Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4729:5 - Dangerous Drugs › Chapter 4729:5-9 - Drug Repositories › Section 4729:5-9-02.15 - Remote order entry - technicians

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								As used in this
			 rule:
(1)
									"Direct supervision" and "personal supervision" have the
			 same meaning as in rule
			 4729:3-1-01
			 of the Administrative Code.
(2)
									"Remote order
			 entry" means the entry of medication orders for an inpatient pharmacy licensed
			 as a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs by a remote technician under the
			 direct supervision or remote supervision of a pharmacist. Remote order entry
			 does not include dispensing, interpreting, evaluating, or approval of
			 medication orders or any other activities not permitted by state or federal
			 laws, rules, and regulations. Remote order entry may include clarifying orders
			 and other data entry, including the processing of insurance coverage. The
			 requirements of this rule shall be limited to the entry of orders dispensed in
			 or into this state.
(3)
									"Remote pharmacy" means either:
(a)
										A pharmacy
			 licensed as a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs that dispenses dangerous
			 drugs; or
(b)
										A pharmacy licensed as a limited category II terminal
			 distributor of dangerous drugs which does not stock, own, or dispense any
			 dangerous drugs, and whose sole business consists of entry, review, and/or
			 verification of prescriber orders and consulting services under contract for
			 institutional pharmacies in this state.
(4)
									"Remote
			 supervision" means that a pharmacist directs and controls the actions of remote
			 technicians through the use of technology that ensures a supervising pharmacist
			 can meet the requirements listed in this paragraph. A pharmacist providing
			 remote supervision shall:
(a)
										Be readily available to answer questions of a remote
			 technician; and
(b)
										Be fully responsible for the practice and accuracy of
			 the remote technician.
(5)
									"Remote
			 technician" means any of the following:
(a)
										If performing
			 remote order entry in this state: an Ohio registered certified pharmacy
			 technician, registered pharmacy technician, or pharmacy technician trainee,
			 either employed or a contract employee of an inpatient pharmacy or remote
			 pharmacy, who either conducts order entry from a remote site, which may include
			 the technician's residence or other location where the technician and the
			 outpatient or remote pharmacy can ensure the confidentiality and integrity of
			 patient information, or on the premises of a remote pharmacy or institutional
			 pharmacy; or
(b)
										If performing remote order entry outside of this state:
			 a pharmacy technician who meets the following criteria:
(i)
											The pharmacy
			 technician licensed or registered in the state where the remote order entry is
			 occurring, or if working in a state that has not yet implemented a technician
			 registration process, has received training and is working as a pharmacy
			 technician in accordance with of the laws and regulations of their state of
			 practice; and
(ii)
											The pharmacy technician is either employed or a
			 contract employee of an institutional pharmacy or remote pharmacy who holds a
			 nonresident pharmacy license in accordance with Chapter 4729:5-8 of the
			 Administrative Code, who either conducts order entry from a remote site, which
			 may include the technician's residence or other location where the technician
			 and the outpatient or remote pharmacy can ensure the confidentiality and
			 integrity of patient information, or on the premises of a remote pharmacy or
			 institutional pharmacy.
(c)
										A nonresident
			 pharmacy shall be responsible for ensuring all actions performed by an
			 unregistered technician comply with the applicable requirements for conducting
			 remote order entry.
(d)
										A remote technician shall only be permitted to conduct
			 remote order entry within the United States, to include the District of
			 Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a territory or insular possession
			 subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.