Texas Administrative Code › Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS › Part 15 - TEXAS STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY › Chapter 291 - PHARMACIES › Subchapter D - INSTITUTIONAL PHARMACY (CLASS C) › Section 291.74 - Operational Standards

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Licensing
				  requirements.
(1) A Class C pharmacy shall
				  register annually or biennially with the board on a pharmacy license
				  application provided by the board, following the procedures specified in §
											291.1 of this title (relating to
				  Pharmacy License Application).
(2)
				  A Class C pharmacy which changes ownership shall notify the board within 10
				  days of the change of ownership and apply for a new and separate license as
				  specified in §
											291.3 of this title (relating to
				  Required Notifications).
(3) A
				  Class C pharmacy which changes location and/or name shall notify the board of
				  the change as specified in §
											291.3 of this title.
(4) A Class C pharmacy owned by a partnership
				  or corporation which changes managing officers shall notify the board in
				  writing of the names of the new managing officers within 10 days of the change
				  following the procedures in §
											291.3 of this title.
(5) A Class C pharmacy shall notify the board
				  in writing within 10 days of closing, following the procedures in §
											291.5 of this title (relating to
				  Closing a Pharmacy).
(6) A fee as
				  specified in §
											291.6 of this title (relating to
				  Pharmacy License Fees) will be charged for the issuance and renewal of a
				  license and the issuance of an amended license.
(7) A separate license is required for each
				  principal place of business and only one pharmacy license may be issued to a
				  specific location.
(8) A Class C
				  pharmacy, licensed under the Act, §560.051(a)(3), which also operates
				  another type of pharmacy which would otherwise be required to be licensed under
				  the Act, §560.051(a)(1) (Community Pharmacy (Class A)) or the Act,
				  §560.051(a)(2) (Nuclear Pharmacy (Class B)), is not required to secure a
				  license for the such other type of pharmacy; provided, however, such licensee
				  is required to comply with the provisions of §
											291.31 of this title (relating to
				  Definitions), §
											291.32 of this title (relating to
				  Personnel), §
											291.33 of this title (relating to
				  Operational Standards), §
											291.34 of this title (relating to
				  Records), and §
											291.35 of this title (relating to
				  Official Prescription Records), contained in Community Pharmacy (Class A), or
				  §
											291.51 of this title (relating to
				  Purpose), §
											291.52 of this title (relating to
				  Definitions), §
											291.53 of this title (relating to
				  Personnel), §
											291.54 of this title (relating to
				  Operational Standards), and §
											291.55 of this title (relating to
				  Records), contained in Nuclear Pharmacy (Class B), to the extent such sections
				  are applicable to the operation of the pharmacy.
(9) A Class C pharmacy engaged in the
				  compounding of non-sterile preparations shall comply with the provisions of
				  §
											291.131 of this title (relating to
				  Pharmacies Compounding Non-sterile Preparations).
(10) Class C pharmacy personnel shall not
				  compound sterile preparations unless the pharmacy has applied for and obtained
				  a Class C-S pharmacy.
(11) A Class
				  C pharmacy engaged in the provision of remote pharmacy services, including
				  storage and dispensing of prescription drugs, shall comply with the provisions
				  of §
											291.121 of this title (relating to
				  Remote Pharmacy Services).
(12) A
				  Class C pharmacy engaged in centralized prescription dispensing and/or
				  prescription drug or medication order processing shall comply with the
				  provisions of §
											291.123 of this title (relating to
				  Central Prescription Drug or Medication Order Processing) and/or §
											291.125 of this title (relating to
				  Centralized Prescription Dispensing).
(13) A Class C pharmacy with an ongoing
				  clinical pharmacy program that proposes to allow a pharmacy technician to
				  verify the accuracy of work performed by another pharmacy technician relating
				  to the filling of floor stock and unit dose distribution systems for a patient
				  admitted to the hospital if the patient's orders have previously been reviewed
				  and approved by a pharmacist shall make application to the board and submit any
				  information specified on the application.
(14) A rural hospital that wishes to allow a
				  pharmacy technician to perform the duties specified in §
											291.73(e)(2)(D)
				  of this title (relating to Personnel), shall make application to the board and
				  submit any information specified on the application.
(A) A rural hospital may not allow a pharmacy
				  technician to perform the duties specified in §
												291.73(e)(2)(D)
				  of this title until the board has reviewed and approved the application and
				  issued an amended license to the pharmacy.
(B) Every two years, in conjunction with the
				  application for renewal of the pharmacy license, the pharmacist-in-charge shall
				  update the application for pharmacy technicians to perform the duties specified
				  in §
												291.73(e)(2)(D)
				  of this title and shall attest as required on the application.