N.J. Admin. Code § 13:39-9.25

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

Section 13:39-9.25 - Institutional decentralized pharmacies

(a) An institutional decentralized pharmacy or a "satellite pharmacy", means an area within a health care system that has been issued an institutional permit and is in a location other than the original permitted location, where the preparation or dispensing or compounding of medications is performed.

(b) Medication shall not be dispensed from a decentralized pharmacy without a pharmacist present, except that, when the decentralized pharmacy is closed, a licensed nurse may dispense medication in accordance with the written policies and procedures of the institution.

(c) Institutions operating decentralized pharmacies shall notify the Board, in writing, of the existence of, and the discontinuation of, each decentralized pharmacy location.

(d) Institutional decentralized pharmacies shall be subject to normal Board inspections.

(e) Inspections of all medications in a decentralized institutional pharmacy shall be performed consistent with the requirements of 13:39-9.23.

(f) Institutional decentralized pharmacies shall comply with all requirements in this subchapter applicable to the pharmaceutical services provided by the decentralized pharmacy, as determined by the pharmacist-in-charge.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:39-9.25

Recodified from 13:39-9.18 by R.1994 d.351, effective 7/18/1994.
See: 26 N.J.R. 1596(a), 26 N.J.R. 2905(b).
Amended by R.1999 d.214, effective 7/19/1999.
See: 31 N.J.R. 1151(a), 31 N.J.R. 1932(a).
Rewrote (d)1.
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 13:39-9.27 and amended by R.2005 d.25, effective 1/18/2005.
See: 36 N.J.R. 3345(a), 37 N.J.R. 295(a).
Rewrote the section. Former N.J.A.C. 13:39-9.25, Storage and security, recodified to N.J.A.C. 13:39-9.23.
Amended by R.2010 d.090, effective 6/21/2010.
See: 42 N.J.R. 132(a), 42 N.J.R. 1221(a).
In (f), deleted "registered" preceding "pharmacist-in-charge".