La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LIII-1523

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section LIII-1523 - Outpatient Pharmacy Dispensing

A. Hospital outpatient dispensing shall require a separate pharmacy permit for the specialty classification(s) under these regulations. All records including the annual inventory of controlled dangerous substances for the outpatient pharmacy shall be maintained and kept separate and apart from that of the inpatient pharmacy, as the outpatient pharmacy may not acquire drugs through the hospital pharmacy permit under the provisions of the Robinson-Patman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 13(c).

B. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the dispensing of certain prescriptions from the hospital pharmacy, as allowed under the Robinson-Patman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 13, including:

1. dispensing to the hospital inpatient for use in his treatment at the hospital;

2. dispensing to the patient admitted to the hospital's emergency facility for use in the patient's treatment at that location;

3. dispensing to the hospital outpatient for personal use on the hospital premises;

4. dispensing in the context of a genuine take-home prescription, intended for a limited and reasonable time as a continuation of, or supplement to, the treatment that was administered at the hospital to the recipient while an inpatient, an outpatient, or an emergency facility patient if the patient needs that treatment; or

5. dispensing to the hospital's physicians, employees, or its students for their personal use or for the personal use of their dependents.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LIII-1523

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Pharmacy, LR 29:2094 (October 2003), effective January 1, 2004.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1182.