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...ddition, deletion or change. (F) A pharmacist practicing under a consult agreement, as authorized in section 4729.39 of the Revised Code, shall not prescribe controlled substances under the registration of the hospital or other institution.

... without the final association by a pharmacist, the system shall capture the positive identification of the pharmacist authorizing the patient specific prescription in the system prior to its dispensation. (b) Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit an automated pharmacy system from being utilized to restock an automated drug storage system utilized by institutional facilities pursuant to Chapt...

...owing information: (1) Responsible pharmacist. Name, address, telephone number, and pharmacist license number of each pharmacist responsible for overseeing the project. (2) Location of project. Name, address, and telephone number of each specific location and, if a location is a pharmacy, the pharmacy's terminal distributor of dangerous drugs license number where the proposed project will be con...

...nsation (e.g., final verification) by a pharmacist or verification in accordance with rule 4729:5-3-17 of the Administrative Code, regardless of whether the patient received the drug: (1) Variation from the prescriber's prescription or drug order, unless otherwise modified by the pharmacist in accordance with agency 4729 of the Administrative Code, including: (a) Incorrect drug; (b) Incorrect drug strength; (c) I...

...pensing dangerous drugs: a licensed pharmacist shall be on the premises and the mobile unit shall be under the control and management of the pharmacist. All dispensing activities shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 4729:5-5 of the Administrative Code. (b) Personally furnishing dangerous drugs: a licensed healthcare professional authorized to prescribe drugs shall be on the premises ...

... 4729 of the Administrative Code, a pharmacist, pharmacy intern, certified pharmacy technician, registered pharmacy technician, or pharmacy technician trainee shall not be required to make a report to the board pursuant to the applicable duty to report rules in divisions 4729:1, 4729:2, and 4729:3 of the Administrative Code if the licensee or registrant is employed by or under contract with a ...

... oral prescription transcribed by a pharmacist, pharmacy intern, or certified pharmacy technician; (3) An electronically transmitted prescription; or (4) A prescription transmitted by use of a facsimile machine. (E) "Personal supervision" or "direct supervision" means a pharmacist shall be physically present in the pharmacy, or in the area where the practice of pharmacy is occurring, to ...

...time between consecutive shifts. (1) A pharmacist may volunteer to work longer than thirteen continuous hours. (2) The pharmacy must document and date the amount of time worked beyond the thirteen hour limit along with the reason and make it available in the pharmacy for immediate inspection for at least three years from the date it was created. (B) Pharmacy personnel working longer than six contin...

...mented by the responsible person or pharmacist on duty to the terminal distributor. (B) Executed requests for additional staffing or reports of staffing concerns shall be provided to the immediate supervisor of the responsible person or pharmacist on duty, with one copy maintained in the pharmacy for three years for immediate inspection by an agent, inspector, or employee of the board. (C) Outpa...

...spensed (e.g., final verification) by a pharmacist as follows: (a) For new prescriptions: within three business days of receiving the prescription. (b) For refill prescriptions not generated by a pharmacy auto-refill program: within three business days of receiving the prescription. (c) For refill prescriptions generated by a pharmacy auto-refill program: within five business days of receiving ...

... organizational policy that permits a pharmacist to do all the following: (1) Limit the provision of ancillary services if, in the pharmacist's professional judgment, the provision of such services cannot be safely provided or may negatively impact patient access to medications. The pharmacy's policy shall include an offer by pharmacy staff to make an appointment for a patient or refer a patien...

...this rule. (2) Verification by the pharmacist of the prescription information entered into the record keeping system. (3) Prospective drug utilization review, which shall be captured as a standalone action or as part of either: (a) The pharmacist verification of prescription information in paragraph (A)(2) of this rule; or (b) The dispensing process in paragraph (A)(4) of this rule. (4) ...

...d in paragraph (E) of this rule, no pharmacist shall dispense dangerous drugs pursuant to a written outpatient prescription unless the following conditions are met: (1) The prescription is issued in compliance with rule 4729:5-5-15 of the Administrative Code. (2) If handwritten, typewritten, or computer-generated hard copy, there are no more than three non-controlled substance prescripti...

