Section R4-23-651. Definitions

The following definitions apply to R4-23-651 through R4-23-659:

“Administration” means the giving of a dose of medication to a patient as a result of an order of a medical practitioner.

“Direct copy” means an electronic, facsimile or carbonized copy.

“Dispensing for hospital inpatients” means the interpreting, evaluating, and implementing a medication order including preparing for delivery a drug or device to an inpatient or inpa- tient’s agent in a suitable container appropriately labeled for subsequent administration to, or use by, an inpatient (hereafter referred to as “dispensing”).

“Drug distribution” means the delivery of drugs other than “administering” or “dispensing.”

“Emergency medical situation” means a condition of emer- gency in which immediate drug therapy is required for the preservation of health, life, or limb of a person or persons.

“Floor stock” means a supply of essential drugs not labeled for a specific patient and maintained and controlled by the phar-

macy at a patient care area for the purpose of timely adminis- tration to a patient of the hospital.

“Formulary” means a continually revised compilation of phar- maceuticals (including ancillary information) that reflects the current clinical judgment of the medical staff.

“Hospital pharmacy” means a pharmacy, as defined in A.R.S.

§ 32-1901, that holds a current permit issued by the Board pur- suant to A.R.S. § 32-1931, and is located in a hospital as defined in A.R.S. § 32-1901.

“Inpatient” means any patient who receives non-self-adminis- tered drugs from a hospital pharmacy for use while within a facility owned by the hospital.

“Intravenous admixture” means a sterile parenteral solution to which one or more additional drug products have been added.

“Medication order” means a written, electronic, or  verbal order from a medical practitioner or a medical practitioner’s authorized agent for administration of a drug or device.

“On-call” means a pharmacist is available to:

Consult or provide drug information regarding drug ther- apy or related issues; or

Dispense a medication order and review a patient’s medi- cation order for pharmaceutical and therapeutic feasibil- ity under R4-23-653(E)(2) before any drug is administered to a patient, except as specified in R4-23- 653(E)(1).

“Patient care area” means any area for the primary purpose of providing a physical environment that is owned by or operated in conjunction with a hospital, for a patient to obtain health care services, except those areas where a physician, dentist, veterinarian, osteopath, or other medical practitioner engages primarily in private practice.

“Repackaged drug” means a drug product that is transferred by pharmacy personnel from an original manufacturer’s container to another container properly labeled for subsequent dispens- ing.

“Satellite pharmacy” means a work area in a hospital setting under the direction of a pharmacist that is a remote extension of a centrally licensed hospital pharmacy and owned by and dependent upon the centrally licensed hospital pharmacy for administrative control, staffing, and drug procurement.

“Single unit” means a package of medication that contains one discrete pharmaceutical dosage form.

“Supervision” means the process by which a pharmacist directs the activities of hospital pharmacy personnel to a suffi- cient degree to ensure that all activities are performed accu- rately, safely, and without risk of harm to patients.

Historical Note

Former Rules 6.7110, 6.7120, and 6.7130; Amended

effective August 10, 1978 (Supp. 78-4). Amended sub-

section (B) effective April 20, 1982 (Supp. 82-2). Section repealed, new Section adopted effective February 7, 1990 (Supp. 90-1). Amended effective November 1, 1993

(Supp. 93-4). Amended effective April 5, 1996 (Supp.

96-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 8 A.A.R. 4902,

effective January 5, 2003 (Supp. 02-4).