P.R. Laws tit. 20, § 410j
(a) Any person who keeps a drug cabinet shall apply to and obtain from the Secretary, one of the following licenses:
(1) Institutional drug cabinet license. — For all drug cabinets located in homes for the elderly, resting homes, dispensaries in factories, at-home health services institutions, penal institutions or similar establishments, whereby medications may be acquired and kept, to be administered solely and exclusively to patients at said institutions, or in the case of at-home health services institutions, to be administered to the patient at home, of which the dispatch or delivery for further use by patients is hereby prohibited.
(2) Medical office drug cabinet license. — For all drug cabinets located in physicians’, dentists’ or podiatrists’ offices, whereby medications may be acquired and kept, to be administered solely and exclusively to patients at said office, as may be necessary in the normal course of the professional practice for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, relief or management of the patient’s condition, of which the dispatch or delivery for further use by patients is hereby prohibited, except for medical samples in their original package and with the original labeling, as identified by the manufacturer.
(3) Ambulance drug cabinet license. — For all drug cabinets located in Category III ambulance stations, whereby medications may be acquired and kept as necessary, to be administered solely and exclusively to patients as immediate treatment during an emergency, by physician’s orders, or by following the established medical treatment protocols.
(4) Educational institution drug cabinet license. — For all drug cabinets located in higher education institutions, whereby medications may be acquired and kept as necessary to be used solely and exclusively in teaching or research.
(b) Together with the application for a drug cabinet license, the following documents shall be submitted, as applicable:
(1) A copy of the medical professional’s license, a professional registration certificate, and a specialty certificate issued by the corresponding examining board.
(2) A copy of the higher education institution accreditation documents.
(3) A list of the medications to be kept in the drug cabinet and the amounts necessary in agreement with the normal course of the professional practice, the physician’s specialty or the kind of institution, being it understood that these medications are to be acquired pursuant to that which is provided in this chapter.
(c) No prescriptions shall be filled and no medications shall be repackaged at the drug cabinets. Medications are to be kept in their original packages with labeling either by the manufacturer or by the pharmacy which dispensed the same as required by law.
History —Sept. 3, 2004, No. 247, § 5.11.