Summary
Subsection R156-17b-102(8) is added to define "clinic" as used in Subsection 58-17b-625(3)(b). Subsection R156-17b-102(11) is added to define "community pharmacy" as used in Subsection 58-17b-625(3)(b). Subsection R156-17b-102(33) is added to define "long-term care facility" as used in Section 58-17b-610.7. Subsection R156-17b-102 (61) is modified to update the reference to the United States Pharmacopeia-National Formulary. Section R156-17b-303 is modified to allow the Division, in collaboration with the Pharmacy Board, the discretion to credit up to 500 hours of substantially related experience towards pharmacy internship standards required for licensure as a pharmacist. Section R156-17b-610.6 is added to establish the guidelines for a hospital pharmacy to dispense to an individual, who is no longer a patient, on the day that the individual is discharged from the hospital setting. Section R156-17b-610.7 is added to establish that a pharmacy that partially fills a schedule II controlled substance shall specify by prescription number for each partial fill the date, quantity supplied, and quantity remaining of the prescription partially filled. In Section R156-17b-620, the proposed amendments to this section clarify a PIC (pharmacist-in-charge) or pharmacist designee's responsibilities regarding user access to an automated pharmacy system and its medications. Section R156-17b-621a is added to establish the training requirements for a pharmacist's administration of long-acting injectables intramuscularly.