Section Ph 2301.06 - Access to the Pharmacy(a) Only a pharmacist shall open and close the pharmacy for dispensing. The pharmacist-in-charge of each institutional pharmacy shall establish written policies identifying specific situations when authorized personnel may be present in the pharmacy in the absence of a licensed pharmacist.(b) In the absence of a pharmacist and in accordance with RSA 318:38, I, registered nurses, designated for this purpose by the pharmacist-in-charge, may obtain from the pharmacy or night cabinet such drugs as needed in an emergency when these drugs are not available in floor stock supplies, as follows: (1) The authorized nurse may enter the pharmacy area and remove the following: a. A drug in its original container or a drug prepackaged for use within the facility subject to these rules; orb. An emergency supply of a drug from the original container to be administered to a specific patient.(2) The authorized nurse shall document the physician's medication order using a suitable form recording the following: a. Name and strength of the drug taken;d. Time and date of withdrawal;e. Patient name and location, where applicable; and(3) The nurse shall identify the bulk container from which the medication was taken or a representative sample of the unit-dose medication. In the event that a representative sample of a medication is not available to be left, then a photocopy of the label of the medication shall be acceptable.N.H. Admin. Code § Ph 2301.06
Derived from Volume XLII Number 6, Filed February 10, 2022, Proposed by #13323, Effective 1/5/2022, Expires 1/5/2032