provisions for visual
				observations and inspection of the inside of the remote tele-pharmacy and all
				prescription orders prior to dispensing and is in compliance with Subsection B
				of
				16.19.22.7
				NMAC. This oversight is to include visual inspection of and patient
				consultation for any prescription order dispensed from the remote
				tele-pharmacy.
G.
				"Pharmacist-in-charge" means the pharmacist for the hub pharmacy from which the
				hub pharmacist oversees the day to day operation of a remote tele-pharmacy and
				who shall comply with
				16.19.6.9
				NMAC.
H. "Pharmacist site visits"
				means the visitation and inspection of the tele-pharmacy by the hub pharmacist
				by which the hub pharmacist is physically present to assess the remote
				tele-pharmacy's compliance with all laws and regulations.
I. "Remote dispensing site" means a pharmacy
				location primarily staffed by technicians and remote dispensing technology
				electronic link and indirect supervision with required pharmacist supervision
				and pharmacist site visits.
J.
				"Remote tele-pharmacy" means a board licensed pharmacy located in the state of
				New Mexico staffed by a remote tele-pharmacy technician who practices under the
				direct, computer aided and supervision of a hub pharmacist working from the hub
				pharmacy by electronic link during all hours of operation.
K. "Remote tele-pharmacy technician" means a
				board registered pharmacy technician employed by the hub pharmacy, with a
				minimum of 2,000 hours of experience working as a certified registered pharmacy
				technician who under the computer aided supervision of an off-site pharmacist,
				handles the day to day operation of a remote tele-pharmacy, including the
				preparation and dispensing of prescription drugs.
L. "Practice of tele-pharmacy" means the
				provision of pharmacist care by board licensed pharmacies and board licensed
				pharmacists through the use of telecommunications or other technologies to
				patients or their agents at a remote tele-pharmacy site.