OAR 855-143-0500: Policies and Procedures

(1) The Oregon licensed PIC of the PPL Affiliated Pharmacy and the PPL Affiliated Pharmacy drug outlet is accountable for establishing, maintaining, and enforcing written policies and procedures for the PPL. The written policies and procedures must be maintained at the PPL Affiliated Pharmacy and must be available to the board upon request. (2) The written policies and procedures must include at a minimum the responsibilities of the PPL Affiliated Pharmacy and each PPL including; (a) Security; (b) Operation, testing and maintenance of the PPL; (c) Sanitation and cleaning; (d) Storage of drugs; (e) Stocking and destocking; (f) Dispensing; (g) Preventing duplicate dispensing; (h) Oregon licensed Pharmacist supervision, direction and control of and licensed personnel accessing the PPL; (i) Documenting the identity, function, location, date and time of the licensed personnel accessing the PPL; (j) Utilization of Oregon licensed Pharmacist (i.e. Counseling); (k) Recordkeeping; (l) Patient consent and confidentiality; (m) On-site inspection by an Oregon licensed Pharmacist; (n) Continuous quality improvement; (o) Plan for discontinuing and recovering services if PPL disruption occurs; (p) Training: initial and ongoing; and (q) Interpretation, translation and prescription reader services. (3) If compounded preparations are compounded at the PPL Affiliated Pharmacy and placed in the PPL the policies and procedures must meet the requirements of OAR 855-183. (4) A PPL Affiliated Pharmacy that provides prescription and non-prescription drugs, devices, and related supplies through a PPL must review its written policies and procedures every 12 months, revise them if necessary, and document the review.