Code of Maryland Regulations (Last Updated: April 6, 2021) |
Title 10. Maryland Department of Health |
Part 4. |
Subtitle 34. BOARD OF PHARMACY |
Chapter 10.34.04. Transfer and Outsourcing of Prescriptions and Prescription Orders |
Sec. 10.34.04.06. Outsourcing of a Prescription Order
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A pharmacist from a primary pharmacy may transmit a prescription order to a secondary pharmacy for preparation and final dispensing to a specific patient or for return to the primary pharmacy for final dispensing to a specific patient if:
A. The label contains the name, address, and phone number of the primary pharmacy;
B. The patient is informed in writing of the name and address of the secondary pharmacy;
C. The patient is informed in writing that the prescription order was prepared at a secondary pharmacy;
D. The original prescription order is filed as a prescription order at the primary pharmacy;
E. The pharmacist from the primary pharmacy documents in a readily retrievable and identifiable manner:
(1) That the prescription order was prepared by a secondary pharmacy;
(2) The name of the secondary pharmacy;
(3) The name of the pharmacist who transmitted the prescription order to the secondary pharmacy;
(4) The name of the pharmacist at the secondary pharmacy to whom the prescription order was transmitted if the transmission occurred in an oral manner;
(5) The date on which the prescription was transmitted to the secondary pharmacy; and
(6) The date on which the medication was sent to the primary pharmacy;
F. Both the primary and secondary pharmacies are licensed in this State, or operated by the federal government; and
G. The primary pharmacy maintains, in a readily retrievable and identifiable manner, a record of preparations received from the secondary pharmacy.