§ 1717. Pharmacy Practice.
16 CA ADC § 1717Barclays Official California Code of Regulations
16 CCR § 1717
§ 1717. Pharmacy Practice.
(a) No medication shall be dispensed on prescription except in a new container which conforms with standards established in the official compendia. Notwithstanding the above, a pharmacist may dispense and refill a prescription for non-liquid oral products in a clean multiple-drug patient medication package (patient med pak), provided:
(c) Promptly upon receipt of an orally transmitted prescription, the pharmacist shall reduce it to writing, and initial it, and identify it as an orally transmitted prescription. If the prescription is then dispensed by another pharmacist, the dispensing pharmacist shall also initial the prescription to identify him or herself. All orally transmitted prescriptions shall be received and transcribed by a pharmacist prior to compounding, filling, dispensing, or furnishing. Chart orders as defined in section 4019 of the Business and Professions Code are not subject to the provisions of this subsection.
Prescriptions for other dangerous drugs which are not controlled substances may also be transferred by direct communication between pharmacists or by the receiving pharmacist's access to prescriptions or electronic files that have been created or verified by a pharmacist at the transferring pharmacy. The receiving pharmacist shall create a written prescription; identifying it as a transferred prescription; and record the date of transfer and the original prescription number. When a prescription transfer is accomplished via direct access by the receiving pharmacist, the receiving pharmacist shall notify the transferring pharmacy of the transfer. A pharmacist at the transferring pharmacy shall then assure that there is a record of the prescription as having been transferred, and the date of transfer. Each pharmacy shall maintain inventory accountability and pharmacist accountability and dispense in accordance with the provisions of section 1716 of this Division. Information maintained by each pharmacy shall at least include:
(f) The pharmacy must have written procedures that identify each individual pharmacist responsible for the filling of a prescription and a corresponding entry of information into an automated data processing system, or a manual record system, and the pharmacist shall create in his/her handwriting or through hand-initializing a record of such filling, not later than the beginning of the pharmacy's next operating day. Such record shall be maintained for at least three years.
Credits
Note: Authority cited: Sections 4005, 4075 and 4114, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 4005, 4019, 4027, 4050, 4051, 4052, 4075, 4114, 4116, 4117 and 4342, Business and Professions Code.
History
1. New subsection (m) filed 5-18-78; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 78, No. 20). For prior history, see Register 75, No. 36.
2. New subsection (k) filed 11-8-78; designated effective 1-1-79 (Register 78, No. 45).
3. Repealer of subsections (k) and (m) filed 2-22-80; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 80, No. 8).
4. Amendment of subsections (b) and (j) filed 1-28-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 5).
5. Amendment of subsection (f) filed 4-8-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 15).
6. Amendment filed 4-8-82; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 82, No. 15).
7. Amendment of subsection (d) and new subsection (f) filed 10-20-82; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 82, No. 43).
8. Amendment of subsections (b), (c), (f) and new subsection (g) filed 3-5-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 10).
9. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 5-10-88; operative 6-9-88 (Register 88, No. 20).
10. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 1-20-89; operative 2-19-89 (Register 89, No. 4).
11. Amendment of subsection (c) filed 8-12-92; operative 9-11-92 (Register 92, No. 33).
12. Editorial correction of subsections (b)(1), (f), and (g) (Register 95, No. 16).
13. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (c)-(d) and Note filed 9-11-2002 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2002, No. 37).
14. Amendment of subsection (e) filed 2-10-2003; operative 3-12-2003 (Register 2003, No. 7).
15. Amendment of section heading and subsections (b)-(b)(1), (c)-(d) and (f) filed 9-7-2005; operative 10-7-2005 (Register 2005, No. 36).
16. Amendment of subsection (b)(1), repealer of subsection (e) and subsection relettering filed 12-27-2006; operative 1-26-2007 (Register 2006, No. 52).
17. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (e) filed 12-18-2007 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2007, No. 51).
This database is current through 4/26/24 Register 2024, No. 17.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 16, § 1717, 16 CA ADC § 1717
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