1. (a) When an institutional pharmacy will be unattended by a pharmacist, the pharmacist-in-charge shall arrange in advance for providing drugs for use within the institutional facility.

2. (b) When an institutional pharmacy is closed and a drug is required to treat a patient's immediate need and is not available from the drug stock outside of the pharmacy, a person designated by the pharmacist-in-charge and licensed to handle drugs may obtain the drug from the institutional pharmacy. The pharmacist-in-charge is responsible

   1. (1) to record on a suitable form the removal of any drug from the institutional pharmacy by the person designated; the record must show the

      1. (A) patient's name and room number;
      2. (B) name, strength, and amount of the drug;
      3. (C) date and time of removal; and
      4. (D) initials or signature of the person designated who removed the drug from the pharmacy;
   2. (2) when the pharmacy reopens or as soon as is practical, to check the stock container or similar unit dose package of the drug removed; and
   3. (3) to ensure that the quantity of drugs that were removed is only the quantity necessary to sustain the patient until the pharmacy reopens.
3. (c) If an institutional pharmacy is open and the pharmacist is absent from the pharmacy, but present in the institutional facility, a pharmacy technician may continue to prepare and process drug prescriptions. However, drugs may not be dispensed until the pharmacist has verified the finished prescription product.

(Eff. 1/16/98, Register 145; am 1/17/2007, Register 181)

Authority: AS 08.80.005, AS 08.80.030, AS 08.80.157, AS 08.80.390