Arizona Administrative Code

A. A pharmacy permittee or pharmacist-in-charge shall provide written notice to the Board and the Drug Enforcement Administration (D.E.A.) at least 14 days before discontinuing operation of the pharmacy. The notice shall contain the following information: 1. Name, address, pharma…

A. Before using an automated storage and distribution system, a pharmacy permittee or pharmacist-in-charge shall: 1. Ensure that the automated storage and distribution system and the policies and procedures comply with subsection (B); and 2. Notify the Board in writing of the int…

A. A pharmacy permittee or pharmacist-in-charge shall ensure that a mechanical storage and counting device for a drug in a solid, oral dosage form that is used by a pharmacist or a pharmacy intern, graduate intern, pharmacy technician, or pharmacy technician trainee under the sup…

A. A pharmacy permittee or pharmacist-in-charge shall ensure the accuracy of any mechanical counting device for a drug in a solid, oral dosage form that is used by a pharmacist or a pharmacy intern, graduate intern, pharmacy technician, or pharmacy technician trainee under the su…

A. Pharmacies located in declared disaster areas, nonresident pharmacies, and pharmacies licensed or permitted in another state but not licensed or permitted in this state, if necessary to provide pharmacy services during a declared state of emergency, may arrange to temporarily …

Notes Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-23-618

Notes Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-23-619

A. Each pharmacy permittee shall implement or participate in a continuous quality assurance (CQA) program. A pharmacy permittee meets the requirements of this Section if it holds a current general, special or rural general hospital license from the Arizona Department of Health Se…

A. Before participating in shared services, a pharmacy shall have either a current resident or non-resident pharmacy permit issued by the Board. B. A pharmacy may provide or utilize shared services functions only if the pharmacies involved: 1. Have the same owner, or 2. Have a wr…

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The following definitions apply to R4-23-651 through R4-23-659 : "Administration" means the giving of a dose of medication to a patient as a result of an order of a medical practitioner. "Direct copy" means an electronic, facsimile or carbonized copy. "Dispensing for hospital inp…

A. The following rules are applicable to all hospitals as defined by A.R.S. § 32-1901 and hospital pharmacies as defined by R4-23-651. B. Before opening a hospital pharmacy, a person shall obtain a pharmacy permit as specified in R4-23-602 and R4-23-606. C. Discontinued hospitals…

A. Each hospital pharmacy shall be directed by a pharmacist who is licensed to engage in the practice of pharmacy in Arizona and is referred to as the Director of Pharmacy. The Director of Pharmacy shall be the pharmacist-in-charge, as defined in A.R.S. § 32-1901 or shall appoint…

A. If a pharmacist will not be on duty in the hospital, the Director of Pharmacy or pharmacist-in-charge shall arrange, before the pharmacist's absence, for the medical staff and other authorized personnel of the hospital to have access to drugs in the remote drug storage area de…

A. General. A hospital pharmacy permittee shall ensure that the hospital pharmacy has sufficient equipment and physical facilities for proper compounding, dispensing, and storage of drugs, including parenteral preparations. B. Minimum area of hospital pharmacy. The minimum area o…

A hospital pharmacy permittee or Director of Pharmacy shall ensure that a hospital pharmacy: 1. Has a professional reference library consisting of hard-copy or electronic media appropriate for the scope of pharmacy services provided by the hospital; 2. Has a sink, other than a si…

A. Personnel security standards. A Director of Pharmacy shall ensure that: 1. No one is permitted in the pharmacy unless a pharmacist is present except as provided in this Section and R4-23-654. If only one pharmacist is on duty in the pharmacy and that pharmacist must leave the …

A. General. The Director of Pharmacy or pharmacist-in-charge shall in consultation with the medical staff, develop, implement, review, and revise in the same manner described in R4-23-653(A) and comply with written policies and procedures for the effective operation of a drug dis…

A. Self-administration. A hospital shall not allow self-administration of medications by a patient unless the Director of Pharmacy or pharmacist-in-charge, in consultation with the appropriate department personnel and medical staff committee, develops, implements, reviews, and re…