R156-17b-302. Pharmacy Licensure Classifications - Pharmacist-in-Charge or Dispensing Medical Practitioner-In-Charge Requirements

  In accordance with Subsection 58-17b-302(4), the classification of pharmacies holding licenses are clarified as:

  (1) A Class A pharmacy includes all retail operations located in Utah and requires a PIC.

  (2) A Class B pharmacy includes an institutional pharmacy that provides services to a target population unique to the needs of the healthcare services required by the patient. All Class B pharmacies require a PIC or DMPIC except for pharmaceutical administration facilities and narcotic treatment program pharmacies. Examples of Class B pharmacies include:

  (a) closed door pharmacies;

  (b) hospital clinic pharmacies;

  (c) narcotic treatment program pharmacies;

  (d) nuclear pharmacies;

  (e) branch pharmacies;

  (f) hospice facility pharmacies;

  (g) pharmaceutical administration facility pharmacies;

  (h) sterile product preparation facility pharmacies; and

  (i) dispensing medical practitioner clinic pharmacies.

  (3) A Class C pharmacy includes a pharmacy that is involved in:

  (a) manufacturing;

  (b) producing;

  (c) wholesaling;

  (d) distributing; or

  (e) reverse distributing.

  (4) A Class D pharmacy requires a PIC licensed in the state where the pharmacy is located and includes an out-of-state mail order pharmacy. Facilities with multiple locations shall have licenses for each facility and each component part of a facility.

  (5) A Class E pharmacy does not require a PIC and includes:

  (a) analytical laboratory pharmacies;

  (b) animal control pharmacies;

  (c) durable medical equipment provider pharmacies;

  (d) human clinical investigational drug research facility pharmacies;

  (e) medical gas provider pharmacies;

  (f) animal narcotic detection training facility pharmacies

  (g) third party logistics providers;

  (h) non drug or device handling central prescription processing pharmacies; and

  (i) veterinarian pharmaceutical facility pharmacies.

  (6) All pharmacy licenses shall be converted to the appropriate classification by the Division as identified in Section 58-17b-302.

  (7) Each Class A and each Class B pharmacy required to have a PIC or DMPIC shall have one PIC or DMPIC who is employed on a full-time basis as defined by the employer, who acts as a PIC or DMPIC for one pharmacy. However, the PIC or DMPIC may be the PIC or DMPIC of more than one Class A or Class B pharmacy, if the additional Class A or Class B pharmacies are not open to provide pharmacy services simultaneously.

  (8) A PIC or DMPIC shall comply with the provisions of Section R156-17b-603.