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Emergency Rule 420-5-10-.16 ER (Pharmacy Services in nursing facilities)

Emergency rule permitting a nursing-home administrator or medical director to substitute for the pharmacist's on-site visit to verify drug destruction

Alabama Department of Public Health · Alabama (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
Alabama
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Ala. Code §§ 22-21-28, 22-21-20; § 41-22-5(b)
Issued
2020-03-25 Mar. 25, 2020
Effective
2020-03-25 (120 days) (read as 2020-03-25)
End
2020-07-23 (120-day rule) (read as 2020-07-23)
In force
Mar. 25, 2020 to July 23, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Health care orders
Addressees
  • nursing facilities
  • consultant pharmacists
Functions reached
  • RS residential care operations
  • SC pharmacy supply visits
Collection
Alabama AL

Operative words

in lieu of a pharmacist being required to visit a nursing facility to verify the destruction of drugs, this rule permits a nursing facility's nursing home administrator or a medical director to substitute for a pharmacist

Enforcement

State Board of Health rule

Notes

Long-term care; pharmacies.

Retrieval note

OCR read.