Retail Pharmacy business, responsible pharmacist and supervision Flashcards
1
Q
What is a retail pharmacy business?
A
A business which consists of or includes the retail sale of medicinal products that are not subject to general sale
2
Q
Define retail sale
A
Sales or supplies of medicines to a person for personal use
3
Q
What is retail supply?
A
Supply or use is against an NHS prescription
4
Q
Who can lawfully conduct a retail pharmacy business?
A
- Registered pharmacist
- A partnership in England and Wales where all partners are pharmacists
- A partnership in Scotland in which at least one of the partners is a pharmacist
5
Q
Premises must be registered if it intends to what?
A
- Sell P medicines
- Supply P or POMs against a prescription for a specific patient or against a veterinary prescription
6
Q
What is included in a RP record?
A
- Responsible pharmacist’s name
- their reg number
- date and time they became the RP
- the date and time the RP stopped being the RP
- date of absence and time the pharmacist left and when they returned
7
Q
How long can a RP legally be allowed to be absent?
A
- For up to max 2-hours during pharmacy’s business hours between midnight and midnight
