A pharmacist practicing in a hospital pharmacy or nursing home pharmacy may relabel and dispense to a registered inpatient, parenteral medication, except controlled substances, dispensed for another registered patient by a licensed pharmacy if the following requirements are met:

1. (1) The original medication order for the drug is discontinued;
2. (2) the medication is in an unopened tamper-evident package;
3. (3) the medication is not expired;
4. (4) the original patient is not charged for the medication; and
5. (5) upon receipt of the medication by the facility from the licensed pharmacy, it is processed through the hospital's pharmacy or nursing home pharmacy.

(P.A. 93-173, S. 1.)

History: Sec. 20-185h transferred to Sec. 20-621 in 1997.