Rule 4729:5-18-01 | Definitions - remote dispensing pharmacies.
As used in Chapter 4729:5-18 of the Administrative Code:
(A) "Remote dispensing pharmacy" means a pharmacy where the dispensing of drugs, patient counseling, and other pharmacist care is provided through a telepharmacy system. The dispensing of drugs at a remote dispensing pharmacy may include the dispensing of drug therapy-related devices.
(B) "Telepharmacy system" means a system that monitors the dispensing of drugs and provides for related drug utilization review and patient counseling services by an electronic method that complies with the requirements of rule 4729:5-18-06 of the Administrative Code. The telepharmacy system shall include the following technologies:
(1) Audio and video;
(2) Still image capture; and
(3) Store and forward.
(C) "Surveillance system" means a system providing continuous video footage of the remote dispensing pharmacy that is recorded and stored for at least sixty days and complies with the requirements of rule 4729:5-18-07 of the Administrative Code.
(D) "Supervising pharmacy" means a pharmacy licensed as a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs that exclusively oversees the operations of a remote dispensing pharmacy.
(E) "Supervising pharmacist" means a pharmacist holding a current Ohio license to practice pharmacy who has met the requirements to supervise a remote dispensing pharmacy as described in this chapter.
(F) "Responsible person" means the same as in rule 4729:5-2-01 of the Administrative Code.
(G) "Social vulnerability" means the demographic and socioeconomic factors that contribute to communities being more adversely affected by external hazards and stressors that cause disease and injury.
(H) "Social vulnerability index" or "SVI" means a risk score assigned to communities using U.S. census data. These data are grouped into four themes that cover four major areas of social vulnerability (household characteristics, house type and transportation, racial and ethnic minority status, and socioeconomic status) and then combined into a single measure of overall social vulnerability. The overall SVI score ranges from zero (least vulnerable) to one (most vulnerable).
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