(a) When a patient from an outside facility (e.g., community hospital, clinic, physician's office) arrives in the outpatient or licensed inpatient area of a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) institution with outside medication, a physician shall assess the appropriateness of the medication, determine the availability of a formulary alternative, if indicated, and write a medication order for the continuance of medication brought into the institution.

(b) Outside medications shall be used for a patient only after the medications have been examined and positively identified upon admission to an outpatient or a licensed inpatient setting within CDCR by a physician or pharmacist and ordered and approved for use by a Primary Care Provider or psychiatrist if it is a psychotropic medication.

(c) Outside medication must be Directly Observed Therapy or Nurse Administered unless specifically approved by a physician.