PA Code/Pharmacy Act Flashcards
The name (or ownership/controlling party) of your pharmacy changes. What do you need to do?
Send application for new pharmacy permit within 30 days of the change
If your pharmacy closes, what do you need to do?
Tell the Board immediately and send your permit. Take down anything inside and outside indicating that the building was a pharmacy. After 30 days, you can’t do anything with rx files or meds w/o approval from Board.
If you pharmacy manager does not give you two weeks notice and just peaces out, what do you do?
Permit holder of pharmacy writes Board that manager left and gives name of new manager w/in 15 days. If hear nothing from Board for 30d - you’re good. If can’t find a manager w/in 15 days, can write for an extension of ≤30 more days.
True or False: A pharmacist can only be listed as pharmacy manager of one store
True
Inspection reports need to be kept for how long?
2 years
What’s the minimum inventory a pharmacy needs to have? (and the exception)
$5,000 worth of drugs - exception if a central fill pharmacy
How long do original copies of prescriptions need to be kept/readily retrievable?
From 2 years of most recent filling (NOT from original rx date)
If you want to build a new pharmacy (or move), how long does the Board have to respond to your plans?
90 days of receipt of the plans
If you’re doing significant alterations to you pharmacy, how can you maintain operations during the day?
- Take adequate precaution to ensure health/safety of persons in building
- Send plans to Board 30d prior to starting (if no objections - GO FOR IT)
What is the minimum size of the rx area?
250sq ft with counter space of 10ftx2ft and additional 5ft for every extra pharmacist on duty (exempt if central fill pharmacy - and also don’t need sink just for pharmacy stuff)
Items needed for an rx on file
- Name and address of patient
- Name and address of MD (or phone number or whatever)
- Date of rx
- Name and # of drug
- Directions
- Auxiliary labels
- Date dispensed
- Pharmacist’s initials
- DEA of MD (if controlled)
Info recorded for refills
- Initials of pharmacist
- date
- Quantity (if different from original, write change on back of original hard copy and in computer)
How long do you need to keep records of original rx (or readily retrievable images)?
2 years
Requirements for a label
- Pharmacy - name, address, phone, DEA
- Pt name
- Drug - name, strength, sig, dosage form, quantity, brand and generic, manufacturer (if generic)
- Rx number
- Date of original fill
What do you prepacks need on their labels that regular rx do not?
Manufacturer control number and expiration date
If you’re advertising special prices (10% off), what else do you have to advertise or make available to the public?
The original price that the 10% is begin derived from
A patient walks in to your pharmacy and asks for a copy of a prescription - how do you proceed?
Request identification, clearly indicate that the image is a copy, record the date, the person the copy was given to and the pharmacist that gave it
What is required on parenteral labeling?
Patient name Name, strength, and quantity of each ingredient Diluent Expiration date Pharmacists initials
When doesn’t a pharmacist need to do a PDR?
ER MD giving med to a pt
If pharmacist is dispensing medication directly to provider, who will then administer it to the patient (drug or radiopharmaceutical)
Other provider dispenses a drug
When are some situations when the offer to counsel doesn’t need to be orally given by the pharmacist?
If patient would better understand it in written form
If delivery person makes the offer or pharmacist sends written offer
How many times does the offer to counsel need to be made and who can counsel?
Once and pharmacist only
