Pennsylvania Code › Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS › Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 27 - STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY › STANDARDS › Section 27.18 - Standards of practice

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A
					 pharmacist shall dispense a new prescription in a new and clean container or in
					 the manufacturer's original container. In refilling a prescription, the
					 pharmacist may reuse the original container of that prescription if the
					 container is clean and reuseable. The refill requires a new label containing
					 the information specified in subsection (d). Pharmacies and pharmacists shall
					 comply with the Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 (15 U.S.C.A. §§
												1471-1476) which includes the use of
					 child resistant containers.
(b)
					 Prescriptions kept on file in the pharmacy must meet the following
					 requirements:
(1) Prescriptions on file must
					 show the name and address of the patient; the name and address or other
					 identifier of the prescriber; the date the prescription was issued, if the
					 prescription is for a controlled substance or if it was written with a PRN or
					 ad lib refill designation; the name and quantity of the drug prescribed;
					 directions for its use; cautions communicated to the ultimate consumer by means
					 of auxiliary labels or other means when dispensed to the ultimate consumer; the
					 date the prescription was compounded and dispensed; and the name or initials of
					 the dispensing pharmacist.
(2)
					 Prescriptions for controlled substances must show the DEA number of the
					 prescriber. Prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances must be written
					 with ink, indelible pencil, typewriter, word processor, computer printer or by
					 electronic means and shall be manually signed by the prescriber, except that
					 prescriptions written by electronic means shall be electronically signed by the
					 prescriber. Electronic prescriptions of Schedule II controlled substances must
					 comply with §
												27.201(b)
					 (relating to electronically transmitted prescriptions). The pharmacist is
					 responsible for compounding and dispensing nonproprietary drugs consistent with
					 the Federal Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C.A. §§
													801-904), The Controlled Substance,
					 Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act (35 P. S. §§
													780-101-780-144) and the regulations
					 promulgated under these acts.
(3)
					 If a prescription for a nonproprietary drug is refilled, a record of the refill
					 must show the date of the refill, the name or initials of the dispensing
					 pharmacist and the quantity dispensed. If the pharmacist dispenses a quantity
					 different from that of the original prescription, the pharmacist shall indicate
					 the changes on the back of the original prescription or must enter the changes
					 in the computerized files of the pharmacy.
(4) Original prescriptions or readily
					 retrievable images of the original prescriptions shall be kept for 2 years from
					 the date of the most recent filling.
(5) In an institution, Schedule II controlled
					 substances which the pharmacy dispensed and which were ultimately received by
					 the patient shall be recorded and the record kept for 2 years.