| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to automated pharmacy systems; amending s. |
| 3 | 465.003, F.S.; defining the term "automated pharmacy |
| 4 | system" for purposes of the Florida Pharmacy Act; creating |
| 5 | s. 465.0235, F.S.; authorizing a pharmacy to provide |
| 6 | services to a long-term care facility licensed under ch. |
| 7 | 400, F.S., or a state correctional institution operated |
| 8 | under ch. 944, F.S., through an automated pharmacy system; |
| 9 | providing that drugs dispensed from an automated pharmacy |
| 10 | system are considered to have been dispensed by the |
| 11 | pharmacy that services a long-term care facility or |
| 12 | correctional institution; requiring that the operation of |
| 13 | an automated pharmacy system be under the supervision of a |
| 14 | pharmacist; requiring the Board of Pharmacy to adopt |
| 15 | rules; providing an effective date. |
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| 17 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 19 | Section 1. Subsection (17) is added to section 465.003, |
| 20 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 21 | 465.003 Definitions.--As used in this chapter, the term: |
| 22 | (17) "Automated pharmacy system" means a mechanical system |
| 23 | that dispenses prescription drugs and maintains related |
| 24 | transaction information. |
| 25 | Section 2. Section 465.0235, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 26 | to read: |
| 27 | 465.0235 Automated pharmacy systems used by long-term care |
| 28 | facilities or state correctional institutions.-- |
| 29 | (1) A pharmacy may provide pharmacy services to a long- |
| 30 | term care facility licensed under chapter 400 or a state |
| 31 | correctional institution operated under chapter 944 through the |
| 32 | use of an automated pharmacy system that need not be located at |
| 33 | the same location as the pharmacy. |
| 34 | (2) Medicinal drugs stored in bulk or unit of use in an |
| 35 | automated pharmacy system servicing a long-term care facility or |
| 36 | correctional institution are part of the inventory of the |
| 37 | pharmacy providing pharmacy services to that facility or |
| 38 | institution, and drugs dispensed from the automated pharmacy |
| 39 | system are considered to have been dispensed by that pharmacy. |
| 40 | (3) The operation of an automated pharmacy system must be |
| 41 | under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist. To qualify as a |
| 42 | supervisor for an automated pharmacy system, the pharmacist need |
| 43 | not be physically present at the site of the automated pharmacy |
| 44 | system and may supervise the system electronically. |
| 45 | (4) The board shall adopt rules governing the use of an |
| 46 | automated pharmacy system by January 1, 2005, which must |
| 47 | specify: |
| 48 | (a) Recordkeeping requirements; |
| 49 | (b) Security requirements; and |
| 50 | (c) Labeling requirements that permit the use of unit-dose |
| 51 | medications if the facility or institution maintains medication- |
| 52 | administration records that include directions for use of the |
| 53 | medication and the automated pharmacy system identifies: |
| 54 | 1. The dispensing pharmacy; |
| 55 | 2. The prescription number; |
| 56 | 3. The name of the patient; and |
| 57 | 4. The name of the prescribing practitioner. |
| 58 | Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |