Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4729:5 - Dangerous Drugs › Chapter 4729:5-5 - Outpatient Pharmacies › Section 4729:5-5-25 - Remote prescription entry - technician

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
			 prescription entry" means the entry of prescriptions for an outpatient pharmacy
			 licensed as a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs by a remote technician
			 under the direct supervision or remote supervision of a pharmacist. Remote
			 prescription entry does not include dispensing, interpreting, evaluating, or
			 approval of prescriptions or any other activities not permitted by state or
			 federal laws, rules, and regulations. Remote prescription entry may include
			 clarifying prescriptions and other data entry, including the processing of
			 insurance coverage. The requirements of this rule shall be limited to the entry
			 of prescriptions 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 outpatient 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 prescription 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 outpatient pharmacy or remote
			 pharmacy, who either conducts prescription 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 outpatient
			 pharmacy; or
(b)
										If performing remote prescription entry outside of this
			 state: a pharmacy technician who meets the following criteria:
(i)
											The pharmacy
			 technician is licensed or registered in the state where the remote prescription
			 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 outpatient pharmacy or remote pharmacy who holds a
			 nonresident pharmacy license in accordance with Chapter 4729:5-8 of the
			 Administrative Code, who either conducts prescription 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 outpatient 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 prescription entry.
(d)
										A remote
			 technician shall only be permitted to conduct remote prescription 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.