N.J. Admin. Code § 10:51-2.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 10:51-2.3 - Conditions for participation as a provider of pharmaceutical services

(a) All participating pharmacies shall provide complete prescription services, including injectables and injectable anti-neoplastic agents and compounding services, when allowable. Prescriptions and in-patient medication orders must be dispensed in compliance with all current existing Federal and State laws.

(b) All drugs must be prescribed.

1. "Prescribed drugs" mean simple or compound substances or mixtures of substances prescribed for the cure, mitigation, or prevention of disease, or for health maintenance that are:

i. Prescribed by a practitioner licensed or authorized by the State of New Jersey, or the state in which he or she practices, to prescribe drugs and medicine within the scope of his or her license and practice;

ii. Dispensed by licensed pharmacists in accordance with regulations promulgated by the New Jersey State Board of Pharmacy, N.J.A.C. 13:39; and

iii. Dispensed by licensed pharmacists on the basis of a written prescription and/or in-patient medication order that is recorded and maintained in the pharmacist's records.

(c) Participating pharmacies shall permit properly identified representatives of the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services to:

1. Inspect written prescriptions and/or in-patient medication orders on file;

2. Audit records pertaining to covered persons;

3. Inspect private sector records, where deemed necessary to comply with the Federal regulations to determine a pharmacy's usual and customary charge to the public;

i. Information pertaining to the patient's name, address, and prescriber will remain confidential within the limits of the law. Only the following items may be reviewed:

(1) Drug name;

(2) Quantity dispensed;

(3) Price;

(4) Prescription number (for reference purposes only); and

(5) Date dispensed; and

4. Inspect records of purchases of covered drugs for which claims have been made for reimbursement.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:51-2.3

Amended by 48 N.J.R. 2785(a), effective 12/19/2016