La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LIII-1813

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

Section LIII-1813 - Emergency Drug Kit Permit

A. A correctional center pharmacy located outside a correctional center intending to use one or more emergency drug kits within the correctional center shall first obtain an EDK permit from the board.

B. Application for Initial Issuance of Permit

1. The correctional center pharmacy shall apply to the board for the permit.

2. The applicant shall complete the application form supplied by the board and submit it with the required attachments and appropriate fees, as set forth in R.S. 37:1184, to the board.

3. Once received by the board, an application for the permit shall expire one year thereafter. Fees attached to an expired application shall be forfeited by the applicant and deposited by the board.

4. The board shall not process applications received by facsimile, or that are incomplete, or submitted with the incorrect fees.

C. Application for Renewal of Permit

1. Without respect to the date of initial issuance, an EDK permit shall expire at midnight on June 30 of every year, unless relinquished, surrendered, suspended, or revoked sooner in accordance with the Pharmacy Practice Act or this Part.

2. An EDK shall not be maintained or used with an expired permit.

3. The correctional center pharmacy shall complete the renewal application form supplied by the board and submit it with any required attachments and appropriate fees on or before the expiration date.

4. The board shall not process applications received by facsimile, or that are incomplete, or submitted with the incorrect fees.

D. Application for Reinstatement of Expired Permit

1. The applicant shall complete an application form for this specific purpose supplied by the board and submit it with any required attachments and appropriate fees to the board.

2. The board shall not process applications received by facsimile, or that are incomplete, or submitted with the incorrect fees.

3. An application for the reinstatement of an EDK permit which has been expired:

a. less than one year may be approved by the board's administrative personnel;

b. more than one year but less than five years may be approved by a member of the board charged with such duties;

c. more than five years may only be approved by the full board following a hearing to determine whether the reinstatement of the permit is in the public's best interest.

4. Applications requiring a reinstatement hearing shall be accompanied by payment of the administrative hearing fee authorized by R.S. 37:1184.

E. Maintenance of Permit

1. EDK permits are specific to a correctional center and to a correctional center pharmacy and they are not transferable.

2. In the event multiple kits are required for a correctional center, a separate permit shall be required for each EDK.

3. The original EDK permit shall be displayed in the correctional center pharmacy supplying the EDK, and a copy of the permit shall be maintained in the room or area where the EDK is located.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LIII-1813

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Pharmacy, LR 38:1237 (May 2012), Amended by the Department of Health, Board of Pharmacy, LR 46573 (4/1/2020).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1226.3.