Institutional Permit - Consultant Pharmacist of Record

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Board of Pharmacy

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

64B16-28.501Institutional Permit - Consultant Pharmacist of Record

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 44 No. 47, March 8, 2018 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

The change is in response to written comments submitted by the staff of the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee and discussion and subsequent vote by the board at the public meeting held April 4, 2018. The rule shall now read as follows:

64B16-28.501 Consultant Pharmacist of Record; Initial Designation; Change.

(1) Designation as Consultant Pharmacist of Record.  

(a) Initial Designation.  Pursuant to Sections 465.019 and 465.022, F.S., a permit for an Institutional pharmacy may not be issued unless a licensed pharmacist is designated as the consultant pharmacist of record. In addition, pursuant to Rule 64B16-28.870 28.901, an application for a Special Assisted Living Facility pharmacy permit requires the supervising licensed pharmacist be designated as the consultant pharmacist of record.  Finally, applications for Special Sterile Compounding Permits associated with an Institutional pharmacy require the pharmacist-in-charge be designated as the consultant pharmacist of record.  Initial designation is accomplished as part of the application process using the appropriate application form incorporated in Rule 64B16-28.100, F.A.C.

(b) Change of Consultant Pharmacist of Record. 

No later than ten (10) days after a change of designated consultant pharmacist for an Institutional, Special Assisted Living Facility pharmacy, or a Special Sterile Compounding Permitee, both the pharmacy permittee and the newly designated consultant pharmacist of record shall notify the Board of the change and the identity of the newly designated consultant pharmacist. Notification shall be accomplished by completing Form DOH-MQA 1184 (01/18), Consultant Pharmacist of Record (COR) Designation and Privacy Statement and Acknowledgement Change of Consultant Pharmacist of Record, which is hereby incorporated by reference and which can be obtained from http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-      or the Board's website at http://floridaspharmacy.gov/Applications/app-change-consultant-pharmacist.pdf.  In addition, an outgoing consultant pharmacist of record may choose to notify the Board they will no longer serve as consultant pharmacist of record using this form.

(c) No change.

(2) through (4) No change.

Rulemaking Authority 465.005, 465.0125, 465.022 FS. Law Implemented 465.0125, 465.019, 465.022, 465.0266 FS. History–New 7-18-94, Formerly 61F10-28.501, 59X-28.501, Amended 1-2-02, 12-30-07, 11-5-17,                   .

 

The following changes have been made to incorporated form DH-MQA 1184:

• The spelling of “acknowledgement” has been made consistent on the form.
• A signature line has been added for the representative of the applicant/pharmacy to sign.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: C. Erica White, Executive Director, Board of Pharmacy, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C04, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3254.