NAC639.464. Scope of services in hospital or correctional institution.

In a hospital or correctional institution:

     1. The scope of services provided by a pharmacy must be consistent with the needs of the patients for medication as determined by the medical staff, managing pharmacist and other health care professionals involved in delivering or administering drugs in the hospital or correctional institution in which the pharmacy is located.

     2. Pharmaceutical services may include, but are not limited to:

     (a) Interpreting orders for prescriptions and medication.

     (b) Compounding, dispensing, distributing, labeling and administering drugs and devices.

     (c) Monitoring drug therapy.

     (d) Therapeutic interchange.

     (e) Participating in evaluations of the uses of drugs and the selection of drug products.

     (f) Ensuring the proper and safe storage and distribution of drugs and devices, and the maintenance of proper records related thereto.

     (g) Providing information related to drugs, including, but not limited to, the proper dosages, hazards and the optimal use of drugs and devices.

     (h) Supervising pharmaceutical technicians and pharmaceutical technicians in training.

     (i) Conducting research.

     3. As used in this section, “therapeutic interchange” means the dispensing of one drug in place of another pursuant to guidelines approved by an appropriate committee of the medical staff.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Pharmacy, eff. 3-27-90; A 9-12-91; 11-15-93)