Or. Admin. Code § 855-041-3020

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024

Section 855-041-3020 - Central Fill - Policies and Procedures

(1) In addition to the requirements of OAR 855-041-1040, the central fill pharmacy and the primary pharmacy is each accountable for establishing, maintaining, and enforcing its written policies and procedures manual. The policies and procedures manual must include, but need not be limited to the following:

(a) The responsibilities of each pharmacy;

(b) The policies and procedures that protect confidentiality and ensure integrity of patient information;

(c) Compliance with all applicable federal and state laws and rules;

(d) Cancelation of a filled prescription after the prescription is filled by the primary pharmacy;

(e) Records sufficient to identify by name, initials or unique identification code, the identify and specific activities of each pharmacist or technician who performed any centralized filling function, and the pharmacy where each activity was performed;

(f) The mechanism for tracking the prescription drug order during each step in the filling and dispensing process;

(g) Pharmacist completion of a Drug Utilization Review (DUR) on each prescription;

(h) A continuous quality improvement program for pharmacy services designed to objectively and systematically monitor and evaluate the quality and appropriateness of patient care, to pursue opportunities, to improve patient care, and to resolve identified problems;

(i) Documentation of any errors or irregularities identified by the quality improvement program;

(2) This manual shall be maintained at both the central fill and primary pharmacy and must be made available to the Board upon request.

Or. Admin. Code § 855-041-3020

BP 10-2013, f. & cert. ef. 11-6-13; BP 71-2020, minor correction filed 08/06/2020, effective 8/6/2020

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 689.205

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 689.155