Section 61-07-01-10 - Drugs from outside sources1.Outside pharmacies. Whenever drugs or pharmaceutical services are obtained from outside of a hospital, arrangements must be made to ensure that such outside pharmacist provides services with sufficient professionalism, quality, and availability to adequately protect the safety of the patients and to properly serve the needs of the hospital. Such arrangements must be made in writing and must, at a minimum, specify that:a. The outside pharmacist shall act in the capacity of the director (subsection 1 of section 61-07-01-04) and, therefore, is subject to this chapter.b. Such arrangement is contingent upon approval of the board of pharmacy.c. The pharmacist must be available for consultation during all absences, or provide a protocol to contact another pharmacist.d. Adequate storage facilities for drugs will be provided.e. All drugs supplied must be labeled so as to ensure that recalls can be effected and that proper control and supervision of such drugs may be exercised.2.Brought by patients. Whenever patients bring drugs into a hospital, such drugs may not be administered unless they can be precisely identified; administration must be pursuant to a physician's order only. The director of pharmacy will specify the policy and procedure for handling these medications.
N.D. Admin Code 61-07-01-10
General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-15-10(9), 43-15-10(12), 43-15-10(14)