OAR 855-139-0210: Outlet: Supervision

A RDSP and its RDSP Affiliated Pharmacy must: (1) Ensure prescription drugs are only dispensed at the RDSP if an Oregon licensed Pharmacist is supervising the Certified Oregon Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacy Technician, and the surveillance system is fully operational; (2) Ensure an Oregon licensed Pharmacist supervises, directs and controls each Certified Oregon Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacy Technician at the RDSP using an audiovisual communication system. All patient interactions must be recorded, reviewed and stored; (3) The Oregon licensed Pharmacist who is supervising the Certified Oregon Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacy Technician at a RDSP must: (a) Using reasonable professional judgment, determine the percentage of patient interactions for each licensee that must be reviewed to ensure public health and safety with a minimum of 10% of patient interactions observed or reviewed; (b) Review patient interactions within 48 hours of the patient interaction to ensure that each licensee is acting within the authority permitted under their license and patients are connected with a Pharmacist upon request; (c) Document the following within 24 hours of the review in (3)(b): (A) Number of each licensee’s patient interactions; (B) Number of each licensee’s patient interactions Pharmacist is reviewing; (C) Date and time of licensee patient interaction Pharmacist is reviewing; (D) Date and time of Pharmacist review of licensee’s patient interaction; and (E) Pharmacist notes of each interaction reviewed; and (d) Report any violation of OAR 855 to the RDSP Affiliated Pharmacy within 24 hours of discovery and to the board within 10 days. (4) The Oregon registered Drug Outlet Pharmacy must comply with the Pharmacist’s determination in (3)(a), employ adequate staff to allow for completion of the review within 48 hours, and retain records. (5) Ensure telephone audio is recorded, reviewed and stored for all patient interactions completed by the Certified Oregon Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacy Technician. (6) Develop, implement and enforce a plan for responding to and recovering from an interruption of service which prevents an Oregon licensed Pharmacist from supervising a Certified Oregon Pharmacy Technician or Pharmacy Technician at the RDSP.