New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 16 - OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSING › Chapter 19 - PHARMACISTS › Part 7 - HOSPITAL PHARMACIES › Section 16.19.7.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
"Automated
				Medication Management System"
means automated devices that compound,
				measure, count, or package and deliver a specified quantity of dosage units for
				a designated drug product and which collects, controls and maintains all
				transaction information.
B.
"Bar-Code"
means a graphic composed of variously patterned bars
				and spaces or other geometric patterns intended for use in the detection and
				automatic processing of item identities or other intelligence by
				electro-optical means.
C.
"Dispensing"
as defined in Subsection (I) of Section
				61-11-2
				NMSA 1978, and pursuant to Subsection (C) of Section
				61-11-21
				NMSA 1978 dispensing is limited to a registered pharmacist.
D.
"Electronic Signature"
means
				a unique security code or other identifier which specifically identifies the
				person entering information to a data processing system.
E.
"Facility"
means a hospital
				or other inpatient institution which has a pharmacy within the
				premises.
F.
"Formulary"
means a list of drugs approved for use in a facility
				by its medical staff through the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee or its
				equivalent.
G.
"Hard
				Copy"
means a paper-based record keeping system that is readable without
				the use of a special device, i.e., computer, microfiche reader, etc.
H.
"Hospital"
means any place
				offering in-patient skilled nursing, overnight care on a 24 hour basis for
				diagnosing, treating and providing medical or surgical care for
				patients.
I.
"Hospital-based
				Skilled Nursing Facility"
means a long-term care facility or unit
				thereof that is an integral and subordinate part of the hospital, is operated
				with other departments of the hospital under common governance and professional
				supervision such that the skilled nursing facility and the hospital are subject
				to the bylaws and operating decisions of common governing board, is fully
				integrated with all other services of the hospital, is owned, operated and
				managed by the hospital and is physically located within said
				hospital.
J.
"In-house
				Clinic"
means a clinic located in a hospital which has a pharmacy within
				the premises. The clinic is a facility where one or more licensed practitioners
				diagnose and treat patients, and where drugs are stored, dispensed, distributed
				or administered for the diagnosis and treatment of the facility's patients;
				provided that this definition shall not include the privately owned practice of
				any licensed practitioner or group of licensed practitioners exempt under
				Section
				61-11-22
				NMSA 1978 of the Pharmacy Act.
K.
"Integrated Healthcare System"
means an integrated network of
				healthcare services provided by a single corporation or system. Systems offer
				comprehensive care which may include, acute, urgent care, long term or home
				health.
L.
"Medication
				Profile"
means a record and drug listing for each patient based on
				available information, containing but not limited to, patient name, patient
				age, sex, patient weight, current diagnosis, allergies or sensitivities, and
				current therapy.
M.
"Medication-use Measurement Program"
means a program that entails
				measuring, assessing, and improving the prescribing or ordering; preparation
				and dispensing; administration; and monitoring of medications.
N.
"Parenteral Products"
means
				any preparation administered by injection through one or more layers of skin
				tissue.
O.
"Pharmacist-in-Charge"
means a pharmacist employed by the facility
				on either a part-time or full-time basis as the activity of service requires
				and as outlined in
				16.19.6.9
				NMAC.
P.
"Pharmacy and
				Therapeutics Committee"
means an advisory committee of the medical staff
				of the facility recommending policy regarding evaluation, selection, and
				therapeutics of drugs.
Q.
"Policy and Procedures Manual"
shall outline the scope of services
				for safe delivery of quality pharmaceutical care for all patients.