1. (a) For the purpose of dispensing a prescription drug order, original prescription drug order information may be transferred between pharmacies if the requirements of 12 AAC 52.460 and this section are met.
2. (b) Original prescription drug order information for controlled substances listed in schedules II, III, IV, or V may be transferred only by the pharmacy that originally received the prescription drug order from the prescribing practitioner. The transfer must be communicated directly between two licensed pharmacists.
3. (c) Original prescription drug order information for noncontrolled substances may be transferred verbally, electronically, or by means of facsimile between pharmacies without limitation up to the number of originally authorized refills.

4. (d) A pharmacy transferring a prescription drug order or receiving a transferred prescription drug order must meet the following requirements:

   1. (1) repealed 4/3/2020;
   2. (2) both the original and the transferred prescription drug order must meet the requirements of 12 AAC 52.450(a);

   3. (3) the pharmacist, pharmacist intern, or pharmacy technician who holds a national certification transferring the prescription drug order information shall record the following information:

      1. (A) the name, address, and if a controlled substance, the DEA registration number of the pharmacy receiving the prescription drug order information;
      2. (B) the name of the pharmacist, pharmacist intern, or pharmacy technician who holds a national certification receiving the prescription drug order information;
      3. (C) the name of the pharmacist, pharmacist intern, or pharmacy technician who holds a national certification transferring the prescription drug order information; and
      4. (D) the date of the transfer;

   4. (4) the pharmacist, pharmacist intern, or pharmacy technician who holds a national certification receiving the transferred prescription drug order information shall record the following information:

      1. (A) the original date of issue;
      2. (B) the original unique identification number of the prescription;
      3. (C) the quantity of drug or device remaining;
      4. (D) the name, address, and if a controlled substance, the DEA registration number of the pharmacy transferring the prescription drug order information; and
      5. (E) the name of the pharmacist, pharmacist intern, or pharmacy technician who holds a national certification transferring the prescription drug order information; and
   5. (5) when a prescription drug order is transferred, the transferring pharmacy may not issue any further dispensing from that prescription drug order.
5. (e) A pharmacy using an automated data processing system shall meet the same requirements for a manual prescription drug order transfer listed in (d) of this section.

6. (f) If two or more pharmacies use a common electronic database for prescription record keeping, prescription drug orders may be refilled at any of the pharmacies using the common electronic database if provisions are made

   1. (1) for an audit trail that documents the location of each filling; and
   2. (2) to ensure that the total quantity dispensed from the prescription drug order does not exceed the total quantity authorized.

(Eff. 1/16/98, Register 145; am 7/9/2017, Register 223; am 10/31/2019, Register 232; am 4/3/2020, Register 234; am 8/30/2020, Register 235; am 1/19/2024, Register 249)

Authority: AS 08.80.005, AS 08.80.030