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(a) Only a central pharmacy located in this state may provide pharmacy services to a remote pharmacy through a telepharmacy system. A telepharmacy system must be conducted under the direct supervision of a pharmacist. The pharmacist-in-charge of a central pharmacy may supervise one or more remote pharmacies.
(b) Before a central pharmacy may provide pharmacy services to a remote pharmacy, the telepharmacy system between the central pharmacy and remote pharmacy must be tested by the supervising pharmacist of the central pharmacy and found to operate properly. The supervising pharmacist of the central pharmacy shall make the results of the test available to the board upon request. The computer link and video link with sound of the telepharmacy system must include at least one of the following:
(1) still image capture;
(2) real time link;
(3) store and forward.
(c) A remote pharmacy must be
(1) staffed by a pharmacist, pharmacy technician, or pharmacy intern; and
(2) operated under the direct supervision of a pharmacist.
(d) A remote pharmacy must be secured to prevent unauthorized access at all times when a pharmacist is not available to provide direct supervision to that location.
(e) Drugs may be shipped to a remote pharmacy only from the central pharmacy. Drugs must be shipped in a sealed container with an itemized list of the product contained. The itemized list of drugs shipped must be kept on file at both the central pharmacy and the remote pharmacy for at least two years from the date that the drugs are shipped. Itemized records of drugs shipped or received must be verified by the supervising pharmacist at both the central pharmacy and the remote pharmacy.
(f) A remote pharmacy must keep a record of all prescriptions filled at that location. The central pharmacy must also maintain a record of the prescriptions filled at the remote pharmacy. The record must distinguish prescriptions filled at the remote pharmacy from those filled at the central pharmacy and at other remote pharmacy locations.
(g) The prescription label of a prescription drug distributed by a remote pharmacy must meet the requirements of 12 AAC 52.480.
(h) Under a telepharmacy system a prescription drug is considered as being dispensed by the central pharmacy and distributed by the remote pharmacy. A prescription drug may not be distributed by a remote pharmacy until a pharmacist at the central pharmacy has verified the finished prescription product through the telepharmacy system.
(i) A pharmacist must conduct a physical inventory at each remote pharmacy location at least annually. The record of the inventory must be
(1) kept both at the central pharmacy and the remote pharmacy; and
(2) distinguishable from the inventory of the central pharmacy and other remote pharmacies.
(j) The pharmacist-in-charge of the central pharmacy must ensure that the remote pharmacy is in compliance with all laws, including regulations, governing the activities of the pharmacy.
History: Eff. 2/15/2006, Register 177
Authority: AS 08.80.005
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