...he drug is marketed. The dispensing pharmacist may omit the name and strength of the drug only if the prescriber specifically requests omission and such request is documented; and (9) The quantity of drug dispensed. (B) The term "affix" means the prescription label must be attached or fastened to the drug's container. (C) A label meeting the requirements in paragraph (A) of this rule ma...

...sing pharmacy or a location where a pharmacist is employed or contracted by the dispensing pharmacy who has full access to the dispensing pharmacy's patient records; (3) The full name of the patient for whom the drug is prescribed; or, if the patient is an animal, the last name of the owner, name of animal (if applicable), and species of the animal or animals; (4) The full name of the presc...

...ast the following, if made known to the pharmacist or agent of the pharmacist: (i) Drug related allergies; (ii) Previous drug reactions; (iii) History of or active chronic conditions or disease states; and (iv) Other drugs, including nonprescription drugs, devices, and nutritional supplements used on a routine basis. (f) The pharmacist's comments relevant to the patient's dr...

...r to dispensing any prescription, a pharmacist shall review the patient profile for the purpose of identifying the following: (1) Over-utilization or under-utilization; (2) Therapeutic duplication; (3) Drug-disease state contraindications; (4) Drug-drug interactions; (5) Incorrect drug dosage; (6) Drug-allergy interactions; (7) Abuse/misuse; (8) Inappropriate duration of dr...

...r to dispensing any prescription, a pharmacist shall review the patient profile for the purpose of identifying the following: (1) Over-utilization or under-utilization; (2) Therapeutic duplication; (3) Drug-disease state contraindications; (4) Drug-drug interactions; (5) Incorrect drug dosage; (6) Drug-allergy interactions; (7) Abuse/misuse; (8) Inappropriate duration of dr...

...(A) A pharmacist or the pharmacist's designee shall verbally offer to provide the service of counseling pursuant to paragraph (B) of this rule to a patient or caregiver whenever any prescription, new or refill, is dispensed. A pharmacist or pharmacy intern under the personal supervision of a pharmacist shall not be required to counsel a patient or caregiver when the patient or caregiver refuses th...

...esponding responsibility rests with the pharmacist who dispenses the prescription. An order purporting to be a prescription issued not in the usual course of bona fide treatment of a patient is not a prescription and the person knowingly dispensing such a purported prescription, as well as the person issuing it, shall be subject to the penalties of law. (B) A pharmacist dispensing an outpatient p...

...tions shall be transferred only between pharmacists, except as follows: (a) Pharmacy interns in accordance with paragraph (G) of this rule; and (b) Certified pharmacy technicians in accordance with rule 4729:3-3-04 of the Administrative Code. (2) Copies of prescriptions for controlled substances shall be communicated directly between two pharmacists and, except as provided in paragraph (A)(3) o...

...(A) No pharmacist shall accept prescriptions obtained from a place which offers, in any manner, its services as a "pick-up station" or intermediary for the purpose of having prescriptions filled unless such place is a pharmacy as defined in section 4729.01 of the Revised Code and all of the following apply: (1) The site is licensed as a terminal distributor of dangerous drugs pursuant to Chapter ...

...esponding responsibility rests with the pharmacist who dispenses the prescription. An order purporting to be a prescription issued not in the usual course of bona fide treatment of a patient is not a prescription and the person knowingly dispensing such a purported prescription, as well as the person issuing it, shall be subject to the penalties of law. (B) All outpatient prescriptions issued by ...

...lled substance prescription: (1) A pharmacist shall not make changes to the drug prescribed, except for substitution permitted by law, the prescriber's signature, or the patient's name. (2) Any other modification, except for substitution permitted by law, may only be made after consultation with and agreement of the prescriber. (B) For a schedule III-V controlled substance prescription: (...

... The positive identification of the pharmacist conducting the final verification of the repackaged drug to confirm the accuracy of the drug and conformity to the requirements of this rule prior to dispensing or distribution. (G) A pharmacy that uses supplemental labels that contain a bar code or QR code for the purpose of identifying a repackaged drug shall capture the positive identification of ...