A. A pharmacy may maintain drugs in an emergency medication kit for dispensation in a facility as provided by this section. The pharmacy shall establish a policy and procedures governing the maintenance and dispensation of such drugs in accordance with the provisions of this section. The drugs may be used only for the emergency medication needs of a resident at the facility. The pharmacy shall maintain the drugs in the emergency medication kit for the facility.
B. The pharmacy may establish a pharmacy designee at the facility who shall be responsible for transmitting required information for dispensation of controlled dangerous substances to the central repository of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control as provided by the Anti-Drug Diversion Act.
C. The pharmacy shall register the emergency medication kit as a pharmacy location with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control and shall comply with the requirements for controlled dangerous substances prescribed by rules of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control Commission.
D. The State Board of Pharmacy shall promulgate rules relating to emergency medication kits including, but not limited to:
1. The amount and type of drugs that may be maintained in an emergency medication kit. The total volume of each controlled dangerous substance shall be limited to the lesser of three doses per licensed bed or sixty individual doses. Controlled dangerous substances stored in emergency medication kits must be dispensed pursuant to a valid prescription and shall be reported to the registered pharmacy;
2. Procedures regarding the use of drugs from an emergency medication kit;
3. Recordkeeping requirements; and
4. Security requirements.
E. As used in this section, "facility" means a facility as defined by the Nursing Home Care Act or an assisted living center as defined by the Continuum of Care and Assisted Living Act.
Added by Laws 2009, c. 74, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 247, § 1, emerg. eff. May 10, 2010; Laws 2011, c. 7, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2018, c. 106, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2018; Laws 2021, c. 300, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.