New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter K - Controlled Substances › Part 80 - Rules and Regulations on Controlled Substances › Prescribing and Dispensing Controlled Substances › Section 80.75 - Institutional dispensers

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
					 Institutional dispensers licensed by the department may cause controlled
					 substances to be administered or dispensed for use on the premises only
					 pursuant to a written order by a practitioner for such medication. A
					 prescription is not required for inpatient use. In an emergency situation in
					 which a physician determines that it is necessary to transfer a critically ill
					 patient from one hospital to an alternative medical facility, an institutional
					 dispenser may cause a single dose of a controlled substance to be dispensed to
					 the medical attendant accompanying the patient if the duration of the transfer
					 may reasonably be expected to exceed three hours.
(b) An institutional dispenser may dispense
					 controlled substances for use off its premises only pursuant to a prescription
					 issued by a practitioner. All such prescriptions for outpatient use shall be
					 filled only in a hospital pharmacy or other registered pharmacy. However, a
					 practitioner in the emergency room of a hospital without a full-time pharmacy
					 and when the services of a registered pharmacy are not available may dispense
					 controlled substances to a patient in an emergency situation. For the purposes
					 of this subdivision, an emergency means that the immediate dispensing of the
					 controlled substance is necessary and no alternative treatment is available.
					 The practitioner may dispense no more than a 24-hour supply in accordance with
					 directions for use and must conform with the applicable labeling requirements
					 of section
					 80.71 
					 of this Part.
(c) Official New York
					 prescription forms are available for use by institutional dispensers.
					 Institutional dispensers shall register with the department to be issued
					 official prescriptions.
(1) The registration
					 application for an institutional dispenser shall include but not be limited to
					 the requesting institution's name, primary or other practice site address(s),
					 the Federal registration number or exemption certificate, where applicable, a
					 State agency license number, if applicable, and shall be signed by a person
					 authorized by the institution to request such forms.
(2) An institutional dispenser's registration
					 shall be without fee and subject to approval by the department. Such
					 registration shall be valid for a period of two years.
(3) An institutional dispenser registered to
					 be issued official prescription forms shall order such forms in the manner
					 required by the department. The number of prescriptions requested by the
					 institution shall be subject to approval by the department and shall be issued
					 free of charge in the manner and quantity approved by the department.
(4) Official prescription forms shall be sent
					 to the institutional dispenser's primary address. Primary address is the
					 address of a registered institution's Federal Drug Enforcement Administration
					 (DEA) registration or, if such facility is not required to be registered with
					 DEA, an address designated as the primary address in the facility's
					 registration with the department.