Or. Admin. Code § 855-043-0700
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 10, October 1, 2024
Section 855-043-0700 - Community Health Clinic (CHC) - Purpose and Scope(1) The purpose of 855-043-0700 to 855-043-0750 is to provide minimum requirements of operation for a Community Health Clinic (CHC) to utilize a Registered Nurse to dispense medications. A Community Health Clinic Drug Outlet registration replaces a Family Planning or County Health Drug Outlet registration. A legend or non-prescription drug may be dispensed to a client for the purpose of birth control, caries prevention, the treatment of amenorrhea, the treatment of a communicable disease, hormone deficiencies, urinary tract infections or sexually transmitted diseases by a practitioner who has been given dispensing privileges by their licensing Board, or a Registered Nurse, who is an employee of a clinic or local public health authority (LPHA), and is recognized by the Oregon Public Health Division for the purposes of providing public health services.(2) Dispensing must be pursuant to the order or prescription of a person authorized by their Board to prescribe a drug or established by the Medical Director or clinic practitioner with prescriptive and dispensing authority.(3) Family Planning or County Health Clinic registrations that expire March 31, 2017 will be converted to the CHC category upon renewal in 2017. However, rules take effect on July 1, 2016.Or. Admin. Code § 855-043-0700
BP 2-2016, f. 6-30-16, cert. ef. 7/1/2016; BP 32-2020, minor correction filed 08/06/2020, effective 8/6/2020Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 689.205
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 689.305