12 Alaska Admin. Code § 52.500

Current through November 28, 2024

Section 12 AAC 52.500 - Transfer of a prescription drug order

(a) For the purpose of dispensing a prescription drug order, original prescription drug order information may be transferred between pharmacies if the requirements of 12 AAC 52.460 and this section are met.

(b) Original prescription drug order information for controlled substances listed in schedules II, III, IV, or V may be transferred only by the pharmacy that originally received the prescription drug order from the prescribing practitioner. The transfer must be communicated directly between two licensed pharmacists.

(c) Original prescription drug order information for noncontrolled substances may be transferred verbally, electronically, or by means of facsimile between pharmacies without limitation up to the number of originally authorized refills.

(d) A pharmacy transferring a prescription drug order or receiving a transferred prescription drug order must meet the following requirements:

(1) if transferred verbally, the transfer shall be communicated directly between two licensed pharmacists;

(2) both the original and the transferred prescription drug order must meet the requirements of 12 AAC 52.450(a);

(3) the pharmacist transferring the prescription drug order information shall record the following information:

(i) the name, address, and if a controlled substance, the DEA registration number of the pharmacy receiving the prescription drug order information;

(ii) the name of the pharmacist receiving the prescription drug order information;

(iii) the name of the pharmacist transferring the prescription drug order information; and

(iv) the date of the transfer;

(4) the pharmacist receiving the transferred prescription drug order information shall record the following information:

(i) the original date of issue and date of dispensing, if different from the date of issue;

(ii) the original prescription drug order number and the number of refills authorized on the original prescription drug order;

(iii) the number of valid refills remaining and the date of the last refill;

(iv) the name, address, and if a controlled substance, the DEA registration number of the pharmacy transferring the prescription drug order information; and

(v) the name of the pharmacist transferring the prescription drug order information; and

(5) when a prescription drug order is transferred, the transferring pharmacy may not issue any further refills.

(e) A pharmacy using an automated data processing system shall meet the same requirements for a manual prescription drug order transfer listed in (d) of this section.

(f) If two or more pharmacies use a common electronic database for prescription record keeping, prescription drug orders may be refilled at any of the pharmacies using the common electronic database if provisions are made

(1) for an audit trail that documents the location of each filling; and

(2) to ensure that the number of authorized refills is not exceeded.

12 AAC 52.500

Eff. 1/16/98, Register 145; am 7/9/2017, Register 223, October 2017; am 10/31/2019, Register 232, January 2020; am 4/3/2020, Register 234; am 8/30/2020. Register 235; am 1/19/2024, Register 249, April 2024

Authority:AS 08.80.005

AS 08.80.